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The Genetic Legacy of Cretan Landrace Grapevines and Their Relationship to the Southern Levant

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
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, Pnina Cohen, Joshua Schmidt, Gil Gambash, Guy Bar‐Oz, Maritina Stavrakaki   +5 more
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Fair Markets and Resilient Supply Chains: Designing Sustainable Intermediation for Rural Communities

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
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, Verónica Ramírez Cortés, Larissa Paola Gabriel Macedo Castro, Raquel Santiago Romo   +3 more
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Humanistic Perspectives of Biocultural Diversity

Problemy Ekorozwoju, 2019
It is widely recognised that biocultural diversity is an important element of world heritage. Until recently, the focus was mainly on biodiversity, but since the 1980s, attention has also been drawn to the importance of cultural and linguistic diversity.
Ryszard F. Sadowski
doaj  

Intendance de la nature : d’une histoire à l’autre. Intendance, territorialités et patrimoine bioculturel dans le contexte colombien

Nuevo mundo - Mundos Nuevos
Among contemporary environmentalist tropes that have gained significant political and legal traction, the concepts of stewardship of nature and biocultural diversity occupy a prominent position.
Fabien Girard, Patricia Guzmán Aguilera   +1 more
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The Responsibility of Zoos to Advance the Rights and Interests of Indigenous People

Zoo Biology, EarlyView.
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
wiley   +1 more source

Understanding nature’s contributions to people in ancient biocultural systems through network and RLQ analysis

Ecosystems and People
This research delves into the emerging paradigm of biocultural systems, focusing on the intricate social-ecological dynamics which created and maintained an ancient farming system, the European wood-pastures. Innovatively conceptualizing wood-pastures as
Andreea Nita, Kinga Olga Réti, Ruxandra Mălina Petrescu-Mag, Dacinia Crina Petrescu, Cristian Maloș, László Csákány, Dietmar Gross, Frank Wagener, Laurentiu Rozylowicz, Tibor Hartel   +9 more
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Comparison of traditional knowledge about edible plants among young Southern Tepehuans of Durango, Mexico

Botan‪ical Sciences, 2021
Background: Traditional ecological knowledge is an important part of biocultural heritage of societies; it has been reported their disappearance and in some cases this phenomenon has been associated with socioeconomic factors such as formal education.
Raúl Ernesto Narváez-Elizondo, Martha González-Elizondo, Arturo Castro-Castro, M Socorro González-Elizondo, Jorge Alberto Tena-Flores, Isaías Chairez-Hernández   +5 more
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Sailing Through Time: Building Pacific Maritime Resilience

Global Policy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines the Pacific Blue Shipping Partnership (PBSP), an ambitious initiative aimed at decarbonising maritime transport across Oceania. The study explores the cultural, historical and technological aspects of wind‐propelled shipping in the Pacific.
Christiaan De Beukelaer, John Taukäve, Maria Sahib, Eldine Glees, Aseri Driu, Joshua Lakabung, Atina Schutz, Joseph H. Genz, Shania G. Tamagyongfal, Jerolynn K. Myazoe, Alexander Mawyer, Alson Kelen, Larry Raigetal, Raffael Held, Andrew Irvin, Morgan Wairiu, Peter Nuttall, Transform Aqorau, Kyrie Lalauvaki, Aileen Sefeti, John Kautoke   +20 more
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The obsolescence of protected area categories in a polycrisis world

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Current global conservation models face significant limitations in addressing the global polycrisis, and the constraints of the International Union for Conservation of Nature protected area (PA) classification system are part of the issue. The principles of the new conservation paradigm—governance, equity, and interculturality—are not viable ...
Pamela Esther Degele
wiley   +1 more source

Towards biocultural approaches to environmental education—Evidence from Madagascar

Conservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
This research illustrates how biocultural approaches can facilitate the decolonisation of environmental education projects across Madagascar. Abstract Environmental education projects are commonly used by conservation organizations to improve the relations between humans and nature.
Aina Brias‐Guinart, Álvaro Fernández‐Llamazares, Bruno Ramamonjisoa, Lovasoa Razafindravony, Lena M. Reibelt, Caroline Josia Rojosoanotahina, Mar Cabeza   +6 more
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