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Lithic analysis in African archaeology: Advances and key themes

Archaeometry, EarlyView.
Abstract Stone artifacts (lithics) preserve for extended periods; thus they are key evidence for probing the evolution of human technological behaviors. Africa boasts the oldest record of stone artifacts, spanning 3.3 Ma, rare instances of ethnographic stone tool‐making, and stone tool archives from diverse ecological settings, making it an anchor for ...
Deborah I. Olszewski, Amanuel Beyin, Justin Pargeter   +2 more
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Using an inclusive bioeconomy framework in support of indigenous peoples and local communities living in mountains

Frontiers in Environmental Science
Mountains are intimately connected with the current health and future wellbeing of people and nature on Earth; highlands harbor over half of all global biodiversity hotspots, and billions of people depend on freshwater originating from the world’s “water
Jianchu Xu, Jianchu Xu, R. Edward Grumbine   +2 more
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The obsolescence of protected area categories in a polycrisis world

Conservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Current global conservation models face significant limitations in addressing the global polycrisis, and the constraints of the International Union for Conservation of Nature protected area (PA) classification system are part of the issue. The principles of the new conservation paradigm—governance, equity, and interculturality—are not viable ...
Pamela Esther Degele
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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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Identifying intangible and biocultural heritage elements toward environmental understanding: engaging stakeholders through art

Ecology and Society
Grounded in a case study in Barbuda in the Caribbean, this research examines sustainability from the perspective of what arts and heritage can contribute to community engagement and local and broader understandings about the environment.
Martha B Lerski
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Arts informed indigenous research: Listening to Indigenous Peoples' knowledges in health professions education

Medical Education, EarlyView.
Abstract Context The 2007 United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples affirms Indigenous Peoples' right to maintain, control, protect and develop their knowledge systems, including knowledges of sciences and technologies of medicine and health. It could, however, be argued that this right is typically not upheld in health professions
Karen Adams, Lynne Stuart, Ali Drummond, Linda Deravin, Olivia Bonanno, Vicki Saunders   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

From maps to mandates: Multitemporal vegetation cover analysis as a tool to evaluate environmental judicial decisions

People and Nature
This study examines the use of multitemporal vegetation cover analysis as a tool to assess the ecological effectiveness of judicial decisions that recognize the rights of nature, using Colombia's 2016 T‐622 decision on the Atrato River as a case study ...
Juan Camilo Ríos‐Orjuela, Ana María Medina‐Sánchez, William Gonzalez‐Daza, Francisco Villa‐Rojas, Mauricio Madrigal‐Pérez   +4 more
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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
wiley   +1 more source

Editorial: The discourse of ‘biocultural’ rights and the search for new epistemic parameters: moving beyond essentialisms and old certainties in an age of Anthropocene complexity? [PDF]

Journal of Human Rights and the Environment, 2015
There can be little doubt of the multiple complexities facing law in the twenty-first century. Climate change alone presents a challenge of unprecedented global complexity for legal systems – a complexity arising, moreover, directly from the ‘complexity of the climate system [itself:] its myriad of parts, interactions, feedbacks and unsolved mysteries’.
openaire   +1 more source

A comprehensive checklist of Mediterranean wild edible plants: Diversity, traditional uses, and knowledge gaps

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 5, Page 1616-1633, September 2026.
The use of wild edible plants and the traditional knowledge associated with them are rapidly disappearing across the Mediterranean, with serious consequences for biodiversity, cultural heritage, and regional food security. This study compiles and organizes fragmented information to create the first comprehensive catalogue of these plants across the ...
Benedetta Gori, Tiziana Cossu, Hicham El Zein, Udayangani Liu, Tiziana Ulian, Gianluigi Bacchetta   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source