Notes
7 % replied that there is the same amount of honey in the forest now; 2 %, that there is more, 2 % reported that they didn’t know.
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The authors wish to thank Jenukalla, M. G. for his role as research assistant and Dr. C.G. Kushalappa for help with access to the field sites. This research was funded by NSF- Cultural Anthropology Program (BSC-0726612) and ANR- French National Research Agency Project (ANR-05-PADD-0XX Public Policies and Traditional Management of Trees and Forests -POPULAR). The work was part of the project Managing Biodiversity in Mountain Landscapes (http://www.ifpindia.org/Managing-Biodiversity-in-Mountain-Landscapes.html) of the French Institute of Pondicherry. We would like to thank Charles Kelada for assistance with data collection. Thank you to the Jenu Kuruba communities of Chottepare, Bassavanhalli, Diddali, Diddali Colony, and Thathalli.
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Demps, K., Zorondo-Rodriguez, F., García, C. et al. The Selective Persistence of Local Ecological Knowledge: Honey Collecting with the Jenu Kuruba in South India. Hum Ecol 40, 427–434 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-012-9489-0
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