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Past, present and future of local crop evolution

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Promoting agrobiodiversity is a promising strategy for mitigating the negative effects of climate change on global food security. We highlight the central role evolutionary processes play in harnessing the potential of local crops by integrating genomics, archaeology, ethnobotany and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK).
Nataly Allasi Canales   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Language Endangerment and Language Maintenance An Active Approach

open access: yes
Language endangerment is a fundamental issue for humanity. What rights do minority communities have concerning their languages? How does each language conceptualize the world differently?
Bradley, David., Bradley, Maya.
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Speaking Polish, Brazilian and Portuguese – on language awareness of Polish diaspora in Brazil. Revival and disappearance of a language

open access: yes, 2018
The article describes the level of knowledge of the Polish language among people of Polish origin living in Brazil. Analysing the material gathered during her research in Brazil in the years 2013–2016, the author of the article identifies the factors ...
Tambor, Jolanta
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Epistemic diversity and the politics of knowledge in plant disease management: Insights from the Xylella fastidiosa epidemic in southern Italy

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Xylella fastidiosa is a major plant pathogen affecting crops such as grapes, citrus, almonds, and olives, with potentially severe consequences for agricultural production and rural livelihoods worldwide. This paper examines the conflict around the management of the X. fastidiosa outbreak affecting olive trees in southern Italy.
Fabio Gatti   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plants, people and their shared heritage: A comparative medicinal and wild food ethnobotany of Albanians, Greeks and Aromanians living in the Gjirokaster area, southern Albania

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Traditional knowledge about wild plants connects people to nature and sustains both cultural identity and biodiversity. This study explores how cultural exchange among Albanians, Greeks and Aromanians in southern Albania shapes the use and naming of medicinal and food plants.
Evanthia Dina   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

‘I just relexified this one’: Translation processes in language revival texts

open access: yes, 2013
In language revival, text creation is one of the key areas where language development work is focussed. As texts are predominantly developed from the starting point of a text in English, methods used for translation are crucially important in determining
Vicki Couzens (18031384)   +2 more
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