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Urban agroecology enhances agrobiodiversity and resilient, biocultural food systems. The case of the semi-dryland and medium-sized Querétaro City, Mexico

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
Small-scale agroecological practices in the urban areas of Querétaro, México, as in other mid-sized cities, could maintain agrobiodiversity pools and sufficient productivity for a food sovereignty baseline.
Gabriela Valeria Villavicencio-Valdez, J. Jacobi, M. Schneider, M. A. Altieri, H. Suzán-Azpiri   +4 more
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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
doaj   +1 more source

Biocultural Heritage in the UK

, 2021
This report explores the potential of biocultural heritage for developing more inclusive, just and sustainable conservation policies and practices in the UK.
Russell, Zoe
core  

DIREITOS BIOCULTURAIS E INVESTIGAÇÃO BIOCULTURAL NA COMUNIDADE MHUYSQA DE SESQUILÉ “LOS HIJOS DEL MAIZ".

, 2022
This article analyzes the strengths and challenges in participatory and transformative research, from a biocultural approach based on the case study of Los hijos del maíz, a Muisca community from Sesquilé.
Gabriel Nemogá Soto, Márquez Vargas, Yeison, Nemogá Soto, Gabriel, Chautá Páez, Camilo, Julián Gutiérrez-Martínez, Gutiérrez-Martínez, Julián, Camilo Chautá Páez, Yeison Márquez Vargas, Bojacá Rojas, Michaelle, Garzón Prieto, Diana, Michaelle Bojacá Rojas, Juanita Triana-Quimbaya, Diana Garzón Prieto, Triana-Quimbaya, Juanita   +13 more
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From dialogue to protocol: participatory approaches to biocultural governance in Maya Q’eqchi’ agricultural cooperatives in Guatemala

Ecosystems and People
This paper documents the collaborative development of biocultural protocols (BPs) with ten Maya Q’eqchi’ agricultural cooperatives in Alta Verapaz, northern Guatemala, highlighting the methodological, ethical, and political dimensions of co-designing ...
Pamela Giselle Katic, Benjamin Bol Caál, Selma Maribel Ico Tiul, Jeremy Haggar   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Towards a People’s History of the Law: Biocultural Jurisprudence and the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing [PDF]

Law, Environment and Development Journal, 2011
The Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing adopted by the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity has had its share of supporters and detractors. While some of its detractors rightly bemoan the limits of the Nagoya Protocol
Kabir Bavikatte and Daniel F. Robinson
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Animal welfare at slaughter: perceptions and knowledge across cultures

Frontiers in Animal Science, 2023
Most people around the world eat meat and billions of animals are slaughtered each year to meet that demand. For many, eating meat is a biocultural activity steeped in tradition and formative in cuisines and identity.
Michelle Sinclair, Michelle Sinclair, Michelle Sinclair, Maria José Hötzel, Natasha Y. P. Lee, Maria Catalina T. de Luna, Arvind Sharma, Arvind Sharma, Musadiq Idris, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Oluwaseun S. Iyasere, Grisel Navarro, Abdelkareem A. Ahmed, Georgette Leah Burns, Michael Curry, Jeremy N. Marchant   +15 more
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Pelvic morphology and body size in relation to the preauricular sulcus: Evidence from medieval to modern Iberia

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract The preauricular sulcus has long been debated as a pelvic feature variably attributed to obstetric stress, ligamentous traction, and broader biomechanical processes. To clarify its determinants, we analyzed 409 adult individuals from three archeological and one early modern skeletal collection from the Iberian Peninsula, integrating graded ...
Rebeca García‐González, Julia Muñoz‐Guarinos, Nico Cirotto, Sonia Díaz‐Navarro, Laura Rodríguez, José Miguel Carretero   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Humans are not unique: difficult birth is common in placental mammals

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Human childbirth is widely presumed to be uniquely difficult and dangerous compared to birth in other mammals. Tight fetopelvic proportions can result in obstructed labour and contribute to high rates of maternal and neonatal mortality. Ideas summarised under the ‘obstetrical dilemma’ have contributed to this assumption by explaining difficult
Nicole D. S. Grunstra
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of plant science higher education reveals mixed provision which falls short of delivering national priorities

JSFA reports, Volume 5, Issue 3, Page 78-90, March 2025.
Abstract Background Many reports from the UK government and other organisations highlight a need for a plant aware workforce, and some enumerate specific areas of plant science where there is a skills shortage. We have undertaken a systematic analysis of the content of degree programmes that advertise as teaching plant biology to determine if the UK ...
Sarah Trinder, Thomas Heaven, Matteo Luberti, Sophie Read, Adam Scanlon, Chris Gauntner, Alec Forsyth, Alison C. Foster   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source