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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
agricultural and biological sciences
Traditional nomadic tending of trees in the Red Sea Hills
Journal of Arid Environments, Volume 106, Year 2014
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There are recurring questions about the ecological sustainability of indigenous resource management and what traditional ecological knowledge and rationale underlie such practices. Pastoral nomads from the Hadandawa, Amar Ar, Bishaari, Ababda and Ma[U+02C1]aza tribes in the Red Sea Hills of Egypt and Sudan have relied on drought persistent Acacia tortilis trees for millennia. Presently, political, social and economic factors impose changes in traditional livelihoods and land use. Interviews and long-term field observations have documented traditional practices and underlying ecological knowledge about the use and tending of A.tortilis during all its growth-stages. A variety of local pruning practices, previously considered destructive by many outsiders, conform to good practice described in modern literature. Traditional "gardening" of trees protects, strengthens and renews these essential resources - and shapes this (hyper-) arid cultural landscape. © 2014 The Authors.
Authors & Co-Authors
Andersen, G. L.
Norway, Bergen
Uni Research
Krzywinski, Knut
Norway, Bergen
Uni Research
Norway, Bergen
Universitetet I Bergen
Talib, Mohamed
Sudan, Port Sudan
Red Sea University
Saadallah, Ahmed E.M.
Egypt, Aswan
Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency Eeaa
Hobbs, Joseph John
United States, Columbia
University of Missouri
Pierce, Richard Holton
Norway, Bergen
Universitetet I Bergen
Statistics
Citations: 30
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 5
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1016/j.jaridenv.2014.02.009
ISSN:
01401963
e-ISSN:
1095922X
Study Locations
Egypt
Sudan