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Ethnobiology's Contributions to Sustainability Science

Journal of Ethnobiology
Progress toward the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is insufficient at a global scale. A thorough and interdisciplinary understanding of barriers and levers to sustainability, including synergies and trade-offs between SDGs, is utterly important but still limited.
Arrivabene, Alexandre, Lasic, Lou, Blanco, Julien, M. Carrière, Stéphanie, Ladio, Ana, Caillon, Sophie, Porcher, Vincent, Teixidor-Toneu, Irene   +7 more
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Garuda 5 (khyung lnga): Ecologies of Potency and the Poison-Medicine Spectrum of Sowa Rigpa’s Renowned ‘Black Aconite’ Formula [PDF]

, 2019
This article focuses on ethnographic work conducted at the Men-Tsee-Khang (Dharamsala, India) on Garuda 5 (khyung lnga), a commonly prescribed Tibetan medical formula.
van der Valk, Jan M. A.
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Bulungan ethnobiology handbook [PDF]

, 2001
This book is intended as a resource for researchers working in the Bulungan area, including the Kayan Mentarang National Park and the Bulungan Research Project (BRF), it serves as both a field guide to common plants and animals, and a dictionary of their vernacular terms from 18 different linguistic/cultural groups.
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Les premiers pas du Réseau thématique Ethnoécologie et interactions humains-écosystèmes

Revue 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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The Endangered long-tailed macaque is considered a pest in North Sumatra, Indonesia

Oryx, 2023
Wanda Kuswanda, Freddy Jontara Hutapea, Titiek Setyawati   +2 more
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What’s in a Bird’s Name? Bird Records and Aguaruna Names in Amazonian Indigenous Territories of Peru

Birds
Western Amazonia hosts the highest bird diversity in the world, yet in many regional indigenous territories, biodiversity remains poorly known to science.
Nico Arcilla, Benjamín Salazar Samecash, Oscar Tsamajain Shiwig, Shan Su, Robert J. Cooper   +4 more
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Evolution and Devolution of Knowledge: A Tale of Two Biologies [PDF]

Anthropological inquiry suggests that all societies classify animals and plants in similar ways. Paradoxically, in the same cultures that have seen large advances in biological science, citizenry's practical knowledge of nature has dramatically ...
Douglas Medin, Norbert Ross, Scott Atran
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The use of firewood for home consumption and the fabrication of hand-crafted ceramics in a semi-arid region of Northeast Brazil

Acta Botânica Brasílica
This study aimed to identify, analyze and compare different uses of firewood for home consumption and for handicraft work in rural communities in Altinho, Pernambuco, Brazil.
Mariana Cavalcanti Gomes da Silva, Marcelo Alves Ramos, Angelo Giuseppe Chaves Alves   +2 more
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Local Knowledge of Plants and Their Uses Among Women in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2013
Women’s local ecological knowledge (LEK) is noted by many scholars to be unique and important for local conservation and development planning. Although LEK integration is inherent to ethnobotanical research, in Ethiopia, the knowledge-gender link has not
Bussmann, Rainer, Evangelista, Paul, Kuroiwa, Christina, Luizza, Matthew Wayne, Weimer, Amber, Worede, Aserat, Young, Heather   +6 more
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An Ethnobiological Study of Indigenous Knowledge about the Traditional Production of Coconut Sugar Within the Somongari Javanese Community

Recoletos Multidisciplinary Research Journal
Background: Coconut sugar is a traditional product widely consumed in Indonesia, including by the Javanese community of Somongari. Despite its importance, the knowledge of coconut sugar production in Somongari remains undocumented, as it is passed down ...
Fajar Adinugraha, Siti Zubaidah, Sri Rahayu Lestari   +2 more
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