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Decolonizing land management in institutions of higher education

Journal of Land Use Science, 2022
Many institutions of higher education (IHE) were founded on and continue to benefit from the violent dispossession of Indigenous Land. IHE and Land managed by IHE frame scientific knowledge as universal, marginalizing Indigenous, non-Eurocentric ...
Laura O’Brien, Praneeta Mudaliar
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Weaving place‐based knowledge for culturally significant species in the age of genomics: Looking to the past to navigate the future

Evolutionary Applications, 2022
Relationships with place provide critical context for characterizing biocultural diversity. Yet, genetic and genomic studies are rarely informed by Indigenous or local knowledge, processes, and practices, including the movement of culturally significant ...
Aisling Rayne, Stephanie Blair, Matthew Dale, Brendan Flack, John Hollows, Roger Moraga, Riki N. Parata, Makarini Rupene, Paulette Tamati‐Elliffe, Priscilla M. Wehi, Matthew J. Wylie, Tammy E. Steeves   +11 more
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Global trends of local ecological knowledge and future implications. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2018
Local and indigenous knowledge is being transformed globally, particularly being eroded when pertaining to ecology. In many parts of the world, rural and indigenous communities are facing tremendous cultural, economic and environmental changes, which ...
Shankar Aswani, Anne Lemahieu, Warwick H H Sauer   +2 more
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Bridging Indigenous and Western knowledge-systems in knowledge co-production with Amazonian Indigenous communities: a systematic realist review

Development Studies Research, 2023
Researchers have sought to understand how Indigenous and Western knowledge systems can be bridged for development research to be (a) more inclusive of local actors and knowledge and (b) more relevant to the problems it aims to address.
Kaja Weaver
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Weeneebayko Area Health Authority-ICES-Laurentian University Collaboration: Working together to support communities with Indigenous Health Research in the James and Hudson Bay Region, in Northeast Ontario, Canada.

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2022
Objective The James and Hudson Bay Region, consisting of six remote Indigenous communities, have experienced barriers accessing regional health data. To inform local health planning, the Minomathasowin Healthy Living department in the Weeneebayko Area ...
Beth Rachlis, Kathleen Qu, Justice Seidel, Yantao Zhao, Robert Gagnon, Sandra Kioke, Elaine Innes, Minnie Ho, Charles Victor, Sujitha Ratnasingham, Jennifer D. Walker, Loretta Loon   +11 more
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Role of Localization and Indigenous Knowledge in Sustainable Rural Development [PDF]

Dānishhā-yi būmī-i Īrān, 2016
Experiences have manifested that local techniques and indigenous knowledge are the best way for achievement of sustainable livelihood development. The indigenous knowledge is adapted to environmental, social and economic local conditions. It is a part of
jompor mahmood
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Fisherwomen’s Indigenous and local knowledge - the hidden gems for the management of marine and freshwater resources in Fiji

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022
Fisherwomen in Fiji play a vital role in the daily sustenance of their families and they use their Indigenous and local knowledge to harvest resources. Marine and freshwater resources harvested by fisherwomen contribute to the primary protein intake of ...
Salanieta Kitolelei, Annette Breckwoldt, Jokim Kitolelei, Natalie Makhoul   +3 more
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Indigenous Shamanic Worldviews as Dialogical Eco-Cosmology

Lagoonscapes, 2021
This article deals with indigenous shamanic worldviews and indigenous knowledge as dialogical eco-cosmology. It shows the relevance of eco-cosmology as local indigenous ecological and spiritual knowledge in the context of global biodiversity and ...
Guzy, Lidia
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Biodiversity governance: a Tower of Babel of scales and cultures. [PDF]

PLoS Biology, 2015
The recently created Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), originally focused on multilateral and global issues, is shifting its focus to address local issues and to include in its assessments local stakeholders and ...
Jorge Soberón, A Townsend Peterson
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Disaster, environment and local indigenous knowledge in Indonesia [PDF]

E3S Web of Conferences
Indonesia is a disaster-prone area due to its complexity in geographical and geological location. For thousands of years, Indonesian society has interacted with various natural disasters.
Dede Moh., Kusumaningsih Siti Nurbayani, Widiawaty Millary Agung, Nandhita Ni Gusti Ayu, Wahyuni Sri, Khosihan Aan, Utami Nindita Fajria, Wulandari Puspita, Setiadi Elly Malihah, Ismail Arif   +9 more
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