Traditional ecological knowledge and non-food uses of stingless bee honey in Kenya's last pocket of tropical rainforest.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Stingless bee honey (SBH) is a natural remedy and therapeutic agent traditionally used by local communities across the (sub-)tropics. Forest SBH represents a prime non-timber forest product (NTFP) with a potential to revitalize indigenous foodways and to generate income in rural areas, yet it is also used in a variety of non-food contexts that are poorly documented in sub-Saharan Africa and that collectively represent a significant part of the local traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) passed on across generations. Documenting TEK of local communities in African tropical forests facing global change is a pressing issue to recognize the value of their insights, to evaluate their sustainability, to determine how they contribute to enhancing conservation efforts, and how

SUBMITTER: Heger M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10537491 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature