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タイトル: | VEGETATION CHANGES AND USE OF PALMS AS A BUILDING MATERIAL BY OVAMBO AGRO-PASTORALISTS IN NORTH-CENTRAL NAMIBIA |
著者: | FUJIOKA, Yuichiro |
キーワード: | Ovambo Palm use Mopane savanna Vegetation change Namibia. |
発行日: | 31-Mar-2005 |
出版者: | The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University |
誌名: | African Study Monographs. Supplementary Issue. |
巻: | 30 |
開始ページ: | 89 |
終了ページ: | 105 |
抄録: | This paper focuses on the mutual transition between vegetation and timber use by the Ovambo people in north-central Namibia and their use of palms for timber in recent years. The vegetation around the research area was characterized as Mopane savanna, dominated by Colophospermum mopane. Historically, the Ovambo used mainly Mopane trunks for timber. However, as bush encroachment advanced in some parts of north-central Namibia, residents were forced to collect Mopane timber from the south. Since the 1970s, however, collecting Mopane has become difficult, and the inhabitants have therefore begun to use palm petioles for timber. Because the use of this resource requires many palm petioles, an environment conducive to grow many palms is required to make this option feasible. The vegetation configuration of this environment was formed mainly by three factors: (1) the unique fl ood terrain initially dispersed palm seeds over a wide area, (2) humans involuntarily dispersed seeds after eating, (3) palms were conserved by the residents. Thus, the increased use of palms emerged at a point of intersection between a change in vegetation patterns and a change in plant use by humans. The critical points of this use are its sustainability and the maintenance of traditional building complexity. |
DOI: | 10.14989/68458 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2433/68458 |
出現コレクション: | 30 (Studies on the Environmental Change and Human Activities in Semi-Arid Area of Africa) |
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