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Traditional conservation areas of coconut varieties and associated knowledge in Polynesian islands (South Pacific Ocean)

An Aloha Organic research reading guide · Coconut ecology & knowledge.

2013 · Coconut ecology & knowledge

Traditional conservation areas of coconut varieties and associated knowledge in Polynesian islands (South Pacific Ocean)

R. Bourdeix, V. Johnson, V. S. Saena Tuia, J. Kapé, S. Planes

Wider context · Other organisms, crops or coconut knowledge

What the paper covers

Draws on surveys across 27 Pacific islands to discuss traditional coconut-variety conservation and Polymotu, using geographic isolation to conserve planting material.

Read it in context

Indigenous knowledge and conservation context, not a CRB-control trial. Preserve regional specificity.

The original publication

Summary and source record; redistribution not verified.

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Sources & reading notes

Reviewed October 22, 2026. Aloha Organic summaries draw on the sources below.