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Feeding the Future with the Past: Incorporating Local Ecological Knowledge in River Restoration
Resources, 2020 Despite many years of experience in the river restoration field, which has become one of the most promising areas of water resources management, significant challenges and problems remain.
Ewelina Szałkiewicz +2 more
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Fishers’ Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK) on Connectivity and Seascape Management [PDF]
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019 In developing countries where data and resources are lacking, the practical relevance of local ecological knowledge (LEK) to expand our understanding of the environment, has been highlighted. The potential roles of the LEK varies from direct applications
Charlotte Berkström +4 more
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Fishers’ Local Ecological Knowledge to Support Mangrove Research in the Galapagos
Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 Mangroves provide multiple ecosystem services to coastal communities and their fisheries. In the Galapagos, mangroves have been primarily prized for their role as nursery grounds; though, the importance of cultural benefits, including the development of ...
José Pontón-Cevallos +15 more
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Integrating local ecological knowledge into systematic conservation planning for seahorse conservation. [PDF]
Conserv BiolAbstract Successful long‐term conservation relies on strategic planning for pragmatic actions to mitigate threats. Prioritizing actions and areas to support conservation goals in the most cost‐effective scenario becomes crucial in resource‐limited environments.
Borges AKM +3 more
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Local ecological knowledge among Baka children: a case of "children's culture" ? [PDF]
J Ethnobiol, 2017 Childhood is an extensive life period specific to the human species and a key stage for development. Considering the importance of childhood for cultural transmission, we test the existence of a 'children's culture', or child-specific knowledge and practices not necessarily shared with adults, among the Baka in Southeast Cameroon.
Gallois S, Duda R, Reyes-García V.
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Local Ecological Knowledge Exchange of Steelhead
, 2021 Local ecological knowledge (LEK) has been researched in the past to examine how it can aid and support scientific ecological knowledge (SEK). SEK is often seen as the preferred and superior type of knowledge when dealing with environmental changes. However, both of these types of knowledge are not segregated within individuals
Weisenfluh, Mikaela A.
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‘Knowledge Making’: Issues in Modelling Local and Indigenous Ecological Knowledge [PDF]
Human Ecology, 2015 Modelling, particularly computer-based modelling, is increasingly used in political, managerial, and scientific contexts to enable and justify decisions. Technocratic decision makers also aspire to understand and incorporate local knowledge, albeit at times only superficially. We analyse one consequence of this situation – ongoing attempts to formalise,
Barber, M., Jackson, S.
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Operationalizing Local Ecological Knowledge in Climate Change Research: Challenges and Opportunities of Citizen Science [PDF]
, 2020 Current research on the local impacts of climate change is based on contrasting results from the simulation of historical trends in climatic variables produced with global models against climate data from independent observations.
García-del-Amo, David +7 more
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Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Generally motivated by the relevance of animals in human subsistence, the management of fauna has taken different shapes throughout the world. This study aims to analyse a typology of management forms, exploring their relationship with the motivation to ...
Mariana Zarazúa-Carbajal +4 more
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Indigenous and Local Knowledge Contributions to Social-Ecological Systems' Management [PDF]
, 2023 Social-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 ...
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals +1 more
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