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Wibana: How Bobonaza Runa and Forest Animals Know and Live With Each Other
The Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology, Volume 31, Issue 1, March 2026.ABSTRACT Runa women living along the Bobonaza river in the Ecuadorian Amazon raise captured forest animals, in a practice called wibana. Runa women are attentive to the particular ways the wiba (raised) animals interface with the world, and learn the wibas’ communicative repertoires and are able to “read” what wibas sense in the forest, including ...
James Beveridge
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indigenous perspectives on global norms [PDF]
, 2019 Ever since Evo Morales Ayma became Bolivia's first indigenous president in 2006 and the promulgation of a human-rights-enhancing Constitution (2009) thereafter, indigenous peoples’ rights were gradually recognised.
Eichler, Jessika
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People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 12, Page 3313-3329, December 2025.Abstract Context. Exploring how Indigenous People interact with plants through their functional traits allows us to understand the ecological bases of plant selection. Functional traits can help explain why certain plants are consistently chosen for specific purposes across diverse cultural contexts.
Julia G. de Aledo +16 more
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Leptodactylus pentadactylus [PDF]
, 2012 Number of Pages: 48Integrative BiologyGeological ...
de Sá, Rafael O. +2 more
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Western Amazonian Ateleutina (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae, Cryptinae) [PDF]
, 2012 Ateleutina is a small subtribe of Cryptinae (Ichneumonidae) composed of two genera: Ateleute Förster and Tamaulipeca Kasparyan. Neither of the genera includes species described from South America.
Bordera, Santiago +1 more
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People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 5, Page 1151-1170, May 2025.Abstract Human–plant relations shed light on forms of reciprocity in Indigenous territorial stewardship. This article shows how Cofán, Siona and Siekopai (also Secoya or Airo Pai in Peru) Indigenous Peoples in the western Amazon collect, cultivate and use yoco (Paullinia yoco) to promote communal conviviality, reclaim once‐threatened cultural practices
Joel E. Correia +11 more
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Transnational activism the case of Sarayaku. The actions of Sarayaku in the International and National Arenas [PDF]
, 2017 Transnational activism has greatly expanded in the last decade. This kind of militancy, involving networks of people and alliances across borders, has increased worldwide.
Antaki, Nour
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Perceived Predation Risk Affects Mammal Behavior at Amazonian Mineral Licks
Biotropica, Volume 57, Issue 2, March 2025.Mineral licks are critical resources for herbivores in Amazonia and other tropical regions which may be deficient in dietary minerals or consuming alkaloid‐laced leaves which may cause gastrointestinal issues. Animals visiting mineral licks must balance the benefits of relief of physiological stressors with the risk of predation, and they may employ ...
Brian M. Griffiths +2 more
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Influence of ecotourism on the conservation of wildlife and socioeconomic conditions of indigenous communities of the Yasuní National Park and its area of influence [PDF]
, 2017 This article aims to illuminate the influence of ecotourism on the conservation of wild fauna and socioeconomic conditions of indigenous communities living in and around the Yasuní National Park (YNP). To obtain relevant data, a survey was applied to 132
Guzmán Proaño, Carmen Amelia
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People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 1, Page 99-111, January 2025.Abstract To achieve sustainable targets, international panels call for a transformative change in human–nature interactions to foster human well‐being and promote pro‐environmental behaviour. The extent to which people considered themselves as part of nature—known as human–nature connectedness—has been shown to be a key societal trait for achieving ...
Gladys Barragan‐Jason +8 more
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