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Ecological Marginalization And Hill Tribe Security In Northern Thailand

In recent decades, Thai elites have ecologically marginalized hill tribe farmers in northern Thailand. A region-wide population boom has fueled a ‘land grab’ by the elites and forced hill tribe farmers to live on less land with few off-farm options.
Crooker, Richard A.
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Assessing the evolutionary distinctiveness of a highly threatened plant group: The urgency to preserve a unique lineage of evolution in Brazil

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 8, Issue 4, Page 1223-1237, July 2026.
Brazil's diverse flora is under several threats, with many unique lineages facing extinction, particularly in biodiverse regions like the Cerrado and campo rupestre. This study sheds light on the conservation needs of Cambessedesia (Melastomataceae), an endemic genus with 95% of its species endangered, using an approach to rank and prioritise species ...
Najla Bastos Scheidegger, Raquel C. Pizzardo, Bruno Vilela, Thuane Bochorny, Juliana Gastaldello Rando   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Establishment of an Indigenous‐Led Drinking Water Monitoring Program Leveraging qPCR and Metagenomics Testing in New Zealand

Water Environment Research, Volume 98, Issue 7, July 2026.
An Indigenous‐led monitoring program was established in the South Island of New Zealand to improve local drinking water safety. Advanced sampling techniques were used to identify public health risks and provide assurance that remedial interventions were effective.
Connor Redmile, Donna Sutherland, Megan Devane, William Taylor, Isobel Busby, Anne Glackin, Brent Gilpin, Tim Chambers   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Reflections on a Tribal-Federal Response to a Syphilis Outbreak. [PDF]

Public Health Rep
O'Connell MC, Wondmeneh SB, Penney JA, Labgold K, Johnson Jones ML, Hill N, Shewbrooks S, Duran T, Taylor MM.   +8 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Insects and Survival: A Review of Primary and Secondary Defense Strategies

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata, Volume 174, Issue 7, Page 601-624, July 2026.
Based on a review of three decades of literature, insect defense mechanisms are classified into primary (I) and secondary (II) mechanisms of behavioral, morphological, and chemical nature. These mechanisms have been recorded in 22 (I) and 20 (II) orders, respectively.
Lucas Fernandes Silva, Rodrigo Almeida Pinheiro, José Cola Zanuncio, Conceição Aparecida dos Santos   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Identification Of Environmental Health Gaps In State-Recognized American Indian Tribes In Connecticut

, 2015
This study assessed the sanitary infrastructure and policies affecting the environmental health aspects of three state-recognized American Indian Tribes in Connecticut.
Ravichandran, Meera
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Reconstruction of the genetic history of the Austro-Asiatic- and Dravidian-speaking tribal populations of South Asia. [PDF]

iScience
Dey A, Pal M, Nandi D, Basu A.
europepmc   +1 more source

Addressing the Impacts of Water Insecurity on Infant Feeding: Policy Solutions for the US

Maternal &Child Nutrition, Volume 22, Issue 3, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Household water security is the consistent access to sufficient, safe water that promotes health. Approximately 2 million people in the US cannot realize the human right to water, which is exacerbated by our climate crisis. Lack of safe drinking water has adverse health effects, especially for pregnant women and infants.
Cristina Watkins, Cecília Tomori
wiley   +1 more source

Ethnobotanical notes on the Hill Miri tribe of Arunachal Pradesh

, 2004
80-85This paper on the ethnobotanical use of plants covers an area inhabited by Hill Miri and some other tribes of Arunachal Pradesh. In all 28 species are described, which include 5 medicinal and 11 food plants; remaining 12 plants are put to various
Tag, Hui, Das, A K
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Identifying Preferences for Prostate Cancer Screening Among American Indian Men (Project AIMEPCCo): Protocol for a Discrete Choice Experiment. [PDF]

JMIR Res Protoc
Gillette C, Bell R, Locklear T, Ostermann J, Provenza D, Reuland D, Debinski B, Foley K, Wooten R, Steele L, Tabassum QM.   +10 more
europepmc   +1 more source