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RECOMENDACIÓN 2. SALUD INTERCULTURAL: INCLUSIÓN DE LOS CONOCIMIENTOS, PRÁCTICAS Y SABERES ANCESTRALES DE LOS PUEBLOS INDÍGENAS Y COMUNIDADES LOCALES (PiCl)

Acta Biológica Colombiana
Los pueblos indígenas y comunidades locales (PiCl) poseen conocimientos, prácticas y saberes ancestrales que incluyen una amplia variedad de dimensiones, entre las que se pueden destacar la espiritualidad, la biodiversidad territorial y cultural, la ...
Jeyver Rodríguez, Piedad Guzmán, Baldomero Molina-Flores, Natalia Cediel Becerrra   +3 more
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Interpersonal and Ideological Kindness: A Biocultural Approach [PDF]

, 2018
In accordance with Richard Dawkins’ materialist “selfish gene” theory of human behavior, altruism is a subject matter that is treated conservatively by biologists, whose understanding of the human version of altruism tends toward mutualistic and ...
Averitt-Hubbard, Sally
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Capsicum chinense as an African traditional vegetable: Culture, resilience, and opportunity

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Capsicum chinense is central to everyday diets, cultural identity, and smallholder livelihoods across Sub‐Saharan Africa, yet remains overlooked in agricultural research and policy. This paper reframes C. chinense as a traditional, climate‐resilient vegetable shaped by centuries of farmer stewardship and cultural selection.
Derek W. Barchenger, Herbaud P. F. Zohoungbogobo   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Perspectives and behaviors surrounding planting practices in North America inform genetic conservation realities for American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
American ginseng is a shade‐obligate, North American medicinal plant that is widely traded and used internationally. To meet global demand, ginseng is cultivated in forest farms in the Appalachian region of the USA and field‐based artificial shade farms in two regions: Ontario, Canada and Wisconsin, USA. We conducted social research leveraging in‐depth
Rachel E. Palkovitz, Mary K. Shenk, Eric P. Burkhart   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Future‐Proofing Natura 2000 Through a Biocultural Approach

Conservation Letters
The Natura 2000 sites of the European Union form the largest protected area network globally and are widely considered a conservation success. However, many Natura 2000 sites are not in a favorable conservation status, and support by policy and society ...
Tobias Plieninger, Marion Jay, Tibor Hartel   +2 more
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From wild to tamed: Reimagining novel crops through omics and local plant diversity

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The global food system faces growing pressure from climate change, biodiversity loss, and rising nutritional demands. Agriculture has increased yields but reduced crop diversity, flavor, and nutritional quality, leaving societies vulnerable and dependent on a narrow set of staple species.
Alexandra Sanfeliu Meliá, Pablo D. Cárdenas   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Anthropological Encounters with Economic Development and Biodiversity Conservation [PDF]

Current debates on the ecological crisis and on shared responsibilities for the maintenance of the earth's commons raise fundamental anthropological questions, but anthropologists have yet to engage fully with them, or with the paradigm of sustainable ...
Laura Rival (ODID)
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Management and incipient domestication of Chamaedorea tepejilote in agroforestry systems in Mexico

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Native wild plants are key elements in addressing global biodiversity loss and supporting sustainable food systems. We investigated how rural communities in Mexico manage Chamaedorea tepejilote, a wild palm with edible male inflorescences, by combining ethnobotanical, genetic, morphological and ecological approaches.
Viviana Andrade, Alejandro Casas, Edna Arévalo‐Marín, Gonzalo D. Álvarez‐Ríos, Hernán Alvarado‐Sizzo, Vanessa Guerrero‐Hernández, Paola Ubiergo‐Corvalán, Maite Lascurain‐Rangel   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Inter‐Annual Variation in Alpha and Beta Diversity of Benthic Macroinvertebrate Communities in Agricultural Ditches

River Research and Applications, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ditches are essential elements of the agricultural landscape because of their role as habitat or refuge for aquatic species, especially in homogenized and intensively cultivated areas. However, data on the biodiversity associated with agricultural ditches, and its variation over time, are underrepresented in ecological research.
Michela Rappocciolo, Martina Chiorino, Elide Sgarella, Davide Solazzo, Cristina Spreafico, Alberto Doretto   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

TNR and conservation on a university campus: a political ecological perspective [PDF]

, 2014
How to manage the impact of free-ranging cats on native wildlife is a polarizing issue. Conservation biologists largely support domestic cat euthanasia to mitigate impacts of free-ranging cat predation on small animal populations.
Adamec, Allendorf, Anderson, Baerends-van Roon, Balogh, Bateson, Bateson, Berkes, Biben, Bradshaw, Brug, Campbell, Caro, Caro, Caro, Churcher, Clutton-Brock, Clutton-Brock, Clutton-Brock, Cohen, Colding, Coleman, Coman, Corbett, Dabritz, Dauphiné, Davidson-Hunt, Davis, Deag, Dillman, Driscoll, Ewer, Ferreira, Fitzgerald, Forman, Gehrt, Hawkins, Hughes, Jessup, Johnson, Krauze-Gryz, Kreuter, Kruuk, Kuo, Lepczyk, Lepczyk, Lertzman, Leyhausen, Leyhausen, Longcore, Lopez, Loss, Loyd, Mathusa, Mills, Moelk, Mulrennan, Müller, Nabhan, Nadkarni, Ostrom, Peterson, Podsakoff, Pressey, Randi, Rindos, Robbins, Robertson, Rokeach, Rozzi, Rozzi, Russo, Saslis-Lagoudakis, Shultz, Tabor, Tan, Turner, Vandebroek, Vaske, Vaske, Vaske, Vigne, Wald, Wald, Wolverton, Woods, Wyndham   +86 more
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