Results 161 to 170 of about 3,223 (255)

Identifying hotspots of faunal data deficiency to direct urgent research and monitoring

open access: yesConservation Biology, EarlyView.
Abstract Data deficiency is a substantial challenge for extinction risk assessments because incomplete data means we cannot accurately identify priority protected areas for conservation. Here, we use the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) distributions of amphibians, sharks and rays, fish, mammals, birds, and reptiles to identify ...
Matt W. Hayward   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reducing variability in habitat condition assessments is critical if nature‐market metrics are to represent true biodiversity change

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice, EarlyView.
There is growing interest in condition‐area metrics to measure gains and losses in biodiversity to support policies for development, such as England's Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG). We model the impact of variability in habitat condition assessment on measures of biodiversity unit uplift and use an online test with BNG ecologists to quantify real‐world ...
Ivonne Salamanca Leon   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unfixing Place: Time and Value in the Anthropology of Food

open access: yesCulture, Agriculture, Food and Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Although many anthropologists have engaged with the political and economic work of “place” in qualifying and working with food, time has rarely featured substantively in the economic and political life of the comestible. Gathering themes from my ethnographic research in Northern Italy and excavation time in anthropological scholarship on food,
Janita Van Dyk
wiley   +1 more source

The Last Course Revisited: Reflections on Policy, Praxis, and Protest

open access: yesCulture, Agriculture, Food and Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article is a personal reflection on how SAFN addressed my academic identity crisis in the late 70s. The development of the anthropology of food and nutrition provided opportunities to refashion disciplinary praxis and to link the little and the large in interesting ways.
Penny Van Esterik
wiley   +1 more source

Ecologization Is Not a Metaphor: Museums in the Web of Life

open access: yesCurator: The Museum Journal, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article documents and critiques emerging accounts of museum “ecologization”. Drawing on political ecology, materialist theory, and contemporary museum practice, we challenge dominant frameworks of ecological modernization and advocate for a more critical understanding of museums in the web of life.
Colin Sterling   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Home - About - Disclaimer - Privacy