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

Ecosystems 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, Laura Kmoch, Tobias Plieninger   +2 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, Julia Prakofjewa, Giulia Mattalia, Raivo Kalle, Baiba Pruse, Dauro M. Zocchi, Renata Sõukand, Andrea Pieroni, Michele F. Fontefrancesco   +8 more
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Perceptions and Revitalization of Local Ecological Knowledge in Four Schools in Yasin Valley, North Pakistan

Mountain Research and Development, 2022
Mountains are often recognized as sites of biocultural diversity, and local ecological knowledge (LEK) is an integral part of community life. Rapid cultural standardization and urbanization have threatened biocultural diversity, posing threats to LEK in ...
Muhammad Abdul Aziz, Gabriele Volpato, Michele Filippo Fontefrancesco, Andrea Pieroni   +3 more
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‘They are not predators: They are a higher power’—Relational values and principles framing human–predator relationship in Noongar Country, Southwestern Australia

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Human–predator coexistence presents urgent conservation challenges that demand approaches extending beyond mere conflict mitigation. Indigenous knowledge systems, though historically marginalised by Western science, offer vital insights into ethical, sustainable relationships with nature.
Rocío Almuna, Cristina E. Ramalho, Lynette Knapp, Carol Pettersen, Iris Maude Bonshore, Elizabeth M. Woods, Gail E. Yorkshire‐Selby, Mick Hayden, Rhys Bonshore, Larry Blight, Peter Speldewinde, José Tomás Ibarra, Stephen D. Hopper   +12 more
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Biocultural diversity in the traditional landscape of Vallecorsa

Biodiversity and Conservation, 2022
AbstractIn Italy, agricultural intensification and the abandonment of rural areas since the 1960s has led to a transformation of the traditional agricultural landscape, bringing with it a series of environmental and socio-economic issues and problems such as those linked to hydrogeological instability, a reduction in biocultural diversity and migration
Giorgia De Pasquale, Sagliocco Livia
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Unpacking the task of synthesis when weaving knowledge systems for biodiversity assessments

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The pivot towards evidence‐based conservation since 2000 has inspired global environmental assessments to gather evidence across multiple knowledge systems, including through co‐production with Indigenous Peoples and local communities. Knowledge co‐production is highlighted as a strategy for transformative change towards a just future that ...
Maria Tengö, Isabel Díaz‐Reviriego, Álvaro Fernández‐Llamazares, Pernilla Malmer, Wilfredo V. Alangui, Puaʻala Pascua, Prasert Trakansuphakon, Rosemary Hill   +7 more
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Biocultural restoration in Hawaiʻi also achieves core conservation goals

Ecology and Society, 2020
Biocultural approaches to restoration have demonstrated multiple benefits for human communities, but the ecological benefits and trade-offs involved have received little attention.
Kawika B. Winter, Tamara Ticktin, Shimona A. Quazi   +2 more
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Indigenous and local knowledge in biocultural approaches to sustainability: a review of the literature in Spanish

Ecosystems and People, 2023
Biocultural approaches are gaining attention for coping with current sustainability challenges. These approaches recognize that biological and cultural diversity are inextricably linked.
Leonie Burke, Isabel Díaz-Reviriego, David P. M. Lam, Jan Hanspach   +3 more
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On the need for biocultural approaches to restoration

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Ecological restoration is gaining global momentum for climate mitigation, yet its prevailing approach, often rooted in Western technical science, frequently appears neutral while inadvertently reinforcing power imbalances and sidelining local knowledge.
Felipe Melo, Madelon Lohbeck, Raihana Ferdous, Marcello Di Bonito, Purity Gacheri, Lukelysia Mwangi, Christine Magaju, Jedidah Nankaya, Ilyas Siddique, Rodrigo Carmo, Harrison Leshao Nabaala, Alex Nduah Nderi, Stewart Thompson, Antonio Uzal   +13 more
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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
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