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This register is part of the publications on IK Best Practices (Phase I and II). Africa Asia-Pacific Europe Latin America & Caribbean North America Geographical Index Thematic Index Index of Institutions AFRICA Africa (1999) Benin (2002) Botswana (1999) Burkina Faso (2002) Cameroon (1999) Ethiopia (1999 and 2002) Ghana (1999) Kenya (1999 and 2002) Namibia (1999) Niger (1999) Nigeria (2002) Senegal (2002) Tanzania (1999) Tunisia (2002) Zimbabwe (1999) AFRICA BP.01 Medicinal Plants and Local Communities (MPLC) in Africa: Promotion of local communities’ strategies for the conservation of medicinal-plant genetic resources in Africa. BOTSWANA BP.02 Sustainable domestication of indigenous fruit trees: the interaction between soil and biotic resources in some drylands of southern Africa.   CAMEROON BP.03 Traditional ethnoveterinary medicine   ETHIOPIA BP.04 A semi-quantitive spatial assessment of water erosion based on limited information using expert knowledge and real-valued observations   GHANA BP.05 Comparing and sustaining agricultural knowledge systems: from the cosmovision perspective   KENYA BP.06 Development Programme: Arid or Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL)   KENYA BP.07 Enhancing pastoralist self-reliance through sustainable economic development   KENYA BP.08 Indigenous Food Plants Programme: using locally available edible species to enhance community health, provide income and conserve biodiversity   KENYA BP.09 Loita project of integrated forest conservation and management (preparatory phase)   NAMIBIA See BP.02 Sustainable domestication of indigenous fruit trees: the interaction between soil and biotic resources in some drylands of southern Africa.   NIGER BP.10 Improving tassa planting pits – using indigenous soil and water conservation techniques to rehabilitate degraded plateaus in the Tahoua region of Niger.   TANZANIA BP.11 Participatory Animal Health Programme and Ethnoveterinary Development Programme   TANZANIA BP.12 Rangelands Utilizaton Strategy: utilization of arid and semi-arid rangelands by African pastoralists   ZIMBABWE BP.13 Integrated Land-Use Design (ILUD) ZIMBABWE BP.14 Rural Afforestation Programme - Zimbabwe         BEST PRACTICES selected in the Second Phase (2002) KENYA BP-II.01 The use of locally produced clay pots modified for safe storage of drinking water in the home–a component of CARE Kenya’s Nyanza Healthy Water Project BURKINA FASO BP-II.02 Namwaya Sawadogo: the ecologist of Touroum, Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO BP-II.03 Zaï, an indigenous water harvesting and soil fertility management practice in Burkina Faso BURKINA FASO BP-II.04 Pits for trees: how farmers in semi-arid Burkina Faso increase and diversify plant biomass NIGERIA BP-II.05 The making and use of traps for fishing in wetland ecosystems in southeastern Nigeria TUNISIA BP-II.06 Women’s innovations in rural livelihood systems in arid areas of Tunisia TUNISIA BP-II.07 Innovators in land husbandry in arid areas of Tunisia BENIN BP-II.08 The promotion of non-conventional food resources: the case of snail and mushroom production in Benin ETHIOPIA BP-II.09 Daldal: dams to trap silt and water, an Irob innovation in northern Ethiopia SENEGAL BP-II.10 Improving nutrition with Moringa ‘miracle’ trees in Senegal   ASIA-PACIFIC           Bangladesh (2002) China (1999 and 2002) India (1999 and 2002) Indonesia (2002) Papua New Guinea (2002) Phillipines (1999) Sri Lanka (1999) Viet Nam (1999 and 2002) CHINA BP.15 Ecological restoration of degraded watershed on the upper reaches of the Minjiang River; Integration of Qiang ethno-botanical knowledge and practices into a reforestation project   INDIA BP.16 The Barefoot College - promoting productive employment for youth   INDIA BP.17 Multi-purpose tool (SANTI)   INDIA BP.18 Raising Awareness - awareness of sustainability issues is added to the knowledge of plants which local people share with each other   INDIA BP.19 Production of organic carpets   PHILIPPINES BP.20 Overcoming labour shortages through indigenous mutual-help groups   SRI LANKA BP.21 The bethma practice: promoting the temporary redistribution of lands during drought periods   SRI LANKA BP.22 Pangu: a method for distributing the work of maintaining and repairing small-scale irrigation systems   VIET NAM BP.23 Ethnic Minority Development Data System (EMDDS)   BEST PRACTICES selected in the Second Phase (2002) VIET NAM BP-II.11 Village Forest Protection Regulations in Vietnam: strengthening participation in natural resource management PAPUA NEW GUINEA BP-II.12 Using IK to predict the impact of human activity on biodiversity INDIA BP-II.13 Conjunctive use of water resources in Deccan Trap INDONESIA BP-II.14 Traditional harvesting and marketing of honey and wax in the upper Kapuas Lake region, West Kalimantan, Indonesia BANGLADESH BP-II.15 Sticks in the mud; Periphyton-based aquaculture CHINA BP-II.16 Protection and cultivation of rattan by Hani (Akha) People in Yunnan, Southwest China   EUROPE Georgia GEORGIA BP.24 Cooperation in economics research: combining capacities for successful projects LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN Bolivia (2002) Costa Rica (1999) Honduras (1999) Mexico (2002) Paraguay (1999) Peru (1999 and 2002) Suriname (2002) COSTA RICA BP.25 Chicken shed model: using local plants to house and feed chickens.   HONDURAS BP.26 Participatory Research Mapping (PRM). Using maps of indigenous land-use patterns to help indigenous peoples claim land rights.   PARAGUAY see BP.26 Participatory Research Mapping (PRM). Using maps of indigenous land-use patterns to help indigenous peoples claim land rights.   PERU BP.27 Aymara Kuru, the ancient technique of weaving belts, taught to displaced indigenous children by indigenous women from the communities of rural Ayacucho. BEST PRACTICES selected in the Second Phase (2002) MEXICO BP-II.17 Collaborative application of empirical criteria for selecting high-quality fleeces: Tzotzil shepherdesses and sheep scientists work together to develop tools for genetic improvement SURINAME BP-II.18 Shamans and Apprentices Programme: Promotion and Integration of Traditional Medicine PERU BP-II.19 Waru Waru, a cultivation and irrigation system used in flood-prone areas of the Altiplano BOLIVIA BP-II.22 Control of Chagas’ disease through a Cultural Context Model: Proyecto Britanico Cardenal Maurer in Sucre, Bolivia             NORTH AMERICA                     Canada (2002) Canada BP-II.20 The Generative Curriculum Model: A bicultural, community-based approach to building capacity for Early Childhood Care and Development in indigenous communities in Canada Canada BP-II.21 ‘Voices from the Bay’: Documenting and Communicating Indigenous Ecological Knowledge from the Hudson Bay Bioregion   INDEXES GEOGRAPHICAL INDEX COUNTRY BP.number (Phase I, 1999) BP-II.number (Phase II, 2002)     AFRICA   AFRICA 01 BENIN 08 BOTSWANA 02 BURKINA FASO 02, 03, 04 CAMEROON 03 ETHIOPIA 04 09 GHANA 05 KENYA 06, 07, 08, 09 01 NAMIBIA See 02 NIGER 10 NIGERIA 05 SENEGAL 10 TANZANIA 11, 12 TUNISIA 06, 07 ZIMBABWE 13, 14     ASIA   BANGLADESH 15 CHINA 15 16 INDIA 16, 17, 18, 19 13 INDONESIA 14 PAPUA NEW GENEA 12 PHILIPPINES 20 SRI LANKA 21, 22 VIET NAM 23 11     EUROPE   GEORGIA 24     LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN   BOLIVIA 22 COSTA RICA 25 HONDURAS  26 MEXICO 17 PARAGUAY See 26 PERU 27 19 SURINAME 18 NORTH AMERICA CANADA 20, 21 THEMATIC INDEX KEYWORD BP.number     