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

Mediterranean 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, Francisco Zamora Soria, José Fajardo, Diego Rivera, Vicente Consuegra, Segundo ríos, Emilio Laguna, Concepción Obón, Arturo Valdés, Pablo Ferrer Gallego, Vanessa Martínez Francés, Francisco Alcaraz, Rosa María Ros, José García   +13 more
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Cancer and the social induction of aging [PDF]

, 2011
Age has long been known as the primary population 'risk factor' for cancer. We suggest that the observed disparities in hormonal cancers by ethnicity, gender, and other indices of social structure and power relationships, imply a differential ...
Deborah Wallace, Rodrick Wallace
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Tradition, Dynamics and Sustainability of Plant Species Composition and Management in Homegardens on Organic and Non-Organic Small Scale Farms in Alpine Eastern Tyrol, Austria [PDF]

, 2003
In Eastern Tyrol (Austria), homegardens are an integral part of the farming system. The aim of this paper is to present evidence for the development of gardening in the study area and to identify differences/similarities between gardens at organic and ...
Vogl, C. R., Vogl-Lukasser, B.
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Grazing Communities: Pastoralism on the Move and Biocultural Heritage Frictions

, 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
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Momento de definiciones. El Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia emplazado en su razón de ser ante las iniciativas de megaminería tóxica: una narrativa y análisis de caso en México [PDF]

, 2017
Se describen y analizan algunas tensiones actuales generadas por el modelo extractivo radical en las políticas públicas, entre el polo del sometimiento neocolonial y el polo del interés colectivo focalizado en la defensa del patrimonio biocultural, a ...
Delgado Cabeza, Manuel (Coordinador), González Chévez, Lilián, Hersch Martínez, Paul, Lara Galicia, Aline (Coordinador)   +3 more
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Scientists’ warning on the global destruction of rock outcrop ecosystems

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
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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Whose knowledge, whose cure? traditional medicine and the boundaries of WIPO's 2024 genetic resources treaty

The Journal of World Intellectual Property, EarlyView.
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
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Describing and diffusing the ethnobotanical knowledge of Bogotá D.C. (Colombia) through an online tool focused on common names of plants

Acta Botânica Brasílica
Although ethnobotanical knowledge is considered potentially valuable information for several human disciplines, it is currently declining due to a decrease in the transmission of cultural knowledge and the depletion of natural resources.
Ángela Rodríguez-Calderón, José A. Muñoz, Diego Moreno, Marcela Celis   +3 more
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William Godwin and the puritan legacy [PDF]

, 2012
This essay’s analysis of Godwin’s engagement with his (and Britain’s) puritan and Dissenting legacy is significant in two respects. First, it offers a reading of two of Godwin’s lesser known, later writings and thus contributes to our appreciation of a ...
Weston, Rowland
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Subterranean environments contribute to three‐quarters of classified ecosystem services

Biological Reviews, Volume 101, Issue 3, Page 1582-1605, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Beneath the Earth's surface lies a network of interconnected caves, voids, and systems of fissures forming in rocks of sedimentary, igneous, or metamorphic origin. Although largely inaccessible to humans, this hidden realm supports and regulates services critical to ecological health and human well‐being.
Stefano Mammola, David Brankovits, Tiziana Di Lorenzo, Isabel R. Amorim, Raluca Ioana Bancila, Adrià Bellvert, Enrico Bernard, Anna Blomberg, Paulo A.V. Borges, Martina Cappelletti, Rodrigo Lopes Ferreira, Rosalina Gabriel, Diana M. P. Galassi, Laura Garzoli, Vasilis Gerovasileiou, Grant C. Hose, Kathryn L. Korbel, Simone Martino, Ana Z Miller, Nataša Mori, Veronica Nanni, Giuseppe Nicolosi, Mattia Saccò, Troy S. Sakihara, Marconi Souza Silva, Anne E. Tamalavage, Maja Zagmajster, Efraín Chávez, Christian Griebler, Pedro Cardoso, Alejandro Martínez   +30 more
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