http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2009/12/30/in-the-1970s-bushmeat-trade-manipulates-pygmy-economy-and-the-fate-of-the-forest/ Field notes from Dr Terese Hart Thu, 09 Feb 2012 09:47:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2009/12/30/in-the-1970s-bushmeat-trade-manipulates-pygmy-economy-and-the-fate-of-the-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-1352 Terese Hart Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:01:21 +0000 http://www.bonoboincongo.com/?p=1414#comment-1352 Hey sweet daughters... I've put your baba's masters thesis under "other reports and publications" along with a couple other analyses written just yesterday when you were toddling about or not yet an idea. Hey sweet daughters… I’ve put your baba’s masters thesis under “other reports and publications” along with a couple other analyses written just yesterday when you were toddling about or not yet an idea.

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love Eleanor

]]> http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2009/12/30/in-the-1970s-bushmeat-trade-manipulates-pygmy-economy-and-the-fate-of-the-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-1335 Terese Hart Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:33:03 +0000 http://www.bonoboincongo.com/?p=1414#comment-1335 Michael -- good point. The last glacial maxima when the rain forest was significantly reduced was about 10,000 years ago -- if I am not mistaken-- with some periods even wetter than now after that. Certainly if as a group of people the pygmies go back thousands of years, they have seen some very different environments. And, as you say, it makes sense to us that they sought the richer ecotones and only came deep into the forest, in a permanent fashion, when associated with agriculture -- even if they didn't practice it. Michael –
good point. The last glacial maxima when the rain forest was significantly reduced was about 10,000 years ago — if I am not mistaken– with some periods even wetter than now after that. Certainly if as a group of people the pygmies go back thousands of years, they have seen some very different environments. And, as you say, it makes sense to us that they sought the richer ecotones and only came deep into the forest, in a permanent fashion, when associated with agriculture — even if they didn’t practice it.

]]> http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2009/12/30/in-the-1970s-bushmeat-trade-manipulates-pygmy-economy-and-the-fate-of-the-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-1333 michael Sat, 02 Jan 2010 23:06:32 +0000 http://www.bonoboincongo.com/?p=1414#comment-1333 I think that most of the time many african rainforests were a mosaic of savannah and forest. A reduction of 20 % of rainfall would turn most of the forest into this rich environment. The wetter parts ( cuvette centrale, west Cameroon, Liberia) are only home of farmers not of hunter gatherers. In the richer ecotone hunter gatherers probably could survive. I think that most of the time many african rainforests were a mosaic of savannah and forest. A reduction of 20 % of rainfall
would turn most of the forest into this rich environment. The wetter parts ( cuvette centrale, west Cameroon, Liberia) are only home of farmers not of hunter gatherers. In the richer ecotone hunter gatherers probably could survive.

]]> http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2009/12/30/in-the-1970s-bushmeat-trade-manipulates-pygmy-economy-and-the-fate-of-the-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-1332 Terese Hart Sat, 02 Jan 2010 14:22:26 +0000 http://www.bonoboincongo.com/?p=1414#comment-1332 Cleve, Excellent question. We think that a hunting gathering life, particularly without iron, would indeed have been richer at the forest edges. Certainly forays deeper into the forest might have happened during the Gilbertiodendron (mbau) mast, but that tree also grows close to the forest border in many places. I'm inspired and we will put together a post on this subject soon. Cleve,
Excellent question. We think that a hunting gathering life, particularly without iron, would indeed have been richer at the forest edges. Certainly forays deeper into the forest might have happened during the Gilbertiodendron (mbau) mast, but that tree also grows close to the forest border in many places.
I’m inspired and we will put together a post on this subject soon.

]]> http://www.bonoboincongo.com/2009/12/30/in-the-1970s-bushmeat-trade-manipulates-pygmy-economy-and-the-fate-of-the-forest/comment-page-1/#comment-1331 cleve hicks Wed, 30 Dec 2009 12:05:47 +0000 http://www.bonoboincongo.com/?p=1414#comment-1331 Incredibly fascinating post. I wonder what the Bambuti / Babenzele et al were doing before the Bantu entered the forest and they developed this commensual relationship? Were they living around the forest edges, already pre-adapted for entering deeper in the forest once they struck up their relationship with the Bantus? Or were they 'normal' hunter-gatherers who only became forest experts after the arrival of the Bantu? Incredibly fascinating post. I wonder what the Bambuti / Babenzele et al were doing before the Bantu entered the forest and they developed this commensual relationship? Were they living around the forest edges, already pre-adapted for entering deeper in the forest once they struck up their relationship with the Bantus? Or were they ‘normal’ hunter-gatherers who only became forest experts after the arrival of the Bantu?

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