Field manual participatory technology development (PTD): Linking indigenous knowledge and biodiversity for sustainable livelihoods

Abstract

This field manual on Participatory Technology Development: Linking Indigenous Knowledge and Biodiversity for Sustainable Livelihoods has been written to aid field practices within ethnic communities in Southeast Asia and Southwest China by providing training materials for capacity building of community facilitators, researchers and technicians. It is based on adaptation of the Participatory Technology Development (PTD) approach in a learning process undertaken in eight villages in Xishuangbanna, a tropical rain forest area of Yunnan populated by several ethnic minorities whose livelihoods are...