Local tree names, uses and species identification in Mozambique

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.

本数据集汇集了非洲莫桑比克十七个不同村庄的本地树木名称列表、树种鉴定及其在当地的应用。数据收集涵盖了马巴拉内区、加扎省的七个村庄、马鲁帕区、尼亚萨省的十个村庄以及古鲁埃区、赞比西省的十个村庄。数据收集时间分别为2014年5月至9月在马巴拉内区、2015年5月至8月在马鲁帕区以及2015年9月至12月在古鲁埃区。本地树木名称列表由多个森林样地和农业田野调查组成，在调查村庄内收集，并由作者或莫桑比克马普托的埃德华多·莫兰达大学植物学家通过干燥和压制样本在现场进行物种鉴定。当地人群对树木物种的使用通过关键信息提供者访谈、焦点小组讨论、村庄调查和临时观察等多种方式记录。该数据集作为生态系统服务减贫（ESPA）资助的ACES项目的一部分收集，该项目旨在理解土地利用变化如何影响生态系统服务以及莫桑比克农村贫困人口的人类福祉。