Table 5.
no. | study area |
ecosystem | flora | fauna | total species used | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
cultural group | region | |||||
1 | Awajan | Peruvian Amazon | tropical forest | 93 | 113 | 206 |
2 | Bhil | Gujarat, India | tropical forest | 68 | 23 | 91 |
3 | Dalit | Andhra Pradesh, India | semi-arid | 179 | 40 | 212 |
4 | Karen | Thungyai Naresuan National Wildlife Sanctuary, Thailand | tropical; paddy cultivation | 252 | 63 | 315 |
5 | Mand (Pohnpei) | Pacific Ocean, Federated States of Micronesia | tropical | 67 | 162 | 229 |
6 | Igbo | Southern Nigeria | tropical | 171 | 45 | 216 |
7 | Ingano | Colombian Amazon | tropical forest | xb | 92 | (92 + x) |
8 | Ainu | Saru River Valley, Japan | riverine | 10 | 3 | 13 |
9 | Maasai | Kajiado District, Kenya | semi-arid | 33 | 21 | 54 |
10 | Inuit | Canadian Territory of Nunavut | polar | 15 | 64 | 79 |
11 | Nuxalk | Bella Coola, British Columbia | polar | 42 | 25 | 67 |
12 | Tetlit Gwich'in | Canadian Arctic | polar | 15 | 35 | 50 |
aCommunities 1–7 are formally seen as farming communities.
bTotal cannot be accurately ascertained from original text as named traditional species are a mix of wild and cultivated.