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Bridging the nature-culture divide: a biocultural reclassification of the World Heritage Sites
Ecology and SocietyThe UNESCO World Heritage List comprises 1223 sites of outstanding universal value classified as natural, cultural, or mixed. However, only 40 sites (3%) are classified as mixed, highlighting a persistent challenge within the World Heritage Convention to
Ruben Dario Palacio, Sumana Goli
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Plants, People, PlanetSocial Impact Statement The preservation and revitalization of mycocultural heritage, developed over centuries of human‐mushroom interaction, contributes to safeguarding both natural ecosystems and the promotion of sustainable rural development, one of ...
Elisette Ramírez‐Carbajal +8 more
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Traditional ecological knowledge and conservation of biocultural heritage: facing the challenge [PDF]
, 2016 Mountains areas have particular physiography and a long history of human occupation enabling certain species and habitats to remain relatively unchanging and providing unique landscapes.
Carvalho, Ana Maria
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Biocultural Heritage and Rewilding Mountainous Landscapes
Abstract This chapter explores the notion of biocultural heritage as expressed in recent policy documents and academic literature, and compares it with what occurs in the field. The analysis is located in the mountainous rewilding landscape of the Côa Valley in northeastern Portugal.
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Threats to cycad biocultural heritage in the Amami Islands, Japan
Plant Species BiologyAbstract This article details the significance of Cycas revoluta in the cultural ecology of the Amami Islands, Japan. Although this plant was never domesticated, multiple lines of evidence elucidate a long history of its alimentary, ethnoecological, and symbolic saliency ...
Joshua Englehardt +2 more
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Droit et Cultures, 2023 The article focuses on the modernist framework of crop diversity conservation as it was set up in the early 20th century. It shows and analyses its effects, particularly on the category of on-farm conservation that unfolded in the late 1980s.
Benjamin Coudurier +2 more
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Conservation of Biocultural Diversity in the Huasteca Potosina Region, Mexico
Diversity, 2022 The Huasteca Potosina region has a relevant landscape heritage of biocultural diversity, due to high biological diversity and the presence of the Teenek (Huastec Mayan), Nahua, and Xi’iuy (Pame) ethnic groups.
Mario del Roble Pensado-Leglise +2 more
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Land, 2020 The role and importance of a built structure are closely related to the surrounding area, with interest in a given area having a concomitant effect on the relevance given to the constructions it may hold. Heritage interest in landscape areas has grown in
Richard Grove +5 more
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Community Self-Organisation from a Social-Ecological Perspective: ‘Burlang Yatra’ and Revival of Millets in Odisha (India) [PDF]
, 2020 In this paper, I focus on the revival of an Indigenous community seed festival known locally as Burlang Yatra (‘Indigenous Biodiversity Festival’) in the district of Kandhamal in Odisha (India).
Saxena, Lopamudra Patnaik
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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 +3 more
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