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Six actions to harness the potential of social surveys on people and nature relations: A UK cross‐sectoral perspective

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Robust data on the state of relationships between people and nature is a critical component of the evidence base for environmental governance at local, national and global scales. Social surveys are a valuable method already used by some governmental and non‐governmental organisations to gather this evidence.
Jasper Montana, Lea May Anderson, Tom Marshall, Daniel Barrios‐O'Neill, Sally Bavin, Martha E. Crockatt, Joseph Gent, Caitlin Hafferty, Mark Hirons, Joelene Hughes, Ellesse Janda, Jennifer C. Mailley, Constance L. McDermott, Roz Owen, Jordan Rydlewski, Charlotte Simms, Jonathan Slessor, Diogo Veríssimo, Katrin Wilhelm   +18 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘Dagucho [Podocarpus falcatus] Is Abbo!’ Wonsho Sacred Sites, Sidama, Ethiopia: Origins, Maintenance Motives, Consequences and Conservation Threats [PDF]

, 2014
This thesis addresses six main objectives answering questions on the origin, nature and social organization of SNS and their custodians; motivations for, and BCD conservation consequences of, their maintenance; threats SNS and ancestral institutions face
Doffana, Zerihun Doda
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The Pagoda of the Gods: A case for Indigenous Karen sacred sites as Special Cultural Zones along Thailand’s borders

Forest and Society, 2022
Burgeoning recognition of Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge and livelihood practices have led to ‘Special Cultural Zone’ designations for some traditionally Indigenous lands in Thailand.
Suwichan Phatthanaphraiwan , Lilly Zeitler, Benjamin Fairfield   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

A Biodiversity Hotspot Losing Its Biocultural Heritage: The Challenge to Biocultural Conservation of Brazilwood (Paubrasilia echinata)

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2022
The biocultural heritage of a region is developed and adapted after centuries of interrelationships between humans and nature. The endangered brazilwood [Paubrasilia echinata (Lam.), E. Gagnon, H.C. Lima, and G.P. Lewis] is a flagship species with cultural and economic importance that is directly affected by the history of human occupation on the ...
Juan Gomes Bastos, Lorelai Kury, Natalia Hanazaki, Rebeca Capozzi, Viviane Stern da Fonseca-Kruel   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Reciprocal relations shape cultural landscapes: Women's environmental stewardship in Ait Bouguemez (High Atlas, Morocco)

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Mountain social–ecological systems encompass steep ecological gradients and diverse cultural practices, yet the relative roles of these factors in shaping mountain landscapes remain underexplored. In particular, the knowledge and practices of women in coproducing biocultural landscapes are often invisible in the academic literature. In the Ait
Meryem Aakairi, Sara Elgadi, Hamza Zine, Christel Vidaller, Mohamed Cherkaoui, Emmanuel Corcket, Irene Teixidor‐Toneu   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sub-Antarctic Biocultural Conservation Program

, 2007
This article discusses environmental ethics and the implications for biocultural conservation and geo-cultural concepts of protected ...
Rozzi, Ricardo, 1960-, Ricardo Rozzi
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Linking habitat preferences and fitness across scales for a relict bird species of the southern Andes

Scientific Reports
Animals 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, Fernando J. Novoa, Zoltan Von Bernath, Alejandra Vermehren, Kathy Martin, Rocío Jara, Edwin R. Price, Ricardo Rozzi, José Tomás Ibarra   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Biocultural ethics and Earth stewardship: a novel integration to revitalize multiple values of nature

Ecology and Society
The 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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Spiritual ecologies in transition: Bonbibi and the reconfiguration of people–nature relations in the Bangladeshi Sundarbans

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Local religious traditions serve as informal environmental institutions, characterized by socially embedded norms that guide behaviour without formal enforcement and influence human–environment interactions. This study investigates the role of Bonbibi worship as a system of moral regulation in the Bangladeshi Sundarbans and examines the ...
Mohammad Raqibul Hasan Siddique, Mahmood Hossain   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Pastoral Stone Enclosures as Biological Cultural Heritage: Galician and Cornish Examples of Community Conservation

Land, 2020
The role and importance of a built structure are closely related to the surrounding area, with interest in a given area having a concomitant effect on the relevance given to the constructions it may hold. Heritage interest in landscape areas has grown in
Richard Grove, Joám Evans Pim, Miguel Serrano, Diego Cidrás, Heather Viles, Patricia Sanmartín   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source