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The visible and invisible drivers of biocultural loss in the Amazon

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The Amazon is rapidly approaching an ecological tipping point driven by deforestation, forest degradation and global climate change. These are visible issues that receive increasing political and public attention. However, the accelerating biocultural loss in the Amazon, including the extinction of Indigenous languages, the disruption of ...
Torsten Krause, Mairon G. Bastos Lima, Jesica López, Karolin Obert, Juan A. Samper, Ana Maria Vargas   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

BioCultural Landscapes per la rigenerazione innovativa dei territori di montagna [PDF]

, 2016
Simplification of agricultural systems, farmland abandonment, uncontrolled urbanization, together with global scale drivers, determine fast and unpredictable phenomena of hydrogeological instability, biodiversity decline and identity loss.
BAIAMONTE, Giuseppe, BAZAN, Giuseppe, Cancellieri, A, SCHICCHI, Rosario   +3 more
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Wilting wildflowers and bummed‐out bees: Climate change threatens US state symbols

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Species designated as state symbols in the United States carry cultural importance, embody historical heritage and maintain long‐standing linkages to Indigenous traditions. However, they are threatened by climate change and even face the risk of local or global extinction.
Xuezhen Ge, Ya Zou, Heather A. Hager, Jonathan A. Newman   +3 more
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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Biocultural Community Protocols: Dialogues on the Space Within [PDF]

, 2015
This paper starts by explaining "the space within" -- the ethical grammar and code by which indigenous peoples use and steward nature. It then explains the inextricable links with nature demonstrated by a number of communities with which we have worked ...
Daniel Francis Robinson, María Julia Oliva, Sanjay Kabir Bavikatte   +2 more
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Biocultural conservation as an alternative pathway for conservation: A case study of the Inclusive Conservation Initiative in northern Kenya

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) aims to conserve 30% of the planet by 2030, yet mounting evidence indicates that current methods for preventing biodiversity loss are insufficient and often intensify unjust conditions for Indigenous Peoples and local communities.
Natalie D. L. York, William Naimado, Charis Enns, Brock Bersaglio, Mali Ole Kaunga, Joseph Larpei, Victorlyn Mukiri, Judy Oreheya, Vivian Silole, Johan A. Oldekop   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Online and offline representations of biocultural diversity: A political ecology perspective on nature-based tourism and indigenous communities in the Brazilian Pantanal [PDF]

, 2018
The concept of biocultural diversity is confronted with contemporary changes that impact on local communities, such as globalization and digital transformations.
Arts, K, Girard, P, Ioris, A, Maffey, G, Maimoni de Figueiredo, D, Rabelo, O   +5 more
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Connecting tradition and technology: The digitization of the ethnobotanical collection at the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The digitization of RBetno (JBRJ) represents a step forward for biodiversity conservation in Brazil. Aligned with the Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (Target 2, 2020–2030), this project documents the use of plants, including traditional knowledge and vernacular names, with a focus on the Atlantic Forest and Amazon.
Viviane S. Fonseca‐Kruel, Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr., Luis Alexandre Estevão da Silva, Felipe Alves Oliveira, Maria Paula Vasconcelos Mesquita, Mariana Taniguchi, Rafaela Campostrini Forzza   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

African botanical heritage for new crop development [PDF]

, 2008
The African continent is rather poor in plant biodiversity when compared to other continents on and around the equator. Nevertheless, lots of useful plant species have been domesticated from Sub-Sahara Africa material.
Termote, Céline, Van Damme, Patrick
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Reproducing biocultural heritage landscapes through alternative and retro-innovative food production

Landscape Research, 2023
Landscapes rich in biocultural heritage are declining en masse across Europe. This is due to the effects of countryside depopulation and to large-scale, industrial agriculture. Landscape heritage and its associated biodiversity largely depend on pre-industrial agrarian management.
Eva Svensson, Margareta Dahlström, Hilde Rigmor Amundsen, Marius Kjønsberg   +3 more
openaire   +3 more sources