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Pour une histoire spatiale des varadouros dans le Territoire fédéral de l’Acre

Brésil(s)
We analyze the rubber trails in the Federal Territory of Acre, demonstrating that latex extraction left significant traces of the movement of people and goods.
Cliverson Pessoa, Eduardo Góes Neves
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Assessing Biocultural Diversity Across Scales Using Ecological Indicators

Ecological Indicators
Despite considerable efforts to promote biocultural diversity as a conservation objective, the spatial correlation between cultural and biological diversities, as well as its variation across geographic scales, remains unclear.
Bryam Mateus-Aguilar, Andrés Felipe Díaz-Salazar, Federico Andrade-Rivas, Natasha M. Batista, Anaid Cárdenas-Navarrete, Armando Dávila Arenas, Katherine Victoria Hernandez, Guido A. Herrera-R, Kelley E. Langhans, Dallas R. Levey, Andrew Neill, Oliver Nguyen, Natalia Ocampo-Peñuela, Andrés Felipe Suárez-Castro, Felipe Zapata, Alejandra Echeverri   +15 more
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Negotiating French Muslim Identities through Hip Hop [PDF]

, 2019
In The French Melting Pot: Immigration, Citizenship, and National Identity, Gérard Noiriel contends that in France, the modern idea of the nation emerged as a means to subvert the dominant influence of the nobility, whose rule was underwritten by the ...
Nyawalo, Mich Yonah
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Geospatial distribution and population substructure of subgroups of US ethnic minorities: implications for perpetuation of health disparities and paucity of precision medicine [PDF]

, 2017
Substructure due to familial-associated divisions exists in all large populations. Geographical heterogeneity in US ethnic minorities is a function of historical, social, political, and economic factors overlaying regional geographical biodiversity ...
Jackson, Fatimah L.C., Jackson, Hasan
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East Rennell World Heritage Site : misunderstandings, inconsistencies and opportunities in the implementation of the World Heritage Convention in the Pacific Islands

, 2011
Continuing traditional land tenure and resource use pattern the landscapes and seascapes of the Pacific Islands, and the rights of customary land owners are enshrined in the constitutions of many Pacific Island states.
Smith, Anita
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Archaeological raised-field landscapes in French Guiana : a threatened biocultural heritage

, 2015
"The coastal savannas of the Guianas harbor extensive areas covered with vestiges of pre-Columbian raised-field agriculture. Recent studies have shown their value in documenting the history of human occupation and environments in the region. In the case of French Guiana, few of the present-day inhabitants are aware of the existence of these vestiges ...
Rostain, Stéphen, Mckey, Doyle
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Living Cultural Infrastructure as a Model for Biocultural Conservation: A Case Study of the Maekha Canal, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Conservation
This paper introduces and defines ‘Living Cultural Infrastructure’ as dynamic social-ecological systems where plant heritage and community knowledge are co-produced to reclaim degraded urban landscapes.
Warong Wonglangka, Samart Suwannarat, Sudarat Auttarat   +2 more
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A catalogue of bird bones: an exercise in semantic web practice [PDF]

, 2010
The vast databases of natural history collections are increasingly being made accessible through the internet. The challenge is to place this data in a wider context that may reach beyond the interests of scholars only.
Brewington, Seth D., Gudmundsson, Gudmundur, McGovern, Thomas H., Petersen, Aevar   +3 more
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Does endemic mammal conservation in Jamaica conflict with maintaining biocultural heritage?

Conservation Science and Practice
Abstract Understanding human–wildlife interactions within biocultural systems is essential to support evidence‐based conservation and Indigenous cultural integrity, and to identify inclusive “win‐win” options for coexistence with threatened species.
Samuel T. Turvey, Orlando F. Robinson, Clare Duncan, Rosalind J. Kennerley, Susan Otuokon   +4 more
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Identifying intangible and biocultural heritage elements toward environmental understanding: engaging stakeholders through art

Ecology and Society
Grounded in a case study in Barbuda in the Caribbean, this research examines sustainability from the perspective of what arts and heritage can contribute to community engagement and local and broader understandings about the environment.
Martha B Lerski
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