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Change and Persistence in an Olive Landscape of Sicily. Geospatial Insights Into Biocultural Heritage [PDF]

Human Ecology
AbstractIntercropping landscapes characterised by the presence of certain plant features are usually considered traditional landscapes, important for their biocultural heritage. In recent decades, olive agroforestry systems previously widespread throughout Sicily have transitioned to monocultures alongside the disappearance of other tree species.
Vincenza Ferrara, Giovanna Sala, Tommaso La Mantia   +2 more
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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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Ixcatec ethnoecology: plant management and biocultural heritage in Oaxaca, Mexico. [PDF]

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 2016
Studying motives of plant management allows understanding processes that originated agriculture and current forms of traditional technology innovation. Our work analyses the role of native plants in the Ixcatec subsistence, management practices, native plants biocultural importance, and motivations influencing management decisions.
Rangel-Landa S, Casas A, Rivera-Lozoya E, Torres-García I, Vallejo-Ramos M.   +4 more
europepmc   +4 more sources

Designing a labelling system for biocultural heritage-based products

, 2016
Although labelling and certification schemes exist for ecological and fair trade products, there is no such scheme that seeks to benefit producers and at the same time specifically protect biological and cultural diversity.
Swiderska, K, Mead, ATP, Dutfield, GM, Argumedo, A   +3 more
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Reproducing biocultural heritage landscapes through alternative and retro-innovative food production [PDF]

, 2023
Landscapes rich in biocultural heritage are declining en masse acrossEurope. This is due to the effects of countryside depopulation and tolarge-scale, industrial agriculture.
Amundsen, Hilde Rigmor,, Dahlström, Margareta, Eva, Svensson, Hilde Rigmor Amundsen, Dahlström, Margareta,, Kjønsberg, Marius,, Kjønsberg, Marius, Marius Kjønsberg, Svensson, Eva,, Eva Svensson, Margareta Dahlström, Amundsen, Hilde Rigmor, Svensson, Eva   +12 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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Amazonian biocultural heritage under climate change

Abstract Amazonia harbors one fourth of the world’s plant diversity and over 300 Indigenous groups. So far, however, no study has assessed how climate change may simultaneously impact its biological and cultural heritage. To bridge this gap, we assembled a database on 5,833 utilized plant species and show that climate change will reduce
Cámara-Leret R, Roehrdanz PR, Bascompte J.   +2 more
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Perceptions and Revitalization of Local Ecological Knowledge in Four Schools in Yasin Valley, North Pakistan

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, Gabriele Volpato, Michele Filippo Fontefrancesco, Andrea Pieroni   +3 more
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Making Landscapes of (Be)Longing. Territorialization in the Context of the Eu Development Program Leader in North Rhine-Westphalia

European Countryside, 2021
The participation of residents in development processes is a keystone in current rural governance arrangements. The European Union’s rural development program LEADER is an example of this, as it requests local residents to take action in the development ...
Müller Oliver
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Scouting for Food Heritage for Achieving Sustainable Development: The Methodological Approach of the Atlas of the Ark of Taste

Heritage, 2022
Over the last two decades, scholars and organizations across the world have carried out research projects and promoted dissemination tools aimed at promoting food and food-related elements embedded in local and traditional foodways.
Michele F. Fontefrancesco, Dauro M. Zocchi, Andrea Pieroni   +2 more
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