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Biocultural Diversity in Melanesia

2016
The book starts with a review of background information related to East Melanesian Biodiversity Hotspot—especially the Solomon Islands, human adaptation and biocultural diversity, as well as socioeconomic changes. Many studies have documented the rich knowledge of the local peoples and their use of local floral or faunal and other aspects of the region’
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Traditional knowledge and biocultural diversity

2017
This chapter acknowledges the interrelations between humans and biodiversity in Southeast Asia throughout history to the present day. Humans are entirely dependent on nature, specifically biodiversity, for a number of utilitarian purposes: foods, fibers, medicines, building materials, biotechnologies, and other things. Pfeiffer et al.
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Development and biocultural diversity in northern Thailand

Applied Geography, 1995
Abstract Northern Thailand has received large amounts of development assistance, largely as a response to opium growing. This paper suggests a model to help understand why this aid has, on the whole, been unsuccessful in improving the welfare of most of the inhabitants.
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The Politics of Making Biocultural Diversity

2014
How is the concept of “biocultural diversity” created through transnational encounters? How does it move throughout the world and possibly gain traction, and yet transform itself, in a bewildering number of countries and contexts? This essay highlights the temporal and conceptual novelty of biocultural diversity, considering how we can understand ...
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Biocultural Diversity for Sustainable Ecological, Cultural and Sacred Landscapes: The Biocultural Landscape Approach

2013
The interactions between natural, cultural and spiritual components of landscape, and the values that people associate with them, are key elements to landscape research based on both ecological and cultural principles. The understanding of these interactions and values is an essential prerequisite for the healthy and sustainable management of our ...
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Ecocultural or Biocultural? Towards Appropriate Terminologies in Biocultural Diversity

Biology, 2022
F Merlin Franco, Franco F Merlin
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On Biocultural Diversity

Environmental Ethics, 2004
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The Arts and Biocultural Diversity: Further Ideas

TAMA: Journal of Visual Arts
The invitation to come to Universitas Sebelas Maret in Surakarta, Central Java to give a talk for a very important 1st Conference on Visual Art, Design, and Social Humanities (CONVASH), convened by the Faculty of Fine Arts and Design on 2 November 2019, offered an opportunity to return to a subject that I believe is central for addressing nearly all ...
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Mapping Biocultural and Economic Diversity … Everywhere

2014
This article examines the practice of mapping biocultural diversity. The practice has been criticised for foregrounding conservation rather than self-determination, and preservation rather than cultural or ecological invention. While the maps succeed in depicting a global reality of biocultural diversity hotspots, they often relegate ...
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BIOCULTURAL LANDSCAPE DIVERSITY SHAPED BY AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS [PDF]

, 2022
Carrière, Stéphanie M., Randriambanona, Herizo, Labeyrie, Vanesse, Hervé, Dominique, Mariel, Juliette, Razanaka, Samuel, Randriamalala, Josoa Ramarolanonana   +6 more
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