Felling Ficus: The Cultural Status of Fig Trees in a Rural Assamese Community, India
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Isolated Ficus trees deliver dual conservation and development benefits in a rural landscape.
Many of the world's rural populations are dependent on the local provision of economically and medicinally important plant resources. However, increasing land-use intensity is depleting these resources, reducing human welfare, and thereby constraining development. Here we investigate a low cost strategy to manage the availability of valuable plant resources, facilitated by the use of isolated F...
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