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Protecting Indigenous and Local Knowledge Through a Biocultural Diversity Framework

open access: yes, 2022
: Indigenous and Local Knowledge (ILK) is intrinsically connected to knowledge holders’ worldviews and relationships to their environments. Mainstream rights-based approaches do not recognize this interconnection and are hence limited at protecting the
Romanow, Cora Anne   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Assessing relational values of sacred landscapes through text mining of folktales: Insights from the Ryukyu Islands, Japan

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 7, Page 2383-2392, July 2026.
Abstract Assessing relational values of nature through its cultural and spiritual significance is crucial for effective nature conservation. Folktales offer insights into traditional relationships between people and nature, and text mining is a powerful tool for extracting information from textual datasets.
Naoki Saito   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Biocultural ethics and Earth stewardship: a novel integration to revitalize multiple values of nature

open access: yesEcology and Society
The Values Assessment (VA) of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) highlights that contemporary political decisions prioritize economic values of nature while neglecting aesthetic, ecological, and ...
Alejandra Tauro, Ricardo Rozzi
doaj   +1 more source

The May Crosses ('Cruces de Mayo') of Piedrabuena, Spain: Ethnobotanical assessment of cultural and biological heritage with conservation implications for Erica and bryophyte species

open access: yesMediterranean Botany
Religious festivities incorporating botanical elements constitute significant components of Spain's cultural heritage, exemplified by Corpus Christi, Palm Sunday, Béjar's "Moss Man," and Nativity scene representations.
Alonso Verde   +13 more
doaj   +1 more source

Exploring the legal, policy, ethical and practical implications of digitisation of botanical and fungal collections

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 4, Page 1076-1086, July 2026.
Societal Impact Statement Dried plant and fungal specimens held in collections provide a unique asset to understand the natural world and inform conservation approaches. By creating freely available, digital images of these collections, these specimens can be used by more scientists from around the globe to ask research questions and apply new ...
Sonia Dhanda   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Grazing Communities: Pastoralism on the Move and Biocultural Heritage Frictions

open access: yes, 2022
Pastoralism is a diffused and ancient form of human subsistence and probably one of the most studied by anthropologists at the crossroads between continuities and transformations. The present critical discourse on sustainable and responsible development implies a change of practices, a huge socio-economic transformation, and the return of new shepherds
openaire   +1 more source

Increasing the Acceptability of Insect‐Based Foods as Future Foods: A Comprehensive Review of Barriers, Strategies, and Pathways to Mainstream Adoption

open access: yesComprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, Volume 25, Issue 4, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Edible insects are increasingly recognized for their high nutritional value and favorable environmental profile, yet their acceptance (defined as the continuum from willingness to try and purchase to repeated consumption) in Western and globalized food systems remains limited by cultural, sensory, regulatory, and economic barriers.
Jose Miguel Alvarez Suarez   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Feeding local economies: Bolivia’s edible biocultural heritage and rural territorial development

open access: yes, 2016
The biocultural heritage and diversity of localised food systems are resources that some communities, governments and other actors are mobilising to pursue their development objectives. However, further understanding is needed to determine how regimes of
Turner, Katherine
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Whose knowledge, whose cure? traditional medicine and the boundaries of WIPO's 2024 genetic resources treaty

open access: yesThe Journal of World Intellectual Property, Volume 29, Issue 2, Page 359-380, July 2026.
Abstract Traditional medicine—including complementary, integrative, Indigenous, and ancestral practices—remains a vital source of healthcare for billions worldwide, particularly in the Global South. Despite its widespread use and biomedical relevance, traditional medicinal knowledge has long been excluded from dominant intellectual property systems ...
Tolulope Anthony Adekola
wiley   +1 more source

Considerations for biobanking of nonhuman genome data connected to Indigenous Peoples and lands

open access: yes
Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Alida de Flamingh   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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