Collaboration Beyond PALMS - WP 6
Researchers and institutions participating in the FP7-PALMS project are involved in several other related activities that are not funded by the project. These associated activities may, however, provide important background and in some cases additional input to understanding the problems that FP7-PALMS deals with. For WP6 these collaborations have involved the following ones:
COLLABORATION WITH CHANKUAP FUNDATION
Chankuap helps to promote sustainable use and commerce of PALMS. Our study case with ungurahua (Oenocarpus bataua) was carried out in a community sponsored by Chankuap. We offer advice to the Foundation and the community to improve the harvest practices.
Resultados:
Cavallos D., H. Balslev & R. Valencia. 2012. Evaluación de la sostenibilidad del manejo de Oenocarpus bataua en la Amazonía Ecuatoriana. Poster presented in a meeting organized by PALMS in Quito.
Cevallos D. & R. Valencia. 2012. Sustainability assessment of Oenocarpus bataua’s management in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Conference presented in an International Congress of Etnobotany, Quito.
COLLABORATION WITH SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AN OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Smithsonian Tropial Research Insituture (STRI) and Queensborough lab (OSU).
Results:
Queenborough, S.A., Metz, M.R., Wiegand, T. & Valencia, R. 2012 Palms, peccaries and perturbations: widespread effects of small-scale disturbance in tropical forests. BMC Ecology 12, 3. doi: 10.1186/1472-6785-12-3
Ninazunta M. 2013. Efecto de los vecinos más cercanos y el hábitat en el crecimiento y biomasa de la palma oligárquica Iriartea deltoidea. Tesis de Lcienciatura en Ciencas Biológicas, PUCE. Director: Renato valencia
