Local knowledge in ecological modeling [PDF]
Ecology and Society, 2018 Local people and scientists both hold ecological knowledge, respectively stemming from prolonged day-to-day contact with the environment and from systematic inquiry based on the scientific method.
Annie Claude Bélisle +3 more
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Local and Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Fish Poisoning in Fiji
Toxins, 2023 Fish poisoning (FP) affects human health, trade and livelihood in Fiji, where management has depended mainly on traditional ecological knowledge (TEK).
Jimaima Veisikiaki Lako +4 more
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Effects of fisheries management on local ecological knowledge [PDF]
Ecology and Society, 2018 Local ecological knowledge, or the collective perceptions held by a particular group about their environment, results from the transmission of cultural knowledge from one generation to the next, combined with regular and persistent interactions between ...
Emily R. Farr +2 more
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Local knowledge, know‐how and knowledge mobilized in a globalized world: A new approach of indigenous local ecological knowledge [PDF]
People and Nature, 2020 More than 30 years after the 1988 Declaration of Belém, which we can consider an important outcome of socio‐environmental movements, this reflexive paper proposes new ways of approaching indigenous local knowledge (ILK) related to the living environment ...
Mélanie Congretel, Florence Pinton
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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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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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Need to Know Review Number two: What Local Government Needs to Know about Public Health [PDF]
, 2014 This review of existing research on local government and public health focuses on the leadership role of local government in developing local public health systems that are capable of addressing the wider determinants of ...
South, J, Hunter, DJ, Gamsu, M
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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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Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Ecological Informatics: translating ecological data into knowledge and decisions in a rapidly changing world: ICEI 2018 [PDF]
, 2018 The Conference Proceedings are an impressive display of the current scope of Ecological Informatics. Whilst Data Management, Analysis, Synthesis and Forecasting have been lasting popular themes over the past nine biannual ICEI conferences, ICEI 2018 ...
International Conference on Ecological Informatics
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