PMID- 34959063
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20220125
LR  - 20220125
IS  - 1095-8630 (Electronic)
IS  - 0301-4797 (Linking)
VI  - 305
DP  - 2022 Mar 1
TI  - Post-fire restoration of land under shifting cultivation: A case study of 
      pineapple agroforestry in the Sub-Himalayan region.
PG  - 114372
LID - S0301-4797(21)02434-8 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114372 [doi]
AB  - Access to the knowledge associated with traditional and/or indigenous land-use 
      systems can help develop adaptive strategies, more productive systems and, design 
      sustainable development models and technologies. This article describes the 
      evolution of traditional pineapple (Ananas comosus) agroforestry systems (PAFS) 
      developed by the ethnic Hmar communities as a strategy for the restoration of 
      land under slash-and-burn agriculture in the Sub-Himalayan region. We critically 
      examine the social and ecological perspectives on rural livelihoods and 
      environmental management, and documented the native tree species managed under 
      different age groups of PAFS. We also interviewed farm managers to gain insights 
      into the traditional farming practices and the uses and services of the different 
      multipurpose tree species (MPTs) along with their traditional management. The 
      study showed that PAFS are an integral part of the rural landscape in the study 
      region exemplifying unique agroforestry systems that have evolved as a strategy 
      to improve land under slash-and-burn on hilly landscapes. PAFS are post-fire 
      sedentary systems evolving as a by-product of shifting agriculture. The system 
      combines pineapple crops with remnant fallow vegetation and subsequent 
      plantations of cash-oriented MPTs in the same farmland. MPTs such as the 
      critically endangered Aquilaria malaccensis and the economically important tree 
      bean (Parkia timoriana), which is no longer found in the wild are largely 
      conserved in the PAFS. Our study demonstrates that PAFS can play a vital role in 
      post-fire restoration of land under slash-and-burn agriculture, which is still 
      practiced among many tribes in the Indian Eastern Himalayas.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2021 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - Reang, Demsai
AU  - Reang D
AD  - Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar, 
      India.
FAU - Nath, Arun Jyoti
AU  - Nath AJ
AD  - Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar, 
      India. Electronic address: arunjyotinath@gmail.com.
FAU - Sileshi, Gudeta Weldesemayat
AU  - Sileshi GW
AD  - Department of Plant Biology and Biodiversity Management, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 
      School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of 
      Kwazulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa.
FAU - Hazarika, Animekh
AU  - Hazarika A
AD  - Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar, 
      India.
FAU - Das, Ashesh Kumar
AU  - Das AK
AD  - Department of Ecology and Environmental Science, Assam University, Silchar, 
      India.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20211224
PL  - England
TA  - J Environ Manage
JT  - Journal of environmental management
JID - 0401664
SB  - IM
MH  - Agriculture
MH  - *Ananas
MH  - Conservation of Natural Resources
MH  - Crops, Agricultural
MH  - *Fires
MH  - Trees
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Agroforestry innovations
OT  - Climate-smart agriculture
OT  - Improved swidden fallows
OT  - North-East India
OT  - Traditional ecological knowledge
EDAT- 2021/12/28 06:00
MHDA- 2022/01/27 06:00
CRDT- 2021/12/27 20:18
PHST- 2021/08/31 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/12/18 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/12/19 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/12/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2022/01/27 06:00 [medline]
PHST- 2021/12/27 20:18 [entrez]
AID - S0301-4797(21)02434-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114372 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Environ Manage. 2022 Mar 1;305:114372. doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2021.114372. Epub 
      2021 Dec 24.