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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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Ethnobiology of Bats

Although elusive due to their mostly nocturnal behavior, bats have fascinated humans for millennia. From their ubiquitous presence in Mayan mythology to being regarded as symbols of good fortune in the Middle-To-Late Qing Dynasty of China, bats have been both feared and celebrated across cultures from all over the world.
Rocha, Ricardo||, López-Baucells, Adrià||, Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro||   +2 more
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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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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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Ethnoontology: Ways of world‐building across cultures [PDF]

, 2019
This article outlines a program of ethnoontology that brings together empirical research in the ethnosciences with ontological debates in philosophy. First, we survey empirical evidence from heterogeneous cultural contexts and disciplines.
Ludwig, David, Weiskopf, Daniel A.
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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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Ethnobiology of Absurdities

Ethnobiology and Conservation
We are often overwhelmed by a sense of frustration when we observe that certain social issues, rather than progressing, seem to stagnate or even worsen–a rise in violence against women, racism, misogyny, and transphobia. These problems, far from disappearing, raise the question of whether we truly advance toward a higher state of civility or are ...
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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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Introducing Ethnobiology Letters

Ethnobiology Letters, 2010
Steve Wolverton, Cynthia Fowler, David Cozzo   +2 more
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