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First Edition of Diversity Center Newsletter
First Diversity Center newsletter, sent out at the beginning of 2018Documents and ...
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Schematic presentation of drivers and describing proxies of biocultural diversity.
Proxy groups are listed for both biological and cultural diversity (see section: Proxies for biocultural diversity in oases). Temporal change plays an overarching role as it affects environmental factors (e.g.,.
Christiane Zarfl (2142070) +7 more
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Food plants are vital to human and planetary health, but their diversity is threatened, making food security, nutrition, and environmental goals more difficult to achieve. Food plant diversity conservation, research, and education can be enhanced through collaboration between sectors, including genebanks and botanic gardens, which possess complementary
Colin K. Khoury +35 more
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Ethnic Diversity in Malaysia-Lessons Learned from Bio-Diversity Research [PDF]
Biology and Anthropology/Sociology have dealt with issues of diversity for a long time,developing different concepts, theories and methods. In recent years there has been, if not a convergence, but at least a recognition that problems in nature and in ...
Shamsul, A.B. +2 more
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The Genetic Legacy of Cretan Landrace Grapevines and Their Relationship to the Southern Levant
Grapes are more than an agricultural crop; they are a vital part of human history, economy, and culture. Yet the origins of many traditional varieties remain unclear. By studying the genetics of Cretan grapes, we discovered that they are a “genetic mosaic”—combining local lineages with those from the Southern Levant and Eastern Europe.
Meirav Meiri +5 more
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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 +4 more
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Food plant diversity in a rapidly changing world
Diversity in food plants is essential to human and planetary health. On farms, in diets, and in many other areas of food systems, this diversity has undergone enormous change globally, including significant decline. We describe major trends in how food plant diversity has been changing, note the responses from conservation communities, highlight gaps ...
Colin K. Khoury +8 more
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Fair Markets and Resilient Supply Chains: Designing Sustainable Intermediation for Rural Communities
ABSTRACT Agriculture in Ecuador's communes faces significant economic, social, and environmental challenges, intensified by supply chains dominated by traditional intermediaries. The lack of context‐specific sustainability studies further increases the vulnerability of smallholders.
Jacqueline del Rocío Bacilio Bejeguen +3 more
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Creative convergence: exploring biocultural diversity through art
Interdisciplinary approaches are necessary for exploring the complex research questions that stem from interdependence in social-ecological systems.
Jean L. Polfus +8 more
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The Responsibility of Zoos to Advance the Rights and Interests of Indigenous People
ABSTRACT The Earth is in its 6th mass extinction event, in 2022, in response to this crisis, 196 countries adopted the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), a legally binding international agreement that aims to halt and reverse the trajectory of biodiversity loss by 2030.
Jack Pascoe, Sally Sherwen
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