Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution
Publication Year:
1990
Publication Place
Washington DC
Physical Description:
30 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Kiribati
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
34665
Legacy PEIN ID:
74666
General Notes
Available online
Available online
Subject Heading(s)
Environment - Conservation - Kiribati
Natural resources - Conservation - Kiribati
Natural resources - Management - Kiribati
Abstract
Agroforestry, the planting and protection of trees and tree like plants as integral components of a polycultural agricultural system, has always been central to the economic, cultural and ecological stability of the Kiribati society. This paper focuses on Kiribati agroforestry, and on the role trees play as: 1) integral components of polycultural agricultural systems; 2) symbols of stability and cultural wellbeing; 3) sources of a diverse range of subsistence and commercial products, the imported substitutes for which would be either too expensive or unavailable to most people; and 4) ecologically important components of agricultural systems which, if lost, would lead to irreversible environmental degradation and resultant cultural deterioration. Two islands of Kiribati, Tarawa and Abemama serve as case studies of Kiribati village- level agroforestry. The findings are based on a ten-day reconnaissance survey of agroforestry on Tarawa and Abemama in 1984, a subsequent visit in early 1989, and a survey of the available literature.
Location
SPREP LIBRARY
Publisher
Smithsonian Institution
Publication Year:
1990
Publication Place
Washington DC
Physical Description:
30 p.
Call Number
[EL]
Relevant Countries
Kiribati
Material Type
Language
English
Record ID:
34665
Legacy PEIN ID:
74666
General Notes
Available online
Record Created: 08-May-2008
Record Modified: 25-Feb-2021