Abstract
Useful indicators for identification of plant species of importance to conservation were identified with the participation of informants from the town of Temimilcingo. The inhabitants of this central Mexican indigenous community use resources from the dry-deciduous forest within the Sierra de Monte Negro State Reserve. Semi-structured interviews and workshops were used, indicators and criteria were established, and local dimensions were identified. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were employed. The cultural dominance in criteria and indicators was calculated and submitted to descriptive and multivariate analysis. Twenty-four indicators, nine criteria and five dimensions related to ecology, trade, use, categories of use (food, fuel, etc.), medicinal use (e.g. treat respiratory or digestive illness), and perceptions were identified. Indicators of Destructive Use and Scarcity were common among species, while the influence of Medicinal Use and its Perception varied. Indicators were connected to kinship, distribution of activities according to gender, level of interaction with external society and level of knowledge of plants. Some local indicators and scientific conservation indicators coincided. During the selection of species of importance to conservation, it should be possible to incorporate non-scientific indicators of Medicinal Use and Perception with scientific indicators. This allows for local participation in efforts toward sustainable development.
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Informants identified 24 indicators, nine criteria and five dimensions related to ecology, trade, use, use categories, medicinal use and perceptions for plant species of conservation importance.
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e0“plant species of importance to conservation”
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Indicators of Destructive Use and Scarcity were common among the species.
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e0“Indicators of Destructive Use and Scarcity were common among species”
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The influence of Medicinal Use and its Perception indicators varied among the species.
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- influence of Medicinal Use and its Perception variede0
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e0“the influence of Medicinal Use and its Perception varied”
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Indicators were connected to kinship, gender-based distribution of activities, level of interaction with external society and level of knowledge of plants.
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- Indicators were connected to kinship, distribution of activities according to gender, level of interaction with external society and level of knowledge of plantse0
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e0“Indicators were connected to kinship, distribution of activities according to gender, level of interaction with external society and level of knowledge of plants”
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Some local indicators coincided with scientific conservation indicators.
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- Some local indicators and scientific conservation indicators coincidede0
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e0“Some local indicators and scientific conservation indicators coincided”
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The authors suggest that non-scientific indicators of Medicinal Use and Perception can be combined with scientific indicators when selecting species important for conservation.
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e0“During the selection of species of importance to conservation, it should be possible to incorporate non-scientific indicators of Medicinal Use and Perception with scientific indicators”