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Use, perception, and local management of Copernicia prunifera (Miller) H. E. Moore in rural communities in the Brazilian Savanna

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2021
Background Copernicia prunifera belongs to the Arecaceae family, and its production chain includes a set of economic activities based on the use of the stipe, petiole, fiber, fruits, roots, and leaves from which carnaúba wax is extracted, an economically
José Afonso Santana de Almeilda, Nágila Alves Feitosa, Leilane de Carvalho e Sousa, Raimundo Nonato Oliveira Silva, Rodrigo Ferreira de Morais, Júlio Marcelino Monteiro, José Ribamar de Sousa Júnior   +6 more
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An overlooked family-group name among bees: Availability of Coelioxoidini (Hymenoptera: Apidae) [PDF]

, 2020
Recent phylogenetic analysis of the family Apidae has applied the tribal name Coelioxoidini to the distinctive genus Coelioxoides Cresson, which has been thought to be related to Tetrapedia Klug.  However, the nomenclatural status of such a family ...
Engel, Michael S., Gonzalez, Victor, Rasmussen, Claus   +2 more
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The suitability and carrying capacity analysis of the mangrove ecosystem to support ecotourism in the Paljaya mangrove restoration and learning center, Bekasi Regency, Indonesia [PDF]

BIO Web of Conferences
One of the ecosystem services provided by the mangrove ecosystem is cultural service, which provides the benefits of recreation, aesthetics, and spirituality.
Faubiany Varenna, Rahmania Rinny, Suharti Sri, Karlina Endang, Yeny Irma, Ihrami Rahmila Yulizar   +5 more
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Ethnobotanical investigation of 'wild' food plants used by rice farmers in Kalasin, Northeast Thailand [PDF]

, 2011
Background Wild food plants are a critical component in the subsistence system of rice farmers in Northeast Thailand. One of the important characteristics of wild plant foods among farming households is that the main collection locations are increasingly
Cruz Garcia, G.S., Price, L.L.
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Intercultural Competence and Skills in the Biology Teachers Training from the Research Procedure of Ethnobiology

Science Education International, 2019
We present and discuss the results of qualitative research based on a case study with biology undergraduate students from a public University of Bahia state, Brazil.
Geilsa Costa Santos Baptista, Geane Machado Araujo   +1 more
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Towards a historical ecology of intertidal foraging in the Mafia Archipelago: archaeomalacology and implications for marine resource management

, 2019
Understanding the timing and nature of human influence on coastal and island ecosystems is becoming a central concern in archaeological research, particularly when investigated within a historical ecology framework.
Boivin, N., Crowther, A., Faulkner, P., Haji, O., Harris, M., Horton, M.   +5 more
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Why is tropical peatland conservation so challenging? Findings from a livelihood assessment in Sumatra, Indonesia [PDF]

Mires and Peat
In recent years, widespread peatland degradation has occurred in Indonesia as a result of both natural events and human activities. Although there is a strong push for restoration from national and international stakeholders, at the local level, farmers ...
Shokhrukh-Mirzo Jalilov, Sri Lestari, Bondan Winarno, Tri Wira Yuwati, Niken Sakuntaladewi , Daniel S. Mendham   +5 more
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Which fish is this? Fishers know more than 100 fish species in megadiverse tropical rivers

FACETS, 2022
Ethnobiological studies on folk, common, or popular names that fishers use to identify fish can help improve fisheries monitoring and collaborations between fishers and researchers.
Renato A. M. Silvano, Paula E. R. Pereyra, Alpina Begossi, Gustavo Hallwass   +3 more
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Ethnobiology in One Health

Ethnobiology Letters, 2016
The new One Health concept is, essentially, the ethnobiology of health, addressing the interrelation of human, animal and environmental health. Incited by 2003 outbreaks of animal-borne SARS and avian influenza, One Health’s multidisciplinary perspective
Marsha B. Quinlan, Robert J. Quinlan
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Medicinal Animals and Plants as Alternative and Complementary Medicine in Southern Regions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan

Frontiers in Pharmacology, 2021
Background: Local communities use animals and plants as common traditional therapies for various diseases. The study aimed to document animals and animal-plant mixture recipes that are used as alternative and complementary medicine in southern regions of
Sakina Mussarat, Rehman Ali, Shandana Ali, Ramzi A. Mothana, Riaz Ullah, Muhammad Adnan   +5 more
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