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Peer-reviewed research based on the relationship between South African cultures and biodiversity

Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science
Understanding past and present relationships of traditional cultures with biodiversity through biocultural research can help inform inclusive conservation policy and planning in a country seeking to undo past injustices such as South Africa.
Fortunate M. Phaka, Louis H. du Preez, Jean Huge, Maarten P.M. Vanhove   +3 more
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More than proteins for empty stomachs: Wild meat in the BaTonga food system

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Our paper highlights the limitations of the framework used by many conservation‐focused programmes that incorporate food security objectives. This framework encourages the substitution of wild proteins with domestic proteins by promoting animal farming in communities located near conservation areas.
Muriel Figuié, Luzibo Ottilia Munsaka, Vupenyu Dzingirai, Olivier Lepiller, Maxwell Phiri, Patrice Grimaud   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biocultural heritage construction and community-based tourism in an important indigenous agricultural heritage system of the southern Andes

, 2022
Traditional agricultural systems reflect the close relationship between human communities and local ecosystems. The inheritance of knowledge, practices and beliefs, in which this relationship is materialised, or biocultural memory, is key for these ...
Kaulen-Luks, S., Olivares, Fernanda, Marchant, C., Olivares, F., Ibarra Eliessetch, Jose Tomas, Kaulen-Luks, Santiago, Marchant, Carla, Ibarra, Jose Tomas   +7 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
doaj   +1 more source

‘They are not predators: They are a higher power’—Relational values and principles framing human–predator relationship in Noongar Country, Southwestern Australia

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Human–predator coexistence presents urgent conservation challenges that demand approaches extending beyond mere conflict mitigation. Indigenous knowledge systems, though historically marginalised by Western science, offer vital insights into ethical, sustainable relationships with nature.
Rocío Almuna, Cristina E. Ramalho, Lynette Knapp, Carol Pettersen, Iris Maude Bonshore, Elizabeth M. Woods, Gail E. Yorkshire‐Selby, Mick Hayden, Rhys Bonshore, Larry Blight, Peter Speldewinde, José Tomás Ibarra, Stephen D. Hopper   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Toward a systematic approach for identifying conservation flagships [PDF]

, 2010
Flagship species are frequently used by conservation practitioners to raise funds and awareness for reducing biodiversity loss. However, uncertainty remains in the academic literature about the purpose of flagship species and little research has been ...
Veríssimo, Diogo, Smith, Robert J., MacMillan, Douglas C., Diogo Verissimo, Robert J. Smith, Douglas C. MacMillan   +5 more
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Governance and wild food plant value chains: a look at the Brazilian context

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
As an answer to the topic, "Does local, national, and international governance have a primary role in shaping the resilience of local ecological knowledge?" we explore the context of governance and wild food plant (WFP) value chains in Brazil.
Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros, Rafael Ricardo Vasconcelos da Silva   +1 more
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Unpacking the task of synthesis when weaving knowledge systems for biodiversity assessments

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The pivot towards evidence‐based conservation since 2000 has inspired global environmental assessments to gather evidence across multiple knowledge systems, including through co‐production with Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Knowledge co‐production is highlighted as a strategy for transformative change towards a just future that ...
Maria Tengö, Isabel Díaz‐Reviriego, Álvaro Fernández‐Llamazares, Pernilla Malmer, Wilfredo V. Alangui, Puaʻala Pascua, Prasert Trakansuphakon, Rosemary Hill   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Building biocultural approaches into Aotearoa – New Zealand’s conservation future [PDF]

, 2018
Indigenous peoples’ roles in conservation are important because they offer alternate perspectives and knowledge centred on the quality of the human–environment relationship.
Arnold, Jason, Malinen, Sanna K., Timoti, Puke, Lyver, Phil O'B, Tylianakis, Jason M., Moller, Henrik, Johes, Christopher J., Peltzer, Duane A., Gormley, Andrew M., Ruru, Jacinta, Scott, Nigel, Stone, Clive, Herse, Mark P., Taura, Yvonne, Wilcox, Mahuru, Bataille, Corinne Y.   +15 more
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On the need for biocultural approaches to restoration

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Ecological restoration is gaining global momentum for climate mitigation, yet its prevailing approach, often rooted in Western technical science, frequently appears neutral while inadvertently reinforcing power imbalances and sidelining local knowledge.
Felipe Melo, Madelon Lohbeck, Raihana Ferdous, Marcello Di Bonito, Purity Gacheri, Lukelysia Mwangi, Christine Magaju, Jedidah Nankaya, Ilyas Siddique, Rodrigo Carmo, Harrison Leshao Nabaala, Alex Nduah Nderi, Stewart Thompson, Antonio Uzal   +13 more
wiley   +1 more source