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A systematic review of biocultural innovation: Challenges, potentialities and agendas for environmental futures

Journal of Agriculture and Environment for International Development
Biocultural diversity and heritage are areas threatened by the implications of the development agenda. They study the interdependent relationships between people and the biodiversity of Indigenous and Local community's territories.
Juan David Reina Rozo
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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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Reciprocal relations shape cultural landscapes: Women's environmental stewardship in Ait Bouguemez (High Atlas, Morocco)

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Mountain social–ecological systems encompass steep ecological gradients and diverse cultural practices, yet the relative roles of these factors in shaping mountain landscapes remain underexplored. In particular, the knowledge and practices of women in coproducing biocultural landscapes are often invisible in the academic literature. In the Ait
Meryem Aakairi, Sara Elgadi, Hamza Zine, Christel Vidaller, Mohamed Cherkaoui, Emmanuel Corcket, Irene Teixidor‐Toneu   +6 more
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Weighting the world: IPBES and the struggle over biocultural diversity [PDF]

, 2019
This article has two aims. The first is to provide an account of the struggle over the term biocultural diversity during the intergovernmental approval of the first IPBES thematic assessment report.
Vadrot, Alice B. M., Hughes, Hannah
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Spiritual ecologies in transition: Bonbibi and the reconfiguration of people–nature relations in the Bangladeshi Sundarbans

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Local religious traditions serve as informal environmental institutions, characterized by socially embedded norms that guide behaviour without formal enforcement and influence human–environment interactions. This study investigates the role of Bonbibi worship as a system of moral regulation in the Bangladeshi Sundarbans and examines the ...
Mohammad Raqibul Hasan Siddique, Mahmood Hossain   +1 more
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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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A comprehensive checklist of Mediterranean wild edible plants: Diversity, traditional uses, and knowledge gaps

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The use of wild edible plants and the traditional knowledge associated with them are rapidly disappearing across the Mediterranean, with serious consequences for biodiversity, cultural heritage, and regional food security. This study compiles and organizes fragmented information to create the first comprehensive catalogue of these plants across the ...
Benedetta Gori, Tiziana Cossu, Hicham El Zein, Udayangani Liu, Tiziana Ulian, Gianluigi Bacchetta   +5 more
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Biocultural diversity in the Netherlands: from ecologically noble savages towards biocultural creatives

, 2012
Biocultural diversity is usually associated with traditional ways in which local or indigenous people interact with the natural environment. This chapter deals with biocultural diversity practices in a highly modernised society, the Netherlands.
C. S. A. van Koppen, Koppen, C.S.A., van, Birgit H. M. Elands, van Koppen, C.S.A., Elands, B.H.M.   +4 more
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Plants, people and their shared heritage: A comparative medicinal and wild food ethnobotany of Albanians, Greeks and Aromanians living in the Gjirokaster area, southern Albania

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Traditional knowledge about wild plants connects people to nature and sustains both cultural identity and biodiversity. This study explores how cultural exchange among Albanians, Greeks and Aromanians in southern Albania shapes the use and naming of medicinal and food plants.
Evanthia Dina, Ani Bajrami, Mousaab Alrhmoun, Naji Sulaiman, Konstantinos Ntinas, Marjol Meço, Bledar Pulaj, Nektarios Aligiannis, Avni Hajdari, Andrea Pieroni   +9 more
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Humanistic Perspectives of Biocultural Diversity

Problemy Ekorozwoju, 2019
It is widely recognised that biocultural diversity is an important element of world heritage. Until recently, the focus was mainly on biodiversity, but since the 1980s, attention has also been drawn to the importance of cultural and linguistic diversity.
Ryszard F. Sadowski
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