AFFORESTATION 14 ANIMAL HEALTH 11 ARID ZONE 02, 07 BIODIVERSITY 08 BOTANY 15 CARPETS 19 CHILD WELFARE 27 CLASSIFICATION 23 COMMUNICATION 23 COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION 20 CONSCIOUSNESS RAISING 18, 08, 07 COSMOLOGY 05 CULTIVATION PRACTICES 10 DATA COLLECTING 23 DEVELOPING COUNTRIES 24 DISPLACED PERSONS 27 DROUGHT 21 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT 24 EGGS 25 EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES 16 EMPOWERMENT 07 ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING 04 ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING 04 EROSION 04 ETHNIC MINORITIES 23 FARMERS 17, 21, 06, 20, 22, 03 FARMING 05 FEED PRODUCTION 25 FOOD 18, 08 FOOD PREPARATION 18 FOREST CONSERVATION 09 FOREST MANAGEMENT 09 FORESTRY 14 FRUIT TREES 02 GRASSLANDS 12 HANDICRAFT PROMOTION 19 INTEGRATED APPROACH 24, 13 IRRIGATION SYSTEMS 22 KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS 05, 14 LABOUR SHORTAGE 20 LAND RECLAMATION 26 LAND TENURE 21 LAND USE 26, 12, 09, 13 LIVESTOCK 06, 03 MAPPING 26 MEDICINAL PLANTS 18, 03, 01 METHODOLOGY 13 NATURAL PRODUCTS 19 NON-FORMAL EDUCATION 16 PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH 24, 14 PASTORALISM 12, 07, 06 PHYSICAL PLANNING 26, 13 PLANT PROTECTION 01 PLANTS 18, 08 POULTRY 25 REFORESTATION 15 RELIGION 09 RESEARCH METHODS 24 RESOURCE ALLOCATION 22 RESOURCES UTILIZATION 02 SELF-HELP 20 SELF-RELIANCE 07 SHARED WATER RESOURCES 21, 22 SOIL CONSERVATION 04, 10 SOIL RESOURCES 02 SPATIAL ANALYSIS 26, 04 SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE 13 TOOLS 17 TRADITIONAL MEDICINE 06, 01 TRADITIONAL TECHNOLOGY 17 TRAINING 11, 07, 06 VETERINARY MEDICINE 11, 06, 03 WATER CONSERVATION 10 WATER MANAGEMENT 15, 21, 22 WEAVING 27 WOMEN 27 WORK SHARING 20   THEMATIC INDEX (Phase II, 2002)  Keyword BP-II. Number Agricultural development 4 Agroforestry 2, 4, 15 Animal genetics 17 Animal production 8 Apiculture 14 Aquaculture 16 Archaeology 19 Biodiversity 4, 12 Birds 12 Botany 18 Child development 20 Clothing 17 Community development 11, 12, 20 Community health 1, 13, 18, 22 Community participation 13, 19, 20, 21 Composting 2 Consciousness raising 20 Crop yield 9 Cultivation practices 4, 15, 19 Cultural identity 12, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21 Curriculum development 20, 21 Desertification 4 Diseases 18 Domestic animals 17 Drainage 19 Dried food 10 Drinking water 1 Early childhood 20 Ecological research 21 Ecology 12 Ecology 21 Ecosystems 21 Education 18, 20, 22 Educational innovations 20 Educational policy 20 Environmental management 21 Ethnic Groups 20 Fish 16 Fish culture 16 Fish production 16 Fishery conservation 5 Fishery engineering 5 Fishery equipment 5 Fishery management 5 Fishery research 16 Fishing 5 Food 8 Food security 5, 8, 9, 10, 16 Forest conservation 11, 15 Forest management 11, 15 Forest products 8, 14 Forestry planning 15 Fruit trees 7 Groundwater 13 Habitat 12 Health 1, 10, 18 Health centres 18 Honey 14 Housing construction 22 Hydrogeology 13 Hydrology 13 Hygiene 22 Income generation 14, 15, 16, 17 Insecticides 22 Insects 22 Irrigation systems 6, 13, 19 Learning 20, 21 Malnutrition 10 Medicinal plants 22 Mixed farming 2 Natural resources 2, 3, 4, 7, 11, 14 Nutrition 8 Plant products 22 Pottery 1 Poultry 6 Poverty alleviation 13 Protected resources 15 Quality standards 17 Resources management 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, 11, 21 River basins (UF watersheds) 13 Rural women 6, 8, 17 Self reliance 18 Sheep 17 Silviculture 2 Soil conservation 9, 13 Soil fertility 3, 4 Soil improvement 3, 4 Swamps 19 Teaching 20, 21 Team work 17 Traditional medicine 18 Training 18, 22 Water 13 Water conservation 7, 9, 13 Water management 13 Water resources 13