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Use of wild edible plants in the forest reserves of Teso-Karamoja region, Uganda Samuel Ojelel Save A seed for the Future (SAFE), Uganda [email protected] Vitellaria paradoxa
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Use of wild edible plants in the forest
reserves of Teso-Karamoja region, Uganda
Samuel Ojelel
Save A seed for the Future (SAFE), Uganda
Vitellaria paradoxa
Vision: A Safe world for
humanity
Mission: Contribute to holistic
development that caters for
posterity
Objectives
i. Household incomes
ii. Biodiversity Conservation
iii. Basic education, water,
sanitation & health
IPSI membership: 2018
Save A seed For the Future (SAFE)
Location of Uganda
SAFE office location in Soroti
Food insecurity (Jman Redzic 2006)
Mitigation: Relief, remittance, begging, stealing, & wild
edible plants (IPC 2017)
Wild edible plants project
10 million people in
acute food insecurity
(1.6m in crisis) in
Uganda (IPC 2017)
Harvesting B. aegyptiaca leaves
Plant extinction risk (Bachman et al. 2016) and
Indigenous Knowledge loss (Karjailenen et al. 2010)
High deforestation (Drichi 2003) and few botanical
surveys (Kalema 2005)
Wild edible plants project
Goal: Diversity & use of wild
edible plants in 8 forest reserves
Semi-structured questionnaires
(240 respondents), focus group
discussions and field excursions Uganda’s regions
Montane, woodlands,
shrublands and
grasslands
Mt. Moroto, Mt.
Kadam, Mt. Napak,
Ogera Hills, Bululu
Hills, Onyurut, Kano
and Akur
Location of forest reserves
Location of forest reserves
100 wild edible plant species (47 families)
Key findings
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Shrubs Trees Forbs Climbers Grass
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Use categories
Fig. 1: Number of species Fig. 2: Importance of
lifeforms
High citation plants
Tamarindus indica Carissa spinarum Strychnos innocua
Vitellaria paradoxa Balanites aegyptiaca Mangifera indica
Key findings
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Fruits Leaves Tuber Seeds Gum
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IUCN Global Conservation Status
Fig. 3: Importance of use
categories
Fig. 4: IUCN Global
Conservation Status
A rich diversity of wild edible plant species:
Shrubs and fruits are locally important life
forms and use categories respectively
Conclusion
18Indicator 1: … with the full and active participation
of indigenous and local communities
Before (2016) After (2017)
No local people involved in
wild edible plants
ethnobotany
240 respondents actively
participated in the ethnobotanical
study
Contributions to the Aichi Biodiversity
Target
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Indicator 1: Knowledge, the science base and technologies
relating to biodiversity, its values, functioning, status
and trends, and consequences of its loss, are
improved
Before (2016) After (2017)
No comprehensive inventory
of wild edible plants
Documentation of a comprehensive
inventory and use of wild edible
plants
Contributions to the Aichi Biodiversity
Target
Message to the CBD for post-2020
Review 2020 targets
implementation to inform
post-2020 plans
Document success stories
Experience sharing (cf:
online discussion foras,
conferences)
Suggestions to IPSI for post-
2020 Program Implementation Review (PIR) to
inform post 2020 agenda
Documentation and Dissemination of
success stories
Sustained engagement (discussion foras,
conferences)
Member development programs
Thankyou
