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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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Production of Innovations within Farmer–Researcher Associations Applying Transdisciplinary Research Principles [PDF]

, 2012
Small-scale farmers in sub-Saharan West Africa depend heavily on local resources and local knowledge. Science-based knowledge is likely to aid decision-making in complex situations.
Fliessbach, Andreas, Nicolay, Gian L.
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Biocultural diversity: moving beyond the realm of ‘indigenous’ and ‘local’ people [PDF]

, 2006
During the past decade the relationship between biodiversity and human diversity has received increased attention, resulting in the identification of what the Declaration of Belém calls an ‘inextricable link’ between biological and cultural diversity ...
Cocks, Michelle
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Analysis of plant science higher education reveals mixed provision which falls short of delivering national priorities

JSFA reports, Volume 5, Issue 3, Page 78-90, March 2025.
Abstract Background Many reports from the UK government and other organisations highlight a need for a plant aware workforce, and some enumerate specific areas of plant science where there is a skills shortage. We have undertaken a systematic analysis of the content of degree programmes that advertise as teaching plant biology to determine if the UK ...
Sarah Trinder, Thomas Heaven, Matteo Luberti, Sophie Read, Adam Scanlon, Chris Gauntner, Alec Forsyth, Alison C. Foster   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Risk perceptions and adaptive strategies in sociobiodiversity value chains: a case study with pink pepper tree (Schinus terebinthifolia Raddi) extractivists in Northeastern Brazil

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Environmental changes are at the core of scientific discussions and represent imminent risks to numerous productive activities, including the value chains of sociobiodiversity products.
Ramon Salgueiro Cruz, Italo Jose Silva Amaral, Iasmim Silva Oliveira, Guillherme Ramos Demetrio, Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros, Rafael Ricardo Vasconcelos da Silva   +5 more
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Ethno-diversity and bio-diversity: Methods and measurement [PDF]

, 2010
Biology and Anthropology/Sociology have dealt with issues of diversity for a long time, developing different concepts, theories and methods. In recent years there has been, if not a convergence, but at least a recognition that problems in nature and in ...
Evers, Hans-Dieter, Shamsul, A.BB., Yusoff, Anis   +2 more
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Online and offline representations of biocultural diversity: A political ecology perspective on nature-based tourism and indigenous communities in the Brazilian Pantanal [PDF]

, 2018
The concept of biocultural diversity is confronted with contemporary changes that impact on local communities, such as globalization and digital transformations.
Arts, K, Girard, P, Ioris, A, Maffey, G, Maimoni de Figueiredo, D, Rabelo, O   +5 more
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Who is local and what do they know? Braiding knowledges within carnivore management in Europe

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Growing recognition of Indigenous Peoples and traditional local communities as stewards of biodiversity has brought to the fore the issues of knowledge and value pluralism in conservation policy and practice. Given their basis in practical and multi‐generational experience, Indigenous and local knowledges are highly relevant to managing human ...
Hanna Pettersson, Lou Lécuyer, Juliette Young, Lindsay Stringer, Simon Calla, Erika Juhász, Zsolt Molnár   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

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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Tradition, Dynamics and Sustainability of Plant Species Composition and Management in Homegardens on Organic and Non-Organic Small Scale Farms in Alpine Eastern Tyrol, Austria [PDF]

, 2003
In Eastern Tyrol (Austria), homegardens are an integral part of the farming system. The aim of this paper is to present evidence for the development of gardening in the study area and to identify differences/similarities between gardens at organic and ...
Vogl, C. R., Vogl-Lukasser, B.
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