Objective In the rainforests of Suriname, Brazil and Venezuela, Indigenous and Maroon communities are facing increased outside pressures on their communal lands. These communities harbour hundreds of years of experience in managing agricultural production in the com plex rainforest ecosystem and exploiting its resources of Timber and Non Timber Forest Products (NTFP's) in an extensive way. Unfortunately, their capacities as managers of the forest resource base have yet insufficiently been exploited for the benefit of the national economy. Since over-exploitation would endanger their livelihood, exploitation of the forest resource base for agriculture, timber, medicinal plants, fruits, etc. has been an integral part of their livelihood strategies aimed at long-term surv ival rather than short-term profit. Careful exploitation of traditional knowledge on the multiple uses of NTFP's (e.g. fruits, medicinal plants) could open up new sources of income generating activities that could be of profit to both the micro economy of Indigenous and Maroon communities as well as to national economy through increased market interaction. This proposal aims to develop new strategies for the production of environmentally safe and economically viable cash crops, timber and non-timber forest products based on Indigenous and Maroon livelihood strategies. Emphasis will be put on understanding Indigenous and Maroon traditional practices and finding ways to incorporate their knowledge of the rainforest ecosystem into sustainable agro-forestry syst ems: integration of Indigenous and Maroon knowledge with formal science rather than replacement of one by the other. Organisational capacities of the communities involved and institutional capacities of local institutions will be promoted through the formu lation and implementation of specific support actions.' Fields of science agricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesagriculturehorticulturefruit growingagricultural sciencesagriculture, forestry, and fisheriesforestrysilviculturesocial sciencessociologydemographyfertilitynatural sciencesbiological sciencesecologyecosystems Keywords Environmental management applied economics product-chaindevelopment sustainable agro-forestry Programme(s) FP6-INCO - Specific measures in support of international cooperation: Specific activities covering wider field of research under the Focusing and Integrating Community Research programme 2002-2006. Topic(s) INCO-A.2 - Rational use of natural resources Call for proposal FP6-2002-INCO-DEV-1 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator STICHTING DIENST LANDBOUWKUNDIG ONDERZOEK EU contribution No data Address Costerweg 50 9101 WAGENINGEN Netherlands See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all CELOS, CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SURINAME Suriname EU contribution No data Address Leysweg 14 1914 PARAMARIBO See on map Total cost No data TROPENBOS INTERNATIONAL Netherlands EU contribution No data Address WAGENINGEN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN Belgium EU contribution No data Address Oude Markt 13 LEUVEN See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data MINISTERIO DEL AMBIENTE Y DE LOS RECURSOS NATURALES Venezuela EU contribution No data Address Centro Simón Bolivar, Torre Sur, Piso 22, El Silencio CARACAS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data GRUPO DE INVESTIGACIÓN MANEJO MULTIPLE DE ECOSISTEMAS FORESTALES Venezuela EU contribution No data Address INDEFOR, Via Chorros de Milla MÉRIDA See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DE MATO GROSSO Brazil EU contribution No data Address Avenida Fernando Corrêa da Costa, s/n° coxipó CUIABÁ-MT See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS DA AMAZONIA Brazil EU contribution No data Address AV. André Araujo, 2936 MANAUS See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data ANTON DE KOM UNIVERSITY OF SURINAME Suriname EU contribution No data Address Leyweg 86 PARAMARIBO See on map Total cost No data ESCOLA SUPERIOR AGRÁRIA DE COIMBRA Portugal EU contribution No data Address Bencanta COIMBRA See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data
