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Informing decision‐making with Indigenous and local knowledge and science [PDF]

Journal of Applied Ecology, 2020
Wheeler, Helen C., Root‐Bernstein, Meredith   +1 more
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Do Multinationals' R&D Activities Stimulate Indigenous Entrepreneurship? Evidence from China's "Silicon Valley" [PDF]

Using a unique firm-level dataset from China's "Silicon Valley," we investigate how multinational enterprises (MNEs) affect local entrepreneurship and R&D activities upon entry.
Hongbin Cai, Li-An Zhou, Yasuyuki Todo
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Building Science Teacher Leaders for Indigenous Schools: Lessons from a Science Professional Development Workshop in Nepal

Education Sciences
This is a case study of a science professional development workshop in Nepal with 17 teacher participants from four public schools. These schools mainly served Indigenous students in elementary, middle, and high school (Grades 9 and 10).
Bhaskar Upadhyay, Saule Sadykova
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Including indigenous and local knowledge in climate research

Researchers have documented that observations of climate change impacts reported by indigenous peoples and local communities coincide with scientific measurements of such impacts. However, insights from indigenous and local knowledge are not yet completely included in international climate change research and policy fora.
García-del-Amo, David||, Mortyn, P. Graham||, Reyes-García, Victoria||   +2 more
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Just shamans and healers or indigenous medical systems? A critical discourse analysis of the categories of shamans and healers as constructed by social science texts [PDF]

"Just as even a single sentence has traditionally been taken to imply a whole language so a single discourse implies a whole society." Language and Power, N. Fairclough.
Moreno-Leguizamon, Carlos
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Indigenous Knowledge, Local Knowledge, and Climate Change

Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IPLCs) are often depicted as highly vulnerable to the environmental and human impacts of anthropogenic climate change. At the same time, they are increasingly recognized as prominent contributors toward global efforts to combat climate change.
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Indigenous Knowledge and Public Education in Sub-Saharan Africa

Africa Spectrum, 2015
The discourse on indigenous knowledge has incited a debate of epic proportions across the world over the years. In Africa, especially in the sub-Saharan region, while the so-called indigenous communities have always found value in their own local forms ...
Munyaradzi Mawere
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A global biodiversity use data infrastructure acknowledging indigenous and local knowledge. [PDF]

NPJ Biodivers
Pankararu CJ, Teixidor-Toneu I, Odonne G, Asante F, Bandeira SO, Barrera-Bello ÁM, Benitez-Capistros FJ, Dahdouh-Guebas F, Dalcin E, Dennehy-Carr ZH, Diallo K, Drouet-Cruz HT, Fonseca-Kruel VS, Gallois S, Gnansounou SC, Hamza AJ, Hugé J, Jordan FM, Kalle R, Khan NI, Kuijper I, Levis C, Lima AS, Mattalia G, Milliken W, Munga CN, Narchi NE, Ngeve MN, Ofori SA, Phartyal SS, Peroni N, Pironon S, Polanía J, Prakofjewa J, Silva MT, Sõukand R, Thomas MB, Ulian T, Uprety Y, Vandebroek I, Ximenes AC, Zank S, Hanazaki N.   +42 more
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The Kananaskis Wildfire Charter: a good start. [PDF]

Nat Commun
Yadav K, Croker A, Ford A, Hayes W, Kountouris Y, Millington J, Mistry J, Vicente MM, Perkins O, Schreckenberg K, Smith C, Stiefel M, Valette M.   +12 more
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Revisiting the Definition and Recognition of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities for Biodiversity Conservation. [PDF]

Ecol Evol
Ahammad R, Sangha K, Evans J, Metcalfe O.   +3 more
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