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Use of local ecological knowledge in the management of algal blooms

Environmental Conservation, 2010
SUMMARYMore frequent and severe algal blooms are symptomatic of increasing ecosystem stress in coastal waters. Economic losses typically follow and local governments are forced to ‘manage’ this issue. Because many blooms are not monitored, local ecological knowledge (LEK) and oral history are the only practical tools to obtain data on bloom ...
Schlacher, T, Lloyd, S, Wiegand, A
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Local ecological knowledge as a resource for design studies

Arts and Humanities in Higher Education
Sustainability as an educational objective in higher education is becoming increasingly prevalent. Design studies, and future designers, play a significant role in promoting sustainability. However, sustainability education must prioritize experiential learning alongside conventional methods.
Jon Marín, Joan Vallès, Teresa Garnatje, Carlos Jiménez-Martínez   +3 more
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The Effects of Local Ecological Knowledge, Minimum-Impact Knowledge, and Prior Experience on Visitor Perceptions of the Ecological Impacts of Backcountry Recreation

Environmental Management, 2012
An on-site visitor survey instrument was developed to examine visitor perceptions of resource impacts resulting from backcountry hiking activities. The survey was conducted in the Bear Lake Corridor of Rocky Mountain National Park, CO and examined visitor characteristics that may influence visitor perceptions of specific resource conditions.
Ashley, D'Antonio, Christopher, Monz, Peter, Newman, Steve, Lawson, Derrick, Taff   +4 more
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Interference in the tundra predator guild studied using local ecological knowledge

Oecologia, 2015
The decline or recolonization of apex predators such as wolves and lynx, often driven by management decisions, and the expansion of smaller generalist predators such as red foxes, can have important ecosystem impacts. The mesopredator release hypothesis proposes that apex predators control medium-sized predator populations through competition and/or ...
Dorothee, Ehrich, Marita A, Strømeng, Siw T, Killengreen   +2 more
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The ecological value of local knowledge

Acta Ecologica Sinica, 2018
王志芳 WANG Zhifang, 沈楠 SHEN Nan
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Local Ecological knowledge

2021
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Incorporating local ecological knowledge aids participatory mapping for marine conservation and customary fishing management

Marine Policy, 2022
Divya Karnad
exaly  

Port dumping and participation in England: Developing an ecosystem approach through local ecological knowledge

Ocean and Coastal Management, 2020
Jeremy Anbleyth-Evans, John Tredinnick-Rowe, Shaw Nozaki Lacy   +2 more
exaly  

Integrating Local and Traditional Ecological Knowledge

2012
Andrew (Anaru) Kliskey, Lilian (Naia) Alessa, Brad Barr   +2 more
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Considering the Local Knowledge: an ecological request, an ethical imperative 

Long ignored, even scorned and marginalized, the knowledge, traditions and innovations of Indigenous People and Local Communities (IPLCs) were officially recognized for the in situ conservation of biodiversity in the preamble to the CBD in 1992 (Article 8J), and since then, they have continued to be highlighted.
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