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Stingless bee keeping: Biocultural conservation and agroecological education

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
IntroductionStingless bee breeding, also called Meliponiculture, has existed for thousands of years in Mesoamerica among a variety of rural and indigenous cultures.
Elda Miriam Aldasoro Maya, Ulises Rodríguez Robles, María Luisa Martínez Gutiérrez, Guelmy A. Chan Mutul, Teresita Avilez López, Helda Morales, Bruce G. Ferguson, Jorge A. Mérida Rivas   +7 more
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Hacia una antropología ambiental para la apropiación social del patrimonio biocultural de los pueblos indígenas en América Latina

Desenvolvimento e Meio Ambiente, 2015
This work incorporates the concept of biocultural heritage to the discussion on the alternatives for the socio-environmental crises promoted by globalization and transnationalization of the economy.
Eckart Boege
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Curating with Communities for Well-being: Exploring an Amgueddfa Cymru–National Museum Wales Biocultural Collection through Community Workshops

Museum & Society, 2022
Biocultural collections include specimens of plant and animal origin, artefacts and documentation. They are important resources for the conservation of biological and cultural diversity, as well as for education and research.
Poppy Nicol, Heather Pardoe
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The potatoes of Otro: the reconstitution of an element of the Walser food heritage in NW Italy

Journal of Ethnic Foods, 2022
The article analyzes the trajectory of the reconstitution of the gastronomic heritage among the Italian Walser community. It focuses on the case study of potato production in the Otro Valley, in Alagna Valsesia (VC), and explores how the process of ...
Michele F. Fontefrancesco, Margherita Mello   +1 more
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Biocultural Heritage in the UK

, 2021
This report explores the potential of biocultural heritage for developing more inclusive, just and sustainable conservation policies and practices in the UK.
Russell, Zoe
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Empowering the Indigenous voice in a graphical representation of Aotearoa’s biocultural heritage (flora and fauna) [PDF]

, 2021
Aotearoa’s (New Zealand’s) biological heritage is in decline due to threats such as climate change and habitat destruction. Aotearoa’s biological heritage and the wider environment are critical to the Māori world view and culture and Māori have long ...
Doherty, J, Aitken, J, Marzano, M, Mark-Shadbolt, M, Ataria, J, Shadbolt, M   +5 more
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What is biological cultural heritage and why should we care about it? An example from Swedish rural landscapes and forests

Nature Conservation, 2018
There is currently a growing concern that biocultural heritage is threatened in many landscapes. This paper focuses on biological cultural heritage, broadly meaning biological cultural traces that are considered as heritage, but leaving out other aspects
Ove Eriksson
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‘They are not predators: They are a higher power’—Relational values and principles framing human–predator relationship in Noongar Country, Southwestern Australia

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Human–predator coexistence presents urgent conservation challenges that demand approaches extending beyond mere conflict mitigation. Indigenous knowledge systems, though historically marginalised by Western science, offer vital insights into ethical, sustainable relationships with nature.
Rocío Almuna, Cristina E. Ramalho, Lynette Knapp, Carol Pettersen, Iris Maude Bonshore, Elizabeth M. Woods, Gail E. Yorkshire‐Selby, Mick Hayden, Rhys Bonshore, Larry Blight, Peter Speldewinde, José Tomás Ibarra, Stephen D. Hopper   +12 more
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Sense of Place, Biocultural Heritage, and Sustainable Knowledge and Practices in Three Italian Rural Regeneration Processes

, 2022
This paper addresses sustainable development processes based on biocultural heritage, sense of place, and socio-cultural innovation and inclusiveness in the rural context, particularly focusing different scales of endogenous/neo-endogenous rural ...
Angelo Belliggiano, Mauro Conti, Letizia Bindi   +2 more
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A critical perspective on the concept of biocultural diversity and its emerging role in nature and heritage conservation [PDF]

, 2019
The continuing losses of biodiversity around the world remain problematic for nature conservation. A fundamental issue that has triggered debates in nature conservation is the relationship between human culture, heritage and history, and nature expressed
Ian D. Rotherham, Peter Bridgewater, Rotherham, Ian, Bridgewater, Peter, Rotherham, Ian D.   +4 more
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