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Prevalence of traded bird species in key biodiversity areas

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract The use and trade of biodiversity involve tens of thousands of species that are exploited at a range of scales, intensities, and degrees of sustainability. As a result, some are highly threatened. Key biodiversity areas (KBAs) are sites of significance for the persistence of biodiversity identified nationally based on standardized criteria ...
Oscar Morton, Tom Lansley, Stuart H. M. Butchart, Graeme M. Buchanan, David P. Edwards   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Quand les mobilisations citoyennes transforment la précordillère des Andes : le cas d’une association de riverains à Santiago du Chili

Revue de Géographie Alpine, 2016
The Andean foothills found on the outskirts of Santiago are mainly private property. The management of this area has been an issue of conflict between residents and developers.
Consuelo Biskupovic, Caroline Stamm
doaj   +1 more source

The building and rebuilding of walls: Aspirations, commitments and tensions within an Andean community and the archaeological monument they inhabit

, 2013
Walls are at the foundation of ‘civil society’: physical and symbolic barriers that differentiate people and activities. Cooperation in construction work expresses people’s aspirations and can be a focus for the development of group solidarity.
Bill Sillar
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Where water meets rock: Ecological niches and diversity hotspots of hygropetric beetles in the Neotropics

Ecological Entomology, EarlyView.
First continental‐scale synthesis of hygropetric beetle diversity and distribution across Neotropical highlands. Climatic and topographic gradients structure regional assemblages and niche overlap. Ecological convergence suggests adaptation to similar conditions across disjunct regions.
Janderson Batista Rodrigues Alencar, Fabrício Beggiato Baccaro, Cesar J. Benetti, Vinícius da Costa‐Silva, Neusa Hamada   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Llamas, Barter and Travel Rituals: An Ethnographic Study on the Esquela Tusuy Dance of the Uchumiri Peasant Community, Condesuyos, Peru

Religions
The “Esquela Tusuy” dance is a cultural manifestation deeply rooted in the Uchumiri Peasant Community (Condesuyos, Peru), reflecting the intersection between traditional cultural practices and community identity.
Aleixandre Brian Duche-Pérez, Lolo Juan Mamani-Daza   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

When Citizen Mobilisations Transform the Andean Foothills: the Case of the Group for the Defence of the Precordillera

Revue de Géographie Alpine, 2016
The Andean foothills found on the outskirts of Santiago are mainly private property. The management of this area has been an issue of conflict between residents and developers.
Consuelo Biskupovic, Caroline Stamm
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing soil and native high Andean grassland quality under grazing: A case study from the wet Puna of Peru

Grassland Science, EarlyView.
Abstract High Andean grasslands are vulnerable to changes in their nutritional quality and carbon sequestration capacity, especially in grazing systems. This study evaluated soil quality and native grasses by measuring carbon, physicochemical parameters, and the nutritional quality of predominant species in the wet Puna of Junín, Peru.
Alberto Arias‐Arredondo, Wendy E. Pérez, Sphyros Lastra, Juancarlos Cruz, Richard Solórzano‐Acosta, Cecilia Turín   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate Change, Migration, and Conflict: Addressing Complex Crisis Scenarios in the 21st Century [PDF]

, 2012
Outlines how climate change, migration, and conflict intersect in Africa, Asia, and the Americas and implications for national, human, and environmental security.
Laura Conley, Michael Werz
core  

Whose knowledge, whose cure? traditional medicine and the boundaries of WIPO's 2024 genetic resources treaty

The Journal of World Intellectual Property, EarlyView.
Abstract Traditional medicine—including complementary, integrative, Indigenous, and ancestral practices—remains a vital source of healthcare for billions worldwide, particularly in the Global South. Despite its widespread use and biomedical relevance, traditional medicinal knowledge has long been excluded from dominant intellectual property systems ...
Tolulope Anthony Adekola
wiley   +1 more source

“Wawa Pampay”: Andean Ritual for the Emotional Transformation of Grief in an Andean Community

Religions
The “Wawa Pampay” is an Andean funeral ritual that allows Quechua-speaking communities to collectively process grief over the death of a child, integrating ancestral beliefs and symbolic practices that have been passed down over generations.
Edgar Gutiérrez-Gómez, Yanina Marleni Tristan-Quispe, Rosa Cecilia González-Ríos, Sonia Beatriz Munaris-Parco, Vidalina Andía-Ayme, Gilmar Peña-Rojas   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source