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Understandings and critiques of biocultural diversity conservation and future recommendations for conservation actors [PDF]

Conservation Biology
Abstract As biocultural approaches to conservation gain traction (e.g., through international commitments to Indigenous Peoples and local communities) and external conservation actors increasingly seek to engage with on‐the‐ground holders of biocultural diversity, improved understanding is needed of what biocultural diversity means ...
Natalie York
exaly   +7 more sources

The role of wetland birds in biocultural conservation: analysing global discourses and practices on species and ecosystems

Ecosystems and People
Biocultural approaches for conservation weave knowledge systems of both Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IP&LCs) with scientific insights to address environmental justice and promote local and global sustainability.
Paola Araneda, Peter Bridgewater, J Cristobal Pizarro   +2 more
exaly   +4 more sources

Diversity and distribution of the Huastec Mayan medicinal plants: hotspots for bioprospecting and conservation. [PDF]

Biodivers Data J
The multi-ethnic biocultural region Huasteca in Mexico has a variety of practices, including the use of traditional plant-based medicine. Here, we analyse the diversity and distribution of the medicinal plants used by the Tenek culture, to identify ...
Cupido M, De-Nova JA, Cilia-López VG, Pérez-Vázquez FJ, Delgado-Sánchez P.   +4 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Risk perceptions and adaptive strategies in sociobiodiversity value chains: a case study with pink pepper tree (Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi) extractivists in Northeastern Brazil. [PDF]

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed
Environmental changes are at the core of scientific discussions and represent imminent risks to numerous productive activities, including the value chains of sociobiodiversity products.
Cruz RS, Amaral IJS, Oliveira IS, Demetrio GR, de Medeiros PM, da Silva RRV.   +5 more
europepmc   +2 more sources

Local knowledge as a tool for prospecting wild food plants: experiences in northeastern Brazil

Scientific Reports, 2021
This study aims to provide a simple framework to identify wild food plants with potential for popularization based on local knowledge and perception. To this end, we also characterized the distribution of this knowledge in the socio-ecological system. We
Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros, Gabriela Maria Cota dos Santos, Déborah Monteiro Barbosa, Laílson César Andrade Gomes, Élida Monique da Costa Santos, Rafael Ricardo Vasconcelos da Silva   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Domestic carnivore interactions with wildlife in the Cape Horn Biosphere Reserve, Chile: husbandry and perceptions of impact from a community perspective [PDF]

PeerJ, 2018
Background Hundreds of millions of domestic carnivores worldwide have diverse positive affiliations with humans, but can provoke serious socio-ecological impacts when free-roaming.
Elke Schüttler, Lorena Saavedra-Aracena, Jaime E. Jiménez   +2 more
doaj   +2 more sources

Sub-Antarctic Freshwater Invertebrate Thermal Tolerances: An Assessment of Critical Thermal Limits and Behavioral Responses

Insects, 2020
Physiological thermal limits of organisms are linked to their geographic distribution. The assessment of such limits can provide valuable insights when monitoring for environmental thermal alterations.
Javier Rendoll-Cárcamo, Tamara Contador, Peter Convey, James Kennedy   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bird conservation status and cultural values in Indigenous Mexican communities: towards a bioculturally informed conservation policy

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2022
Background We summarize comparative ethnoornithological data for ten Mexican Indigenous communities, an initial step towards a comprehensive archive of the avian diversity conserved within Mexico’s Indigenous territories. We do so by counting highlighted
Graciela Alcántara-Salinas, Eugene S. Hunn, María Elena Ibáñez-Bravo, Elda Miriam Aldasoro-Maya, Noé Flores-Hernández, Juan Antonio Pérez-Sato, Natalia Real-Luna, Rafael Arturo Muñoz-Márquez Trujillo, Diana Lope-Alzina, Jaime Ernesto Rivera-Hernández   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biocultural restoration in Hawaiʻi also achieves core conservation goals

Ecology and Society, 2020
Biocultural approaches to restoration have demonstrated multiple benefits for human communities, but the ecological benefits and trade-offs involved have received little attention.
Kawika B. Winter, Tamara Ticktin, Shimona A. Quazi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

L’avenir de la conservation des plantes cultivées à la ferme : intérêt des approches bioculturelles de la conservation

Droit et Cultures, 2023
The article focuses on the modernist framework of crop diversity conservation as it was set up in the early 20th century. It shows and analyses its effects, particularly on the category of on-farm conservation that unfolded in the late 1980s.
Benjamin Coudurier, Fabien Girard, Ingrid Hall   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source