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Biocultural mapping: unpacking the myth of an unsuitable Country in the arid zone, Willandra Lakes Region World Heritage Area, Australia

Environmental Systems Research, 2023
Defining spaces and places in retrojective Geographical Information Systems (GIS) of land use and occupancy is not an easy task. Research into the areas described as suitable for land use and occupancy need to incorporate multiple perspectives of what ...
Katherine Thomas
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Peasant Movements and the Fourth Transformation in Mexico: What Does the Theory of Collective Empowerment Tell Us?

Journal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article examines peasant and Indigenous movements in Mexico since Morena's rise to power in 2018 through the lens of collective empowerment theory, a theory of political‐cultural formation. Beyond offering an empirical assessment, the theory is refined and formalized through an analysis of these movements and their relationship to ...
Gerardo Otero
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La memoria biocultural

, 2009
In recent years there has been an increasing tendency to place greater value on traditional knowledge about nature, as well as its management and conservation.
Halffter Salas, Gonzalo
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Cultural and ecological baselines inform an eco‐cultural vision for Weka (Gallirallus australis) restoration in southern New Zealand

Restoration Ecology, EarlyView.
Abstract Introduction Eco‐cultural restoration requires targets that reflect cultural values and ecological conditions. We present an integrative approach combining cultural and ecological baselines to inform future eco‐cultural restoration of Buff weka (Gallirallus australis hectori), a flightless bird of deep cultural significance to the Ōtākou Māori
Tumai Cassidy, Olivia R. Burge, Joanna K. Carpenter, Puke Timoti, Levi Collier‐Robinson, Paulette Tamati‐Elliffe, Komene Cassidy, Phil O'B. Lyver   +7 more
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Traditional Knowledge and Biocultural Heritage about Medicinal Plants in a European Transboundary Area (La Raya: Extremadura, Spain—Alentejo, Portugal): Transdisciplinary Research for Curriculum Design in Health Sciences

Heritage
Traditional knowledge about medicinal plants, and the biocultural heritage derived from them, can be a useful tool for curricular design in health sciences.
José Ramón Vallejo, Geilsa Costa Santos Baptista, Helena Arco, José A. González, Dídac Santos-Fita, Salvador Postigo-Mota   +5 more
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Justice for biodiversity: an X‐curve transformation pathway for a sustainable future

Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Volume 24, Issue 8, October 2026.
Decades of conservation action have failed to stem biodiversity loss, stimulating heated debates over which conservation strategies are the most effective. Do we focus on preserving sufficient wilderness, maintaining services from nature for societal well‐being, or protecting vulnerable socioecologies from injustice?
Camille PA Venier‐Cambron
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Elaboración y consumo de tortillas como patrimonio cultural de San Pedro del Rosal, México

Región y Sociedad, 2017
Planting and consumption of maize are identity and determining activities in the evolution of population’s food heritage, since they contribute to food security and preservation of the biocultural heritage.
María Cristina Chávez Mejía, Teresita de Jesús Rodríguez Calderón, Humberto Thomé Ortiz, Guillermo Miranda Román   +3 more
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Scientists’ warning on the global destruction of rock outcrop ecosystems

Conservation Biology, Volume 40, Issue 5, October 2026.
Abstract Rock outcrops are geological formations that harbor a highly specialized biota adapted to harsh environmental conditions that differ from their surrounding landscapes. They are globally distributed, especially in old, highly weathered landscapes, and can function as habitat islands containing high levels of endemism and distinct evolutionary ...
Luiza F. A. de Paula, Lucas N. Perillo, Gianluigi Ottaviani, Flávio F. Carmo, Mandar N. Datar, Katherine C. Enebeli‐Ekwutoziam, Bruno Fogliani, Stephen D. Hopper, Aboli Kulkarni, Hans Lambers, Rafael F. Magalhães, Frederico S. Neves, Jean‐François Ponge, Stefan Porembski, Bruno H. P. Rosado, Fernando M. G. Santos, Elycée Tindano, Bram Vanschoenwinkel, Aparna Watve, Fernando A. O. Silveira   +19 more
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Geometry and biocultural heritage in early childhood education

International Electronic Journal of Mathematics Education
This study aimed to identify the biocultural geometric space in children from two rural schools in the commune of San Felipe, Chile, through a pedagogical approach based on the visualization level of Van Hiele’s theory. The methodology followed a Design-Based Research framework, implementing learning experiences contextualized within the local ...
Sandra Pérez-Lisboa, Cristian Mejías
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Education as a Driver of Extinction of Experience or Conservation of Biocultural Heritage

, 2023
The concept of extinction of experience has increasingly garnered attention in environmental education literature. “Extinction of experience” (EoE) is a neologism articulated by nature writer and lepidopterist Robert Michael Pyle to capture the somewhat intangible loss that occurs when biodiversity is removed from key experiences in our daily lifeworld,
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