List of Tables xi List of Figures xi Contributors xiii Foreword xv Introduction The State of Indigenous Knowledge in Bangladesh 3(20) Paul Sillitoe PART 1 INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND DEVELOPMENT ISSUES Indigenous Technical Knowledge: Unexplored Potential for Sustainable Development 23(4) Abdul Momen Miah Towards an Understanding of Indigenous Knowledge 27(4) M. Millat-e-Mustafa Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainability: On the Brink of Disaster or Revolution? 31(6) H. Zaman Development Disasters: The Role of Indigenous Knowledge and Practices 37(4) Mahfuzul Haque Investigating Indigenous Knowledge: A Review of the Bangladeshi Literature on Natural Resources 41(16) Dwijen Mallick PART 2 INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND AGROFORESTRY Use of Indigenous Knowledge in the Sustainable Development of Bangladeshi Farm Forestry 57(8) M.A. Quddus Tree Pathology and Bangladeshi Agroforestry Practices 65(6) Mohammad Abdur Rahman In Praise of the Indigenous Neem Tree 71(4) L. Mohammed Lalon PART 3 INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND PLANT RESOURCES Indigenous Knowledge of Plant Use in a Hill Tracts Tribal Community and Its Role in Sustainable Development 75(4) M.A. Rahman Aditi Khisa S.B. Uddin C.C. Wilcock Wild Vegetables: A Valuable Natural Resource for the Rural Poor 79(12) Jane Stokoe Local Vegetable Seed Storage Methods and Womens Participation in Development 91(6) Wajed A. Shah Salina Jahan Nuri Medicinal Plants for the Survival of Rural People 97(10) N. Begum M.F. Haq K. Naher Indigenous Medicinal Plant Use, Sustainabilty and Biodiversity: Learning from the Grameen Bank Experience 107(10) M.I. Zuberi PART 4 INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND FISH RESOURCES Indigenous Knowledge of Fish and Fisheries: A Pilot Study 117(10) Nurul Islam Antonia Reihlen Paul M. Thompson Freshwater Fisheries: Indigenous Knowledge and Issues of Sustainability 127(4) D. Mazumder Z. Samina T. Islam An Indigenously Developed Pond Aquaculture System 131(8) Wajed A. Shah Philip Townsley PART 5 INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES Indigenous Knowledge and Agricultural Research: Conflicts and Complementarities 139(6) S.B. Naseem Cultivating Indigenous Knowledge on Bangladeshi Soil: An Essay in Definition 145(16) Paul Sillitoe Actors and Rural Livelihoods: Integrating Interdisciplinary Research and Local Knowledge 161(18) P.J. Dixon J.J.F. Barr P. Sillitoe Databases, Indigenous Knowledge and Interdisciplinary Research 179(18) J.J.F. Barr P. Sillitoe Indigenous Knowledge Fieldwork: Interaction with Natural Resource Scientists 197(6) Mahbub Alam When a Bangladeshi `Native is not a Bangladeshi `Native 203(10) Zahir Ahmed CONCLUSION The Bangladesh Resource Centre for Indigenous Knowledge and Its Network 213(6) Sukanta Sen Ben Angell Anna Miles References 219(20) Index 239
