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Natural resources used in the traditional medicine of the Marinaú community, Caxiuanã forest, Brazil [PDF]
Frontiers in PharmacologyBackgroundThe diversity of Conservation Units in Brazil, ranging from Strict Protection areas like National Parks to Sustainable Use areas such as National Forests, supports the coexistence of human populations with extensive traditional knowledge of ...
Paula Maria Correa de Oliveira +7 more
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Ethnozoological and commercial drivers of the pangolin trade in Benin. [PDF]
J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 2021 Abstract Background Pangolins are trafficked in unsustainable volumes to feed both local and global trade networks for their meat and the medicinal properties of their derivatives, including scales. We focus on a West African country (Benin) to assess the medicinal and spiritual values of pangolins among different ethnic
Zanvo S +5 more
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A Semantic Menagerie: The Conceptual Semantics of Ethnozoological Categories
Russian journal of linguistics: Vestnik RUDN, 2018 Following the seminal work of Wierzbicka (1985, 2013), this paper proposes and discusses a set of semantic analyses of words from three different levels of the English ethnozoological taxonomic hierarchy (Berlin 1992): creature (unique beginner), bird ...
Cliff Goddard
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Generally motivated by the relevance of animals in human subsistence, the management of fauna has taken different shapes throughout the world. This study aims to analyse a typology of management forms, exploring their relationship with the motivation to ...
Mariana Zarazúa-Carbajal +4 more
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Science Education International, 2022 This study assessed the knowledge, feelings, and life experiences of students in public middle schools in the Brazilian Amazon towards aquatic mammals by applying semi-structured interviews, with a qualitative-quantitative approach.
Angélica Lúcia Figueiredo Rodrigues +4 more
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Corrigendum: Invertebrates and herptiles for livelihoods—ethnozoological use among different ethnic communities in Jammu and Kashmir (Indian Himalayas) [PDF]
Frontiers in PharmacologyMusheerul Hassan +9 more
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Animals, 2023 The description of natural history, and information on the factors threatening conservation, the distribution area, and the status of species population are necessary for proper wildlife management.
Enrique de J. Ruiz-Mondragón +8 more
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Ethnozoological study of animal based medicines used by traditional healers from south eastern area of Golaghat district, Assam [PDF]
Journal of Veterinary and Animal Sciences, 2023 Animals have played an important role in human life from ancient times. The knowledge on the use of many animals and their by-products in traditional medicines by various ethnic communities is generally passed verbally from one generation to the next ...
Gitashri Saikia, Raju N.L.
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Ecology and Society, 2021 Although overexploitation threatens some high-profile medicinal animals, little is known about global patterns in the use of - and threats to - medicinal animals.
Monica L. Short, Chris T. Darimont
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Revista Brasileira de Linguística Antropológica, 2021 Este estudo apresenta nomes Paiter de animais organizadas por meio de agrupamentos populares especificados pelos falantes entrevistados. A recolha de dados ocorreu junto a um falante em 1993, três falantes em 2014, e um dos falantes de 2014 em 2016. O falante de 1993 e os de 2014-2016 eram de aldeias distintas, e suas falas não foram idênticas. Algumas
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