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The traditional ecological knowledge conundrum
Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 2023 Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) is gaining prominence among ecologists because it can help inform ecosystem management. Yet, sometimes TEK is maintained not because of positive values about the environment, but because of poverty and a lack of options. We discuss this conundrum and present hypotheses for future research.
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Integrating traditional ecological knowledge into habitat restoration: implications for meeting forest restoration challenges. [PDF]
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 2023 Background Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) helps tribal communities adapt to socio-ecological changes, improving the long-term sustainability of their livelihood strategies and fostering social–ecological resilience.
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge
Northern Plains Ethics Journal, 2022 Historical and on-going socioeconomic disparities have largely displaced and harmed Indigenous communities. Generations of archaeological studies have ignored, underplayed, or whitewashed Indigenous peoples’ traditional and technological knowledge — from architectural feats to ecological knowledge.
Casi Corinna +3 more
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Adaptation to Climate Change: Does Traditional Ecological Knowledge Hold the Key?
Sustainability, 2020 The traditional knowledge of indigenous people is often neglected despite its significance in combating climate change. This study uncovers the potential of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) from the perspective of indigenous communities in Sarawak,
Nadzirah Hosen, Amran Hamzah
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge [PDF]
Situating Sustainability: A Handbook of Contexts and Concepts, 2021 This chapter argues that the concept of Traditional Ecological Knowlegde means more than the accumulated environmental knowledge and comprehension of natural phenomena. Rather, it is constituted by a set of evolving beliefs and practices that understands its own dynamic relationship with other beings in the environment.
Corinna Casi +2 more
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Regenerating Place: Highlighting the Role of Ecological Knowledge
Organization and EnvironmentAs many local places globally suffer from ecological and social decline, sustainability research increasingly recognizes the critical importance of studying organizational efforts toward regenerating local communities and ecosystems.
Saeed Rahman
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Land Use Policy, 2018 Local ecological knowledge and the land use practices of forest resource users who rely on this form of knowledge play a crucial role for biodiversity conservation in managed forests. The understandings of, and approaches taken to analyze, such knowledge
Eeva Primmer +2 more
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Studia Ecologiae et Bioethicae, 2022 For many years, the need to increase food production, both globally and locally, has been directly related to agriculture intensification. The need to systematically increase the doses of both artificial fertilizers and chemical plant protection ...
Małgorzata Falencka-Jabłonska
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Traditional ecological knowledge and its role in biodiversity conservation: a systematic review
Frontiers in Environmental Science, 2023 In various parts of Africa, scholars have paid a great deal of attention to TEK, focusing mainly on their role in biodiversity conservation or natural resource management.
N. I. Sinthumule
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Quaternary, 2021 The role of plants in early human migrations across the globe has received little attention compared to big game hunting. Tropical forests in particular have been seen as a barrier for Late Pleistocene human dispersals due to perceived difficulties in ...
Mark Robinson +5 more
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