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Connecting tradition and technology: The digitization of the ethnobotanical collection at the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The digitization of RBetno (JBRJ) represents a step forward for biodiversity conservation in Brazil. Aligned with the Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (Target 2, 2020–2030), this project documents the use of plants, including traditional knowledge and vernacular names, with a focus on the Atlantic Forest and Amazon.
Viviane S. Fonseca‐Kruel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Small fish, big money: conflicts evolving around new fishing techniques and old fishing rights at the shores of Lake Chad, Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Dumba-fishing was invented at Lake Chad about 10 years ago by immigrant fishermen from Mali and Nigerian Hausaland. The new technique brought about a new era of Lake Chad fishery, characterised by social and institutional changes.
Krings, Matthias
core  

Psychological Resilience to Climate Change: The Role of Self‐Efficacy, Mindfulness, Perceived Nature Restorativeness, and Subjective Well‐Being

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The current study presents a causal model of climate‐induced psychological resilience by assessing the impact of dispositional mindfulness, self‐efficacy beliefs, and perceived restorativeness of nature. It further examines the associations among climate change coping strategies, subjective well‐being components, eco‐emotions, and resilience ...
Anastasia Gkargkavouzi, George E. Halkos
wiley   +1 more source

Management and socio-economic conditions of fishermen of the Baluhar Baor, Jhenaidah, Bangladesh

open access: yesJournal of Fisheries, 2013
This study was conducted on the management of the Baluhar Baor and fishermen’s socio-economic conditions of the baor in Jhenaidah district, Bangladesh. Data were collected by interviews, FGDs and CIs with key informants. This baor was managed under Oxbow
BM Shahriar Abdullah-Bin-Farid   +4 more
doaj  

Exclusion and Exposure: How Social Inequality and Marginalization Shape Climate Vulnerability and Adaptation in Rural Communities

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Climate change affects all individuals, regardless of wealth, social class, or religious background, though its impacts and adaptation strategies vary. While existing literature examines climate change adaptation based on farming categories, geographic regions, and cropping systems, limited research explores how social class shapes adaptation ...
Nasir Abbas Khan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Hábitos alimentarios de un grupo de pescadores ocasionales del municipio Yaguajay, Sancti Spíritus, cuba: un enfoque ecológico/ Feeding habits of occasionally fishermen residents in Yaguajay, Sancti Spíritus, Cuba: ecological view

open access: yesRevista de Investigaciones Marinas, 2018
El objetivo del trabajo es caracterizar los hábitos alimentarios de un grupo de dieciséis pescadores ocasionales del municipio Yaguajay, en la provincia de Sancti Spíritus, Cuba.
Vanessa Vázquez Sánchez   +4 more
doaj  

Security Shaping Sustainability: The Difference Between Securitized and Community‐Based Conservation in Benin

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As global conservation efforts intensify, balancing environmental protection with social sustainability has become increasingly urgent. This study employs a comparative case study approach to examine two natural resource management interventions in northern Benin: one led by African Parks in an insecure zone, and another by TMG Research in a ...
Ramoudane Orou Sannou   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Motion verbs related to Javanese traditional fishing activities: a natural semantic metalanguage approach

open access: yesCogent Arts & Humanities
Javanese fishermen use motion verbs, some of which are semantically very complex as a single lexical item can encode more than four semantic components. Compared to motion verbs across languages, which commonly contain two semantic components, the motion
Agus Subiyanto   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effect of small boat engine noise on hearing loss of fishermen and efficiency of small boat engine silencer [PDF]

open access: yesGlobal Journal of Environmental Science and Management
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The fishery workers are affected by the noise produced by motorboats, which is caused by long-term (more than 7 hours per day), exposure to high frequencies and hazardous noise levels.
S. Sinworn, N. Viriyawattana
doaj   +1 more source

Hunting regulations and movements of alpine reindeer

open access: yesWildlife Biology, EarlyView.
Most ungulate populations are regulated by hunting, and harvest rate is regulated through quotas and hunting season duration. Hunting is well known to affect behaviour of ungulates, but how annual variation in quotas and hunting season duration affects individual behaviour remains uncertain.
Atle Mysterud   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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