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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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Repositories of biocultural diversity: Toward best practices for empowering ethnobotany in digital herbaria

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Societal Impact Statement As herbaria digitize millions of plant specimens, ethnobotanical information associated with them is becoming increasingly accessible. These biocultural data include plant uses, names, and/or management practices of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities (IPLCs).
Robbie Hart, Viviane Fonseca‐Kruel, Eduardo Dalcin, Estevão da Silva Luís Alexandre, Matthew Pace, Michaela Schmull, Leonardo Beltran‐Rodríguez, Miguel Murguía‐Romero, Diana G. Flores‐Camargo, Cristina Mapes‐Sánchez, Mark Nesbitt, Carolina Romero, Andrew Townesmith, Jan Salick, Alex McAlvay, Kenneth R. Otero‐Walker, Michael J. Balick, Jacob Golan, Bruce Hoffman, Kelsey Leonard, Giulia Mattalia, Guillaume Odonne, Aurora Prehn, Ina Vandebroek   +23 more
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EFFORTS TO IMPROVE SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDE AND PRESERVATION OF LOCAL CULTURE THROUGH ETHNOBIOLOGY-BASED BIOLOGICAL PRACTICUM

EDUSAINS, 2019
UPAYA PENINGKATAN SIKAP ILMIAH DAN PELESTARIAN BUDAYA LOKAL MELALUI PRAKTIKUM BIOLOGI BERBASIS ETNOBIOLOGI   Abstrak Potensi lokal yang ada di sekitar sekolah pada umumnya belum banyak dimanfaatkan secara maksimal sebagai sumber belajar biologi, oleh ...
Siti - Sunariyati, Suatma Suatma, Yula Miranda   +2 more
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“Forest is integral to life”: people-forest relations in the lower river region, the Gambia

Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, 2023
IntroductionForests play a crucial role in the lives of millions of people worldwide by providing material and non-material contributions. Despite forests’ paramount importance from ecological, economic, and cultural perspectives, the long-term ...
Sarata Darboe, Lamin Manneh, Nataliya Stryamets, Nataliya Stryamets, Baiba Prūse, Baiba Prūse, Andrea Pieroni, Andrea Pieroni, Renata Sõukand, Giulia Mattalia, Giulia Mattalia, Giulia Mattalia   +11 more
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Mobilizing agro-biodiversity and social networks to cope with adverse effects of climate and social changes: experiences from Kitui, Kenya [PDF]

, 2015
Poster presented at 13th Congress of the International Society of Ethnobiology.
Eyzaguirre, Pablo B., Fujimura, R., Inoue, M., Maundu, P., Morimoto, Y.   +4 more
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Biodiversity science is improved when silent herbaria speak

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Herbaria in the Global South are critical yet underutilized resources for biodiversity science and often absent from international databases and research networks. We highlight the phenomenon of “silent herbaria” using Nigeria as a case study and quantify how these collections fill important gaps in global biodiversity knowledge.
Daniel A. Zhigila, Ryan J. Schmidt‐Knapik, Barbara M. Thiers, Suleiman D. Abdul, Salihu Abdullahi, Abdullahi A. AbdulRahaman, Emmanuel I. Aigbokhan, Gabriel A. Ajibade, Linus B. Ajikah, Ferdinand A. Akomaye, Abiodun E. Ayodele, Joseph J. Azila, Aliyu Babale, Abubakar Bello, Deborah M. Chukwuma, Emmanuel C. Chukwuma, Abubakar M. Dadile, Chimezie Ekeke, Iroka C. Finian, Abayomi E. Folorunso, Akanni T. Gbenga, Mohammed R. Haruna, Jemilat A. Ibrahim, Opeyemi S. Kolawole, Abubakar M. Liman, Ferdinand N. Mbagwu, Sunusi Namadi, Victor S. Njom, George I. Nodza, Felix I. Nwafor, Onyebuchi E. Nwankwo, Caleb D. Obadiah, Bamigboye S. Oloruntoba, Fatima B. J. Sawa, Yohanna C. Tumba, Musa Umar, Elizabeth N. Usen, Maryam M. Wabili, Charles C. Davis   +38 more
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Tropical peatland village communities’ self-perceived attitude and behaviour changes regarding fire usage [PDF]

Mires and Peat
Indonesia has the world’s second largest national extent of tropical peat deposits, after Brazil. Forest and land fires cause serious disturbance to these peatlands.
Acep Akbar, Grahame B. Applegate, Agus Kurniawan, Etik E.W. Hadi, Nafila I. Idrus, Virni Arifanti   +5 more
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“Is This Edible Anyway?” The Impact of Culture on the Evolution (and Devolution) of Mushroom Knowledge

Topics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Mushrooms are a ubiquitous and essential component in our biological environment and have been of interest to humans around the globe for millennia. Knowledge about mushrooms represents a prime example of cumulative culture, one of the key processes in human evolution.
Andrea Bender, Åge Oterhals
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Mycochemical Diversity and Therapeutic Potential of Hymenochaetoid Fungi from Central Asia: Regional and Global Perspectives

New Zealand Journal of Botany, Volume 64, Issue 1, March 2026.
Central Asia harbors a rich yet understudied assemblage of wood‐inhabiting Hymenochaetoid fungi. This review delivers the first comprehensive synthesis of 43 poroid species representing 18 genera documented across montane forests, steppes, and xeric habitats.
Yusufjon Gafforov, Milena Rašeta, Sylvie Rapior, Manzura Yarasheva, Oksana Mykchaylova, Rustamjon Allaberdiev, Şule İnci, Dilfuza Berdieva, Arshad Mehmood Abbasi, Shikhnazar Khodjaev, Dian‐Ming Hu, Weijun Yang, Abudujilili Abuduaini, Maria Letizia Taddei, Mengcen Wang, Islomjon Urinboev, Jiajia Chen   +16 more
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