Abstract

JASSO-ARRIAGA, X.. Principle of conservation: coexistence between diversity of edible species and traditional knowledge. Polibotánica [online]. 2019, n.47, pp.179-199. ISSN 1405-2768.  https://doi.org/10.18387/polibotanica.47.13.

The variables that justify the conservation of the forest and the milpa through traditional knowledge were analyzed. The semi-structured interviews showed three variables that relate to food security and three to food sovereignty within the framework of a list of species provided by the interviewees. The variables were coded and analyzed by means of the Pearson correlation and logistic regression to identify the variables that foresee local foods. Traditional utility and physical availability explain the success of food sovereignty from 84 edible species located in the forest and in the milpa. This coexistence gives rise to the socio-ecological well-being of the ancestral peoples from the conservation of the ecosystem.

Keywords : traditional knowledge; species; forest; milpa; backyard animals; food sovereignty.