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DESCRIPTION:Mopan Maya ecological engineering: Emergy evaluation of design 
 strategies for sustainable ecosystem restoration and human subsistence Man
 y indigenous groups traditionally manage local ecosystems to provide for f
 amilial needs while protecting their surrounding environment\, and such pr
 actices can aid in understanding efficient and sustainable ecosystem desig
 n strategies.&nbsp\; The Mopan Maya of southern Belize practice an agrofor
 estry system that conserves the surrounding rainforest while utilizing nat
 ural forces to drive change through nine distinct successional stages\, in
 cluding three herbaceous\, two shrub\, and four forest stages.&nbsp\; This
  presentation discusses Mopan traditional ecological knowledge (TEK)\, qua
 ntitatively describes the plant community and associated soil ecology of s
 uccessional stages\, and presents embodied energy (emergy) evaluations at 
 the individual field\, system stage\, and whole system levels.&nbsp\; Emer
 gy analysis is a useful tool for evaluation of resource utilization\, prod
 uctivity\, and sustainability of agroforestry methods as it considers all 
 system components on a common unit basis of solar origin.&nbsp\; Design te
 nets of Mopan TEK offer tools to provide for familial needs while concurre
 ntly promoting a biotically-varied rainforest ecosystem.&nbsp\; As Mopan t
 echniques originate in highland areas\, their success in lowland forests a
 fter migration over a century ago provides an example of potential applica
 bility and adaptability of such design strategies in regional conservation
  and restoration efforts.&nbsp\; Refreshments will be served.
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SUMMARY:PLACA Brown Bag Series presents: Rayome Donald
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Mopan Maya ecological engineering: Emergy eval
 uation of design strategies for sustainable ecosystem restoration and huma
 n subsistence Many indigenous groups traditionally manage local ecosystems
  to provide for familial needs while protecting their surrounding environm
 ent\, and such practices can aid in understanding efficient and sustainabl
 e ecosystem design strategies.&nbsp\; The Mopan Maya of southern Belize pr
 actice an agroforestry system that conserves the surrounding rainforest wh
 ile utilizing natural forces to drive change through nine distinct success
 ional stages\, including three herbaceous\, two shrub\, and four forest st
 ages.&nbsp\; This presentation discusses Mopan traditional ecological know
 ledge (TEK)\, quantitatively describes the plant community and associated 
 soil ecology of successional stages\, and presents embodied energy (emergy
 ) evaluations at the individual field\, system stage\, and whole system le
 vels.&nbsp\; Emergy analysis is a useful tool for evaluation of resource u
 tilization\, productivity\, and sustainability of agroforestry methods as 
 it considers all system components on a common unit basis of solar origin.
 &nbsp\; Design tenets of Mopan TEK offer tools to provide for familial nee
 ds while concurrently promoting a biotically-varied rainforest ecosystem.&
 nbsp\; As Mopan techniques originate in highland areas\, their success in 
 lowland forests after migration over a century ago provides an example of 
 potential applicability and adaptability of such design strategies in regi
 onal conservation and restoration efforts.&nbsp\; Refreshments will be ser
 ved.
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