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Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2022 Background We summarize comparative ethnoornithological data for ten Mexican Indigenous communities, an initial step towards a comprehensive archive of the avian diversity conserved within Mexico’s Indigenous territories. We do so by counting highlighted
Graciela Alcántara-Salinas +9 more
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Humans are not unique: difficult birth is common in placental mammals
Biological Reviews, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Human childbirth is widely presumed to be uniquely difficult and dangerous compared to birth in other mammals. Tight fetopelvic proportions can result in obstructed labour and contribute to high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality. Ideas summarised under the ‘obstetrical dilemma’ have contributed to this assumption by explaining difficult
Nicole D. S. Grunstra
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International 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
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Justice for biodiversity: an X‐curve transformation pathway for a sustainable future
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, EarlyView.Decades of conservation action have failed to stem biodiversity loss, stimulating heated debates over which conservation strategies are the most effective. Do we focus on preserving sufficient wilderness, maintaining services from nature for societal well‐being, or protecting vulnerable socioecologies from injustice?
Camille PA Venier‐Cambron
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Stingless bee keeping: Biocultural conservation and agroecological education
Frontiers 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
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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 +7 more
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LandExtreme 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
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Why the ongoing occupation of Ukraine matters to ethnobiology
Journal 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
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An ethic of co-inhabitation for the biocultural conservation of rivers
Naturaleza 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
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More than proteins for empty stomachs: Wild meat in the BaTonga food system
People 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
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