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Scientists’ warning on the global destruction of rock outcrop ecosystems

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Rock outcrops are geological formations that harbor a highly specialized biota adapted to harsh environmental conditions that differ from their surrounding landscapes. They are globally distributed, especially in old, highly weathered landscapes, and can function as habitat islands containing high levels of endemism and distinct evolutionary ...
Luiza F. A. de Paula   +19 more
wiley   +1 more source

La memoria biocultural

open access: yes, 2009
In recent years there has been an increasing tendency to place greater value on traditional knowledge about nature, as well as its management and conservation.
Halffter Salas, Gonzalo
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Reimagining artificial intelligence applications for Indigenous‐led community‐based wildlife monitoring: Insights from biodiversity surveys in the Warddeken Indigenous protected area in northern Australia

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
This article examines how Artificial Intelligence (AI) wildlife‐monitoring tools can be reimagined to support the Indigenous‐led Mayh community‐based monitoring program in the Warddeken Indigenous Protected Area. We show that Indigenous‐led implementation and governance are essential for ensuring AI strengthens, rather than disrupts, local stewardship ...
Cara E. Penton   +16 more
wiley   +1 more source

Setting Up Roots: Opportunities for Biocultural Restoration in Recently Inhabited Settings

open access: yes, 2023
Biocultural approaches to restoration, which recognize the unique ways of understanding of socioecological challenges by Indigenous and local communities, have gained traction in recent decades.
Melanie E. Jones   +5 more
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Ten Principles for Biocultural Conservation at the Southern Tip of the Americas: the Approach of the Omora Ethnobotanical Park

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2006
Although there is general agreement among conservation practitioners about the need for (1) social involvement on the part of scientists; (2) interdisciplinary approaches; (3) working on local, regional, and global levels; and (4) implementing ...
Ricardo Rozzi   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Toward more inclusive governance and conservation in the urbanizing Amazon

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
We propose two paths toward a more inclusive approach to governance and conservation in the urbanizing Amazon: (1) grounding natural resource management programs in local‐level realities and (2) accounting for flows and transformations of place‐based relationships across the rural–urban interface.
Christian J. Rivera   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Spatial inference of ancestor locations suggests northern refugia for canopy‐forming kelps in the Pacific Northwest

open access: yesNew Phytologist, EarlyView.
Population genetic structure in the Pacific Northwest for (a–c) Nereocystis and (d–f) Macrocystis. Summary Pockets of the formerly glaciated Pacific coastline of North America likely remained ice‐free throughout the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM). These areas may have served as refugia for terrestrial species, but less is known about their role in the ...
Jordan B. Bemmels   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sub-Antarctic Biocultural Conservation Program

open access: yes, 2004
This article discusses ten dimensions of a biocultural conservation approach at the austral tip of the ...
Rozzi, Ricardo, 1960-   +3 more
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Towards safe and just nature conservation

open access: yesEcological Solutions and Evidence, Volume 7, Issue 3, July–September 2026.
Nature conservation needs to address the root causes of biodiversity loss, and engage with the global, whole‐of‐society transformation necessary to reverse these trends. This is fundamentally a matter of justice for people and planet. A justice‐centred and earth system‐focused approach is essential for nature conservation to succeed.
Mike Clarke   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biocultural Rights, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities

open access: yes, 2022
International audienceThis lecture investigates the role of biocultural community protocols in safeguarding the biocultural rights of Indigenous and local communities.
Frison, Christine, Girard, Fabien
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