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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Traditional knowledge about wild plants connects people to nature and sustains both cultural identity and biodiversity. This study explores how cultural exchange among Albanians, Greeks and Aromanians in southern Albania shapes the use and naming of medicinal and food plants.
Evanthia Dina +9 more
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A biocultural approach to navigating conservation trade-offs through participatory methods
Ecology and Society, 2022 The desire to simultaneously address the well-being of local people while also mitigating the destruction of ecosystems resulted in a variety of win-win approaches, including popular models such as community-based conservation and integrated conservation
Nicole Wengerd, Michael P. Gilmore
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Harnessing the nutritional potential of Cape wild edible plants: Insights, gaps and priorities
PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Wild edible plants hold significant potential to strengthen food systems by enhancing nutrition, dietary diversity, climate resilience, sustainability and deeper connection of people to their food. In this study, we conducted a systematic literature review to identify knowledge gaps and assess the nutritional contributions of selected wild edible ...
Nicola Kühn +5 more
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An ethic of co-inhabitation for the biocultural conservation of rivers
Naturaleza y Sociedad. Desafíos Medioambientales, 2022 During the 20th century, numerous rivers were pumped, channeled, stratified, dammed, and diverted. Diverse water courses and bodies (rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands, estuaries, and aquifers) were transformed for agricultural irrigation and energy purposes, supplying urban areas or simply favoring economic interests.
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How Academia Can Contribute to Biocultural Conservation
, 2023 The purpose of this paper is to provide analysis and recommendations on how academia can contribute to effective Biocultural Conservation in practice. Both conceptual and practical considerations highlight empowerment and agency of local communities as “front line conservationists.” Our fundamental premise is that academia must incorporate and ...
Chavez Michaelsen, Andrea Birgit +2 more
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, 2022 Urgent calls for biocultural conservation highlight the need to engage with Indigenous peoples, whose lands cover some of the most biodiverse regions on Earth.
Yolŋu Knowledge Custodians +4 more
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PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.Sotol (Dasylirion spp.) is a resilient desert plant that sustains ecosystems, cultures and livelihoods in Chihuahua Desert. Our review highlights its nutritional properties, traditional uses and potential new applications in food, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy and water remediation. By synthesizing evidence across disciplines, we show how sotol can
Dámaris Leopoldina Ojeda Barrios +7 more
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Exploring the Biocultural Nexus of <i>Gastrodia elata</i> in Zhaotong: A Pathway to Ecological Conservation and Economic Growth. [PDF]
Biology (Basel)Gastrodia elata, known as Tianma in Chinese, is a valuable medicinal and nutritional resource. The favorable climate of Zhaotong City, Yunnan Province, China, facilitates its growth and nurtures rich biocultural diversity associated with Tianma in the ...
Fan Y, Tian M, Hu D, Xiong Y.
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Scientific ReportsAnimals select their habitats from available resources in a way that should maximize fitness, and thus habitat preferences are generally predicted to be adaptive.
Tomás A. Altamirano +8 more
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Ecology and SocietyThe Values Assessment (VA) of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) highlights that contemporary political decisions prioritize economic values of nature while neglecting aesthetic, ecological, and ...
Alejandra Tauro, Ricardo Rozzi
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