2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Historical ecology of peri-village forest patches in tropical West Africa
| Project/Area Number |
22651088
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Research Field |
Area studies
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| Research Institution | Kyoto University |
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Principal Investigator |
YAMAKOSHI Gen 京都大学, 大学院・アジア・アフリカ地域研究研究科, 准教授 (00314253)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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| Keywords | 環境政策 / 生態学 / 野生動物 / 保全生物学 / ギニア / チンパンジー / 鎮守の森 / アブラヤシ |
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| Research Abstract |
Growing attention is being focused on human-modified vegetations maintained by various local subsistence activities, which have eventually supported rich bio- and cultural diversity. The “Upper Guinea Forest Ecosystem” in West Africa is designated as one of the biodiversity hotspots because of its rich fauna and flora, but the area is composed mostly of human-modified vegetation. This project described andanalyzed the historical interactions between the Guinean unique vegetation and local people’s land use systems. The study strongly implies that the vegetation is better evaluated positively as cultural or “pastoral” landscape rather than the conventional outsiders’view of the last remaining remnant of the natural forest being destroyed by the local people.
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