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Social science for climate-resilient grasslands: Strategies to support individual and systemic adaptation. [PDF]

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Gonzalez-Coffin S, Miller Hesed CD, Yocum HM, Roberts R.   +3 more
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What is “Ecological” in Local Ecological Knowledge? Lessons from Canada and Vietnam

Society and Natural Resources, 2011
Case studies from Canada and Vietnam demonstrate both the importance and content limitations of local ecological knowledge (LEK) acquired during collaborative research between local fishers and scientists. The Canadian research disproved fishers' contentions that white hake (Urophycis tenuis) was the main predator on juvenile lobster (Homarus ...
Kenneth Ruddle, Anthony Davis
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Biodiversity and local Ecological Knowledge in France [PDF]

, 2005
Following the Convention on Biological Diversity, which brought indigenous and local communities to center stage at the international level, ordinary people regained a fundamental role in environmental issues. Their activities are no longer criticized. Their knowledge and know-how of nature, which was long disparaged, has now been revived and propelled
Bérard, Laurence, Cegarra, Marie, Djama, Marcel, Louafi, Selim, Marchenay, Philippe, Roussel, Bernard, Verdeaux, François   +6 more
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Local ecological knowledge and practical fisheries management in the tropics: A policy brief

Marine Policy, 2006
Abstract This policy brief is a summary product of seven case studies examining the integration of local ecological knowledge in fisheries management. Each case began with a series of in-depth interviews with local fishers, after which their answers were examined using both social and biological approaches to assess the possibility of using the ...
Wilson, Douglas Clyde, Raakjær, Jesper, Degnbol, P.   +2 more
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Using local experts as benchmarks for household local ecological knowledge: Scoring in South African savannas

Journal of Environmental Management, 2010
It is well recognised that local ecological knowledge is an important facet of natural resource management in rural regions of the developing world. However, techniques to assess levels and to integrate it into formal or informal management approaches ...
Charlie M Shackleton
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Ecology: The fruits of local knowledge

Current Biology
Local and indigenous communities often have an intimate connection to nature that is reflected in their ecological knowledge and practices. A new study shows that local ecological knowledge can transform the scientific understanding of an ecological network.
Kate L, Wootton, Phil, O'B Lyver
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Local ecological knowledge and practice [PDF]

, 2005
Local ecological knowledge and know-how play a central role in the negotiations on the Convention on Biological Diversity. Here the authors present and analyze the specific characteristics of the French approach on the subject: the concepts of terroir and heritage, a reinterpretation of indigenousness, and diverse forms of conservation; all of these ...
Bérard, Laurence, Cegarra, Marie, Djama, Marcel, Louafi, Selim, Marchenay, Philippe, Roussel, Bernard, Verdeaux, François   +6 more
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Local Understandings of the Land: Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Indigenous Knowledge

2003
Much of the literature on traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) deals with similarities and differences between Western science and traditional knowledge (e.g., Johannes, 1989; Williams and Baines, 1993; Berkes, 1999). By contrast, little has been written about the relationship between TEK and indigenous knowledge (IK).
Roy C. Dudgeon, Fikret Berkes
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