Ethnobotanical skills and clearance of tropical rain forest for agriculture: a case study in the lowlands of Bolivia

Article Abstract:

The contribution of ethnobotanical skills of indigenous people from lowlands of Bolivia in the reduction of the clearance of tropical rain forest is assessed. The results have indicated that the ethnobotanical skills of the male head of household are associated with lower clearance of tropical rain forest for subsistence agriculture, but they apply only to the clearance of rain forest for agriculture and to old-growth forest.

Labor force information, Bolivia, Environmental aspects, Employment, Protection and preservation, Indigenous peoples, Rain forests

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Integration of natural behavior in housing systems

Article Abstract:

The way in which natural behavior of animals kept for production can be integrated when planning new housing systems or making changes to existing housing systems is discussed. It is suggested that if natural behavior is better integrated into housing systems, it would lead to more sustainable housing systems, especially from an animal welfare point of view, giving the farmer or animal keeper more job satisfaction.

Residential Building Construction, Sweden, Public affairs, Housing incl Mobile Homes, Social aspects, Housing, Dwellings

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Healthy and happy: Animal welfare as an integral part of sustainable agriculture

Article Abstract:

The development of the debate since the 1960s is highlighted, presenting animal welfare as a science that arose from society's concern about the way animals are kept. These moral and ethical concerns lead to it having a value framework that must also be taken into consideration and different definitions of animal welfare are presented and discussed.

United States

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