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Biocultural Rights: A New Paradigm for Protecting Natural and Cultural Resources of Indigenous Communities

open access: yesInternational Indigenous Policy Journal, 2015
This article proposes a new concept of “biocultural rights” that justly reflects a broader intellectual and policy trend to holistically address the protection of Indigenous natural and cultural resources.
Cher Weixia Chen, Michael Gilmore
doaj   +3 more sources

Analysis of plant science higher education reveals mixed provision which falls short of delivering national priorities

open access: yesJSFA 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   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Stingless bee keeping: Biocultural conservation and agroecological education

open access: yesFrontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
IntroductionStingless bee breeding, also called Meliponiculture, has existed for thousands of years in Mesoamerica among a variety of rural and indigenous cultures.
Elda Miriam Aldasoro Maya   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bioarcheological Insights From Fragmented Remains: Using Dental Health to Understand the Punic Necropolis of Monte Luna

open access: yesInternational Journal of Osteoarchaeology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT To investigate oral health in the fragmented human remains from the Punic necropolis of Monte Luna, Sardinia, and evaluate what dental pathologies reveal about lifeways and diet. Human remains from 227 individuals recovered from 70 tombs were analyzed, including 21 females, 16 males (> 15 years), and 59 non‐adults (1–15 years).
Rossella Paba, Anna Willis, Kate Domett
wiley   +1 more source

Stakeholder Analysis for Climate Change Adaptation: A Case Study from the Living Lab Schouwen-Duiveland, The Netherlands

open access: yesLand
Extreme climate events like droughts and floods are creating urgent challenges for sectors such as Agriculture or water management. Effective adaptation requires stakeholder collaboration, supported by stakeholder analysis (SA) methods, which are still ...
Monika Suškevičs   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Why the ongoing occupation of Ukraine matters to ethnobiology

open access: yesJournal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2022
Ethnobiology and ethnomedicine investigate the continuously changing complex and inextricable relations among culture, nature, and health. Since the emergence of modern ethnobiology a few decades ago, its essence and mission have been the study of ...
Nataliya Stryamets   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

An ethic of co-inhabitation for the biocultural conservation of rivers

open access: yesNaturaleza y Sociedad: Desafíos Medioambientales, 2022
During the 20th century, numerous rivers were pumped, channeled, stratified, dammed, and diverted. Diverse water courses and bodies (rivers, streams, lakes, wetlands, estuaries, and aquifers) were transformed for agricultural irrigation and energy ...
Ricardo Rozzi
doaj   +1 more source

More than proteins for empty stomachs: Wild meat in the BaTonga food system

open access: yesPeople 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   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mountains and biocultural diversity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
The importance of montane regions for biological diversity is well known. We also know that mountains contain a great deal of cultural diversity, despite the relatively small number of people living in mountains compared to other regions.

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Unraveling reciprocal relations between farm trees and people for biocultural conservation in Myanmar’s Central Dry Zone

open access: yesEcosystems and People
A deeper understanding of human-nature reciprocity is required for transformative change to safeguard biodiversity. In the face of widespread loss of farmland biodiversity and ecosystem services, evidence on how farm trees provide multiple benefits to ...
Khant Sandar Htet   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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