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Use of community characteristics to predict hunting and game harvests in western Amazonian forests

Conservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 4, August 2025.
Abstract Wild game harvesting in Amazonia provides rural residents with protein and cash income but can threaten wildlife populations and forest ecosystem functions. As yet, the socioeconomic and environmental drivers that shape hunter livelihoods remain poorly understood.
Daniel Zayonc, Brian E. Robinson, Oliver T. Coomes, Yoshito Takasaki, Christian Abizaid   +4 more
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Scientific validation of the traditional knowledge of Sikta ("Tabernaemontana sananho", Apocynaceae) in the Canelo-Kichwa Amazonian community

Mediterranean Botany, 2018
Tabernaemontana sananho is a tree member of the Apocynaceae family referred to as sikta in Kichwa language. It is widely used in northern South America as painkiller, stimulant, antiseptic and is also highly valued as a sacred plant.
Carmen X. Luzuriaga-Quichimbo, Trinidad Ruiz-Téllez, José Blanco-Salas, Carlos E. Cerón Martínez   +3 more
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Cultura Kichwa, interculturalidad y gobernabilidad [PDF]

, 2005
La idea de ”civilizar al indio”, integrándolo a la modernidad es un concepto que se ha mantenido como una columna vertebral en la colonia y la república.
Kowii Maldonado, Wankar Ariruma
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Supporting equitable access to learning via SMS in Kenya: Impact on engagement and learning outcomes

British Journal of Educational Technology, Volume 56, Issue 4, Page 1530-1552, July 2025.
Abstract The use of SMS messaging for education has grown in recent years, with particular attention recently during the Covid‐19 pandemic. Mobile phones often have high levels of ownership in low‐income contexts compared to computers, and lower connectivity requirements, which arguably make this a more equitable medium than data‐heavy online ...
Katy Jordan, Christina Myers, Kalifa Damani, Phoebe Khagame, Albina Mumbi, Lydia Njuguna   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sustainability Assessment of Smallholder Agroforestry Indigenous Farming in the Amazon: A Case Study of Ecuadorian Kichwas

Agronomy, 2020
In the Amazon, the Yasuní Biosphere Reserve (YBR) is considered a natural and cultural diversity hotspot. It is populated by several indigenous groups, including the Kichwa, who are characterized by their traditional systems of production, which are a ...
Marco Heredia-R, Bolier Torres, Jhenny Cayambe, Nadia Ramos, Marcelo Luna, Carlos G. H. Diaz-Ambrona   +5 more
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La personalidad del alumno kichwa y su influencia en el aprendizaje escolar :Estudio a realizarse en la Escuela Luis Alfredo Martínez de la comunidad Chauzán Totorillas, cantón Guamote, provincia de Chimborazo; año lectivo 2011-2012 [PDF]

, 2012
The investigation has as main objective to know how to be, feel, think and act to strengthen the Kichwa students an education that respects, values ​​and promotes the role of children and niñas.Este job ran during the school year 2011- 2012. The research
Bustos Quisphi, María Juana, Gavín Carguachi, Baltazar   +1 more
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The genuine sumak kawsay as Ecuadorian Amazonian social phenomenon [PDF]

, 2015
En este artículo se indaga sobre el origen del concepto de sumak kawsay. Partiendo de la constatación de su existencia como fenómeno social: se muestra cómo surgió como alternativa al desarrollo sustentable en la Organización de Pueblos Indígenas de ...
Cubillo-Guevara, Ana Patricia, Hidalgo-Capitán, Antonio Luis   +1 more
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Interdependencies between Indigenous peoples, local communities, and freshwater systems in a changing Amazon

Conservation Biology, Volume 39, Issue 3, June 2025.
Abstract Globally, Indigenous peoples and local communities (IPs and LCs) are fighting for the recognition of their knowledge and decision‐making authority in freshwater conservation. In the Amazon, decision‐making around freshwater management and conservation has often overlooked Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) and the connections between ...
Simone Athayde, Renata Utsunomiya, Lulu Victoria‐Lacy, Claire Beveridge, Clinton N. Jenkins, Juliana Laufer, Sebastian Heilpern, Paulo Olivas, Elizabeth P. Anderson   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Solidaridad étnica y capital social: el caso de los comerciantes migrantes kichwa-Otavalo en Madrid y La Compañía (Estudios) [PDF]

, 2012
En el análisis sobre migrantes, en general, y sobre migrantes descritos como grupos étnicos, en concreto, se tiende a presuponer un tipo de “solidaridad étnica” dentro de sus redes sociales.
Célleri, Daniela, Jüssen, Lara
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Stimulating reciprocity: How human–plant relations support Indigenous cultural revitalization and stewardship in the Ecuadorian Amazon

People and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 5, Page 1151-1170, May 2025.
Abstract Human–plant relations shed light on forms of reciprocity in Indigenous territorial stewardship. This article shows how Cofán, Siona and Siekopai (also Secoya or Airo Pai in Peru) Indigenous Peoples in the western Amazon collect, cultivate and use yoco (Paullinia yoco) to promote communal conviviality, reclaim once‐threatened cultural practices
Joel E. Correia, Justino Piaguage Lucitante, Luke Weiss, Nelly Narváez, Luciano Lucitante, Aníbal Biaguaje, Yolanda Piaguaje, Alicia Suale, Adriano Payaguaje, Esperanza Piaguage, Cynthia Simmons, Michael Esbach   +11 more
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