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Indigenous and Local Knowledge Contributions to Social-Ecological Systems’ Management

, 2023
AbstractSocial-ecological systems are complex and adaptive, for which their governance requires holistic understanding of the different components of the system and their relations, capacity to respond to change and uncertainty, and well-functioning institutional frameworks.
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Local Knowledge and Conservation of Seagrasses in the Tamil Nadu State of India

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2011
Local knowledge systems are not considered in the conservation of fragile seagrass marine ecosystems. In fact, little is known about the utility of seagrasses in local coastal communities.
Newmaster AF, Berg KJ, Ragupathy S, Palanisamy M, Sambandan K, Newmaster SG   +5 more
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Local Knowledge of Plants and Their Uses Among Women in the Bale Mountains, Ethiopia [PDF]

, 2013
Women’s local ecological knowledge (LEK) is noted by many scholars to be unique and important for local conservation and development planning. Although LEK integration is inherent to ethnobotanical research, in Ethiopia, the knowledge-gender link has not
Bussmann, Rainer, Evangelista, Paul, Kuroiwa, Christina, Luizza, Matthew Wayne, Weimer, Amber, Worede, Aserat, Young, Heather   +6 more
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Wine Tourism as a Catalyst for Sustainable Performance: The Mediating Role of Corporate Legitimacy and Green Innovation

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study aims to explore the influence of Wine Tourism (WT) on the Sustainable Performance (SP) of wineries in Spain. It particularly investigates how Corporate Social Legitimacy (CSL) and Green Innovation (GI) may act as intermediary factors in this relationship.
Javier Martínez‐Falcó, Eduardo Sánchez‐García, Bartolomé Marco‐Lajara, Luis A. Millán‐Tudela   +3 more
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The Role of Coordination Mechanisms and Transaction Costs Promoting Sustainability Performance in Agri‐Food Supply Chains: Evidence From Ecuador

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Social tensions and resource depletion pose significant challenges to the agri‐food sector, highlighting the need for coordinated strategies to ensure sustainability in supply chains. Despite its critical importance, the relationship between coordination mechanisms and sustainability performance remains underexplored.
Carlos Moreno‐Miranda, Liesbeth Dries
wiley   +1 more source

LOCAL KNOWLEDGE AND NEIGHBOURHOOD ECOLOGY IN INCREMENTAL HOUSING ARCHITECTURE

International Journal of African Innovation and Multidisciplinary Research
This study investigates the influence of local knowledge and neighbourhood ecology on incremental housing architecture in Oghede, a peri-urban settlement on the fringes of Benin City, Nigeria. Using a qualitative case study design grounded in constructivist epistemology, the research draws on interviews, focus group discussions, and field observations ...
null ISIWELE A. J., null IMOYERA. M. E.
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Supporting and Enhancing Development of Heterogeneous Ecological Knowledge among Resource Users in a Kenyan Seascape

Ecology and Society, 2006
The heterogeneous nature of even small communities has been acknowledged, yet how such heterogeneity is reflected in local ecological knowledge (LEK) among groups of resource users in a community is poorly studied.
Beatrice Irene. Crona
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Examining the Impact of Row Planting on Labor Use for Sustainable Food Production Among Maize Farmers in Rural Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah, Habtamu Alem, Abdulai Adams, Tomáš Ratinger, Miroslava Bavorová   +4 more
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Incorporating local ecological knowledge to explore wolverine distribution in Alberta, Canada

Wildlife Society Bulletin, 2019
Wolverines (Gulo gulo) occur at low densities in remote areas that are typically difficult to access, which has resulted in a lack of baseline data and uncertain status across parts of their range.
Shevenell M. Webb, Robert B. Anderson, Michael E. Jokinen, Bill Abercrombie, Brian Bildson, Douglas L. Manzer   +5 more
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Harvesting Bertholletia excelsa Bonpl. in a western Amazon rural community: local ecological knowledge and meaning to "nut-crackers". [PDF]

J Ethnobiol Ethnomed, 2023
Souza AO, Santos AR, de Faria Lopes S, Soares TR.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source