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Reef 2050 Long Term Sustainability Plan Indigenous Implementation Plan [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The Department commissioned the Gidarjil Development Corporation in 2016 to consult with Traditional Owners and develop a Reef 2050 Indigenous Implementation Plan.

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Placing the Maasai [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Examines the historical construction of Kenyan Maasai people and 'Maasailand' in the context of the interrelated networks of knowledge and practice in development, ecology and conservation and safari ...
Toogood, Mark
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Maternal short stature does not predict their children's fatness indicators in a nutritional dual-burden sample of urban Mexican Maya. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
The co-existence of very short stature due to poor chronic environment in early life and obesity is becoming a public health concern in rapidly transitioning populations with high levels of poverty.
Bogin, B   +5 more
core   +1 more source

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

Toward Sustainable Biocultural Ecotourism: An Integrated Spatial Analysis of Cultural and Biodiversity Richness in Colombia

open access: yesPeople and Nature
Ecotourism plays a vital role in both economic development and depending on the scale, it can also aid environmental conservation. Ecotourism planning often considers culture‐based and nature‐based tourism separately, failing to recognize the synergies ...
Alejandra Echeverri   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

China Muerta National Reserve: Reflections about the biocultural conservation of nature, forest fires and the colonial wound in indigenous territories [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Se presentan los principales resultados de una investigación de carácter exploratorio realizada en torno al incendio de la Reserva Nacional China Muerta (Región de La Araucanía), ocurrido en el año 2015.
Figueroa Burdiles, Noelia   +1 more
core   +1 more source

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

open access: yesThe 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

A systematic review of biocultural innovation: Challenges, potentialities and agendas for environmental futures

open access: yesJournal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development
Biocultural diversity and heritage are areas threatened by the implications of the development agenda. They study the interdependent relationships between people and the biodiversity of Indigenous and Local community's territories.
Juan David Reina Rozo
doaj   +1 more source

The promise of digital herbarium specimens in large‐scale phenology research

open access: yesNew Phytologist, EarlyView.
Summary The online mobilization of herbaria has made tens of millions of specimens digitally available, revolutionizing investigations of phenology and plant responses to climate change. We identify two main themes associated with this growing body of research and highlight a selection of recent publications exemplifying: investigating phenology at ...
Natalie Iwanycki Ahlstrand   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The May Crosses ('Cruces de Mayo') of Piedrabuena, Spain: Ethnobotanical assessment of cultural and biological heritage with conservation implications for Erica and bryophyte species

open access: yesMediterranean Botany
Religious festivities incorporating botanical elements constitute significant components of Spain's cultural heritage, exemplified by Corpus Christi, Palm Sunday, Béjar's "Moss Man," and Nativity scene representations.
Alonso Verde   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

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