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Biodiversity science is improved when silent herbaria speak

open access: yesPLANTS, 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   +38 more
wiley   +1 more source

EFFORTS TO IMPROVE SCIENTIFIC ATTITUDE AND PRESERVATION OF LOCAL CULTURE THROUGH ETHNOBIOLOGY-BASED BIOLOGICAL PRACTICUM

open access: yesEDUSAINS, 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   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

“Forest is integral to life”: people-forest relations in the lower river region, the Gambia

open access: yesFrontiers 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   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mobilizing agro-biodiversity and social networks to cope with adverse effects of climate and social changes: experiences from Kitui, Kenya [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Poster presented at 13th Congress of the International Society of Ethnobiology.
Eyzaguirre, Pablo B.   +4 more
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Ethnoveterinary plants of Ankober District, North Shewa Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Background: Traditional herbal preparations for addressing veterinary problems have been applied in Ankober District, Ethiopia, for generations. However, the millennia-old ethnoveterinary knowledge of the community, and the plants are subjected to loss ...
Asfaw, Zemede   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

Open letter: The need for a site‐based biodiversity standard measuring and certifying impacts from nature‐based projects

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Despite growing investment in restoration, weak accountability and poor biodiversity monitoring mean many projects fail to achieve ecological recovery. The Global Biodiversity Standard (TGBS) offers a practical way to ensure that restoration finance delivers measurable gains for nature.
David Bartholomew   +254 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tropical peatland village communities’ self-perceived attitude and behaviour changes regarding fire usage [PDF]

open access: yesMires 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   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

From traditional practice to unsustainable exploitation: Fruit overharvesting on the endangered relict palm Jubaea chilensis

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Overharvesting of wild edible plants poses a growing threat to plant populations worldwide, particularly for slow‐growing species with limited regeneration. We quantified fruit extraction from the third‐largest known population of Jubaea chilensis—an endangered palm endemic to Chile—modeled the critical harvest threshold, and assessed consumer ...
Sebastián Cordero   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Potential Nature-Based Solution to Enhance Calliandra houstoniana var. calothyrsus Seed Germination With Biostimulant: A Case Study of East Kalimantan, Indonesia

open access: yesInternational Journal of Forestry Research
Technological support is needed to ensure the sustainability of Red Calliandra (Calliandra houstoniana var. calothyrsus) as a biomass source for wood pellets.
null Idris   +16 more
doaj   +1 more source

Governance and infrastructure as pillars of performance: A socio‐ecological analysis of Ethiopian botanical gardens

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
While botanical gardens are often perceived merely as recreational spaces for a weekend walk, in the Global South, they are true lifelines for nature and for the people who depend on it. Our research in Ethiopia explored what actually keeps these gardens running long‐term.
Getahun Hassen   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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