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Mapping the global distribution and conservation status of oases—ecosystems of pivotal biocultural relevance [PDF]

PeerJ
Background Oases are azonal, highly productive, densely vegetated areas within drylands, often converted to agriculture, and characterized by significant biocultural diversity.
Juan Antonio Hernández-Agüero, Mechthilde Falkenhahn, Jessica Hetzer, Karsten Wesche, Christiane Zarfl, Klement Tockner   +5 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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Nutritional properties, traditional uses and potential new applications for the sotol plant (Asparagaceae, Convallarioideae): A review

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Sotol (Dasylirion spp.) is a resilient desert plant that sustains ecosystems, cultures and livelihoods in Chihuahua Desert. Our review highlights its nutritional properties, traditional uses and potential new applications in food, pharmaceuticals, renewable energy and water remediation. By synthesizing evidence across disciplines, we show how sotol can
Dámaris Leopoldina Ojeda Barrios, Antonio Martínez Ruiz, Marisela Calderón Jurado, Ramón Saúl Luján Aguirre, Juan Luis Jacobo Cuellar, Oscar Sariñana‐Aldaco, María Teresa Martínez Damián, Oscar Cruz Alvarez   +7 more
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Capsicum chinense as an African traditional vegetable: Culture, resilience, and opportunity

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Capsicum chinense is central to everyday diets, cultural identity, and smallholder livelihoods across Sub‐Saharan Africa, yet remains overlooked in agricultural research and policy. This paper reframes C. chinense as a traditional, climate‐resilient vegetable shaped by centuries of farmer stewardship and cultural selection.
Derek W. Barchenger, Herbaud P. F. Zohoungbogobo   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Mexico's Biocultural Diversity in Peril

, 2020
Introduction: Places with high species diversity have high linguistic diversity, whereas areas with low species diversity tend to have low linguistic diversity.
Vidal, Omar, Brusca, Richard C.
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Perspectives and behaviors surrounding planting practices in North America inform genetic conservation realities for American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius)

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American ginseng is a shade‐obligate, North American medicinal plant that is widely traded and used internationally. To meet global demand, ginseng is cultivated in forest farms in the Appalachian region of the USA and field‐based artificial shade farms in two regions: Ontario, Canada and Wisconsin, USA. We conducted social research leveraging in‐depth
Rachel E. Palkovitz, Mary K. Shenk, Eric P. Burkhart   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Animal board invited review: A biocultural perspective of animal farming systems in Europe

Animal
Europe’s landscapes have evolved through the intricate interplay of natural processes and human activities, one of which is animal farming; thus, historically creating biocultural landscapes rich in biological and cultural diversity.
C. Heindorf, B. Altmann, E. Varela, N. Zafra-Calvo, G. Cortés Capano, L.M. Kmoch, L. Flinzberger, M.C. Camporese, A.B. Polas, T. Guo, T. Plieninger   +10 more
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Biocultural Diversity in the Southern Amazon

Diversity, 2009
Recent studies in Amazonia historical ecology have revealed substantial diversity and dynamic change in coupled natural human systems. In the southern Amazon, several headwater basins show evidence of substantial pre-Columbian landscape modification ...
Michael Heckenberger
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Traditional food or biocultural threat? Concerns about the use of tilapia fish in Indigenous cuisine in the Amazonia of Ecuador

People and Nature, 2021
This article contributes to streams of knowledge related to biocultural diversity, food tourism and the cultural impacts of introduced species. Specifically, it explores the concerns that arise from the promotion of tilapia fish Oreochromis niloticus in ...
Verónica Santafe‐Troncoso, Philip A. Loring   +1 more
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From wild to tamed: Reimagining novel crops through omics and local plant diversity

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The global food system faces growing pressure from climate change, biodiversity loss, and rising nutritional demands. Agriculture has increased yields but reduced crop diversity, flavor, and nutritional quality, leaving societies vulnerable and dependent on a narrow set of staple species.
Alexandra Sanfeliu Meliá, Pablo D. Cárdenas   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source