Ecocultural or Biocultural? Towards Appropriate Terminologies in Biocultural Diversity [PDF]
Biology, 2022 Biocultural diversity has made notable contributions that have furthered our understanding of the human culture-nature interrelationship. However, the usage of the term ‘biocultural’ is not unique to biocultural diversity.
F. Merlin Franco
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Policy interpretations and manifestation of biocultural diversity in urbanized Europe: conservation of lived biodiversity [PDF]
Biodiversity and Conservation, 2015 Biocultural diversity, which refers to the inextricable link between biodiversity and cultural diversity, has been predominantly associated with the traditional ways in which indigenous people in tropical countries interact with the natural environment ...
Birgit H M Elands +2 more
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Biocultural Diversity: Moving Beyond the Realm of ‘Indigenous’ and ‘Local’ People [PDF]
Human Ecology, 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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Time Travel Within the History of Ethnobotany [PDF]
PlantsCurrently, science is increasingly being influenced by artificial intelligence (AI) [...]
Raivo Kalle, Renata Sõukand
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Diversity and distribution of the Huastec Mayan medicinal plants: hotspots for bioprospecting and conservation [PDF]
Biodiversity Data JournalThe multi-ethnic biocultural region Huasteca in Mexico has a variety of practices, including the use of traditional plant-based medicine. Here, we analyse the diversity and distribution of the medicinal plants used by the Tenek culture, to identify ...
Madeleyne Cupido +4 more
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Mapping the global distribution and conservation status of oases—ecosystems of pivotal biocultural relevance [PDF]
PeerJBackground Oases are azonal, highly productive, densely vegetated areas within drylands, often converted to agriculture, and characterized by significant biocultural diversity.
Juan Antonio Hernández-Agüero +5 more
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Not “just necessity”? Two-x-eco-cultural dilemmas and the ethnobiological importance of the informal grannies’ markets in Moldova [PDF]
Journal of Ethnobiology and EthnomedicineInformal food markets, particularly those managed by (elderly) women in post-communist Eastern Europe, represent a biocultural phenomenon of profound significance since globalisation and increasingly strict legal frameworks often threaten these ...
Andrea Pieroni +5 more
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Assessing Biocultural Diversity Across Scales Using Ecological Indicators
Ecological IndicatorsDespite considerable efforts to promote biocultural diversity as a conservation objective, the spatial correlation between cultural and biological diversities, as well as its variation across geographic scales, remains unclear.
Bryam Mateus-Aguilar +15 more
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 Foodscapes are commonly embedded in spiritual landscapes, making the spiritual dimension of local and indigenous food systems an important element of food sovereignty. However, this dimension is often overlooked in food systems research and policy making.
Francesca Castagnetti +5 more
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Biocultural Diversity for Food System Transformation Under Global Environmental Change
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2021 Biocultural diversity is central to the nutrition, resilience, and adaptive capacity of Indigenous and traditional peoples, who collectively maintain the longest ongoing human experiences with the provision of food under environmental change. In the form
Alejandro Argumedo +9 more
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