52371ef0-855f-40c8-8567-f8965f9cbf03 English ISO/IEC 8859-1 (also known as Latin 1) dataset dataset NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg Lancaster LA1 4AP UK info@eidc.ac.uk https://eidc.ac.uk/ EIDC website The Environmental Information Data Centre (EIDC) is the UK's national data centre for terrestrial and freshwater sciences. information pointOfContact 2025-11-13T16:27:34 UK GEMINI 2.3 WGS 84 Local tree names, uses and species identification in Mozambique 2017-12-18 publication 2015-12-31 creation https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/52371ef0-855f-40c8-8567-f8965f9cbf03 10.5285/52371ef0-855f-40c8-8567-f8965f9cbf03 doi: Woollen, E., Grundy, I., Bechel, A., Ryan, C.M., Nhaduco, O., Daude, I.A., Manguiao, A.A., Da Costa, A.A., Lisboa, S.N., Junior, J.F., Mutemba, L., Pais, A., Zavale, M., Cumbula, S., Xerinda, H., Buque, H., Meneses, D., Rodrigues, C., Mário, A.M., Ribeiro, N., Domingos, L.P., Mbandze, A., Armando, F., Jennings, P. (2017). Local tree names, uses and species identification in Mozambique. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/52371ef0-855f-40c8-8567-f8965f9cbf03 The dataset includes lists of local tree names, tree species identification and local uses of trees in seventeen different villages across three Districts in Mozambique, Africa. We collated species lists from seven villages in Mabalane District, Gaza Province, ten villages in Marrupa District, Niassa Province, and ten villages in Gurue District Zambezia Province. Data were collected in Mabalane between May-Sep 2014, Marrupa between May-Aug 2015, and Gurue between Sep-Dec 2015. Lists of local tree names were collated from several forest plots and agricultural field surveys occurring within the sampled villages, and their species identified in the field by the authors and/or from dried and pressed samples by botanists at the Universidade Eduardo Mondlane in Maputo. Tree species uses by local populations were recorded through a mixture of key informant interviews, focus group discussions, village surveys and ad-hoc observations. This dataset was collected as part of the Ecosystem Services for Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) funded ACES project , which aims to understand how changing land use impacts on ecosystem services and human wellbeing of the rural poor in Mozambique. Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/52371ef0-855f-40c8-8567-f8965f9cbf03 Woollen, E. University of Edinburgh ewoollen@exseed.ed.ac.uk pointOfContact Woollen, E. University of Edinburgh e.woollen@ed.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6504-4835 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Grundy, I. University of Zimbabwe isla.grundy@gmail.com https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4552-0961 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Bechel, A. Universidade Eduardo Mondlane enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Ryan, C.M. University of Edinburgh casey.ryan@ed.ac.uk https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1802-0128 ORCID record ORCID is an open, non-profit, community-driven effort to create and maintain a registry of unique researcher identifiers and a transparent method of linking research activities and outputs to these identifiers. information author Nhaduco, O. Universidade Eduardo Mondlane enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Daude, I.A. Universidade Lurio enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Manguiao, A.A. Universidade Lurio enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Da Costa, A.A. Universidade Lurio enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Lisboa, S.N. Universidade Eduardo Mondlane enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Junior, J.F. Universidade Eduardo Mondlane enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Mutemba, L. Universidade Eduardo Mondlane enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Pais, A. Universidade Zambeze enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Zavale, M. Universidade Eduardo Mondlane enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Cumbula, S. Universidade Eduardo Mondlane enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Xerinda, H. Universidade Eduardo Mondlane enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Buque, H. Universidade Eduardo Mondlane enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Meneses, D. Universidade Eduardo Mondlane enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Rodrigues, C. Universidade Lurio enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Mário, A.M. Universidade Lurio enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Ribeiro, N. Universidade Eduardo Mondlane enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Domingos, L.P. Universidade Lurio enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Mbandze, A. Universidade Lurio enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Armando, F. Centro polivalente Leão Dehon enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author Jennings, P. University of Edinburgh enquiries@ceh.ac.uk author NERC Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk publisher NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk custodian University of Edinburgh EMAIL NOT PROVIDED owner notPlanned hunting cultural heritage food charcoal GEMET - Concepts, version 4.1.3 2019-01-28 creation Mozambique Mabalane District Gaza Province Marrupa District Niassa Province Gurue District Zambezia Province GeoNames 2006-01-01 creation Ecosystem services Africa firewood construction medicine cultural otherRestrictions no limitations otherRestrictions This resource is made available under the terms of the Open Government Licence otherRestrictions © University of Edinburgh otherRestrictions If you reuse this data, you should cite: Woollen, E., Grundy, I., Bechel, A., Ryan, C.M., Nhaduco, O., Daude, I.A., Manguiao, A.A., Da Costa, A.A., Lisboa, S.N., Junior, J.F., Mutemba, L., Pais, A., Zavale, M., Cumbula, S., Xerinda, H., Buque, H., Meneses, D., Rodrigues, C., Mário, A.M., Ribeiro, N., Domingos, L.P., Mbandze, A., Armando, F., Jennings, P. (2017). Local tree names, uses and species identification in Mozambique. NERC Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/52371ef0-855f-40c8-8567-f8965f9cbf03 textTable English utf8 biota 2014-05-01 2014-09-30 2015-05-01 2015-12-31 29.68 42.248 -27.479 -10.347 Comma-separated values (CSV) NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre info@eidc.ac.uk distributor https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/52371ef0-855f-40c8-8567-f8965f9cbf03 Download the data Download a copy of this data download https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/52371ef0-855f-40c8-8567-f8965f9cbf03.zip Supporting information Supporting information available to assist in re-use of this dataset information dataset dataset Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 All data were quality assured by the first and second author. When in the field, all teams were trained in data collection methods to ensure consistent robust records. All field teams had a translator to translate from the local language to Portuguese or English. All observations recorded in Portuguese were translated to English by the lead author. If several different species were identified for the same local name a preference for the identification made in the field, rather than that of the dried sample, was made, as correct identification of whole trees are more likely to be correct. If identification was very uncertain, species were labelled as 'unknown'. Grouping all recorded local tree names and synonyms into similar sounding/spelled groups to assign a standardized local name was done by the lead for consistency.