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Historical Ecology and Ethnobiology: Applied Research for Environmental Conservation and Social Justice

open access: yesEthnobiology Letters, 2015
Historical ecology provides a research program and toolkit for applied interdisciplinary research in ethnobiology. With a focus on long-term changes in built environments and cultural landscapes, historical ecology emphasizes the need for scientific ...
Chelsey Geralda Armstrong   +1 more
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The relevance of traditional knowledge systems for ethnopharmacological research: theoretical and methodological contributions [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Background Ethnopharmacology is at the intersection of the medical, natural, and social sciences. Despite its interdisciplinary nature, most ethnopharmacological research has been based on the combination of the chemical, biological, and pharmacological ...
Victoria Reyes-García
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Traditional use of medicinal plants in the boreal forest of Canada: review and perspectives [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background The boreal forest of Canada is home to several hundred thousands Aboriginal people who have been using medicinal plants in traditional health care systems for thousands of years. This knowledge, transmitted by oral tradition from generation to
Archana Dhakal   +3 more
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Exploring sociocultural and science aspect of Manggulu: a traditional food from Sumba Island, Indonesia

open access: yesJournal of Ethnic Foods
Manggulu is a traditional food of the Sumba people in East Nusa Tenggara, primarily made from pisang kepok or saba bananas (Musa paradisiaca var. balbisiana) and peanuts (Arachis hypogaea).
Mohammad Fathi Royyani   +10 more
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JAVANESE WOMEN’S BELIEF ABOUT RECOMMENDED AND UNRECOMMENDED FOODS AND DRINKS IN THE PREGNANCY AND POST PARTUM PERIOD [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Background: Javanese women in Indonesia have different belief during pregnancy and postpartum. This belief was adopted because of the influence of cultures from their parents.
Rofi'i , Muhamad
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Dietary restrictions in healing among speakers of Iquito, an endangered language of the Peruvian Amazon [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Background Ethnobotanical research was carried out with speakers of Iquito, a critically endangered Amazonian language of the Zaparoan family.
Kevin A Jernigan
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Ex-situ Documentation of Ethnobiology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Migrant speakers of endangered languages living in urban centers in developed countries represent a valuable resource through which these languages may be conveniently documented.
Lahe-Deklin, Francesca, Si, Aung
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Ethnobiology of Cholistan

open access: yes, 2023
This is where this book comes into action. It's an overview on ethnobiology, the interesting study of how humans employ plants and animals for healing. It focuses on the Cholistan region and its 27 medicinal animals and 21 plants species in detail. You'll find scientific descriptions as well as information on how these resources have traditionally been 
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Les premiers pas du Réseau thématique Ethnoécologie et interactions humains-écosystèmes

open access: yesRevue d'ethnoécologie
We present a short report of the first day of the French Ethnoecology and Humans-Ecosystems Interactions Thematic Network. This thematic network is contextualized alongside the thematic school that preceded it and the European Network of Ethnobiology ...
Sandrine Gallois, Richard Raymond
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Political Ethnobiology

open access: yesEthnobiology and Conservation
Indigenous peoples and local communities continue to suffer various violations and ethnocide. Their knowledge systems and biodiversity management practices, which are fundamental to overcoming the central crises of today, are under threat. Consolidating a political approach in Ethnobiology can contribute to the struggles and rights of Indigenous ...
Gustavo Taboada Soldati   +1 more
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