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Using Local Ecological Knowledge in Ecosystem Models

2005
We aim to construct marine ecosystem models of the past for northern British Columbia as a component of a Back to the Future (BTF) project. In order to satisfy the immense data requirements of an Ecopath with Ecosim (EwE) model, it has been necessary to recruit unconventional sources of information. Local ecological knowledge (LEK) has been called upon
Ainsworth, Cameron, Pitcher, Tony J.
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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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What is “Ecological” in Local Ecological Knowledge? Lessons from Canada and Vietnam

Society & 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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Understanding Local Ecological Knowledge, Ethnozoology, and Public Opinion to Improve Pangolin Conservation in the Center and East Regions of Cameroon

Journal of Ethnobiology, 2020
. African pangolins are exceptionally difficult to monitor in the wild, which means that assessing threats and impacts to these species also remains a challenge.
Ghislain Difouo Fopa, Franklin T. Simo, S. Kekeunou, Ichu G. Ichu, Daniel J. Ingram, David Olson   +5 more
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Identifying potential causes of fish declines through local ecological knowledge of fishers in the Ganga River, eastern Bihar, India

Fisheries Management and Ecology, 2020
Local ecological knowledge (LEK) can offer insights into fisheries management by describing long‐term changes that are difficult to unravel in data‐poor river‐floodplain fisheries. LEK is derived from complex interactions between fishers’ observations of
Subhasis Dey, S. Choudhary, S. Dey, Kadambari Deshpande, N. Kelkar   +4 more
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The mangrove-fishery relationship: A local ecological knowledge perspective

Marine Policy, 2019
Abstract Mangroves, one of the major coastal ecosystems of tropical and subtropical regions, are critical habitats for fish and crustaceans, and provide a number of ecosystem services to people. While mangrove uses have been widely documented based on local ecological knowledge, seldom has this approach been used to analyse the mangrove-fishery ...
Mauricio Carrasquilla-Henao, Natalie Ban, Mario Rueda, Francis Juanes   +3 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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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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Decline in local ecological knowledge in the Colombian Andes may constrain silvopastoral tree diversity

Restoration Ecology, 2020
Local ecological knowledge (LEK) can play an important role in ecological restoration by guiding landholder decision‐making towards more ecologically oriented land management.
Bryan C. Tarbox, M. Swisher, Z. Calle, Chris Wilson, S. Flory   +4 more
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Invasive blue crabs and small-scale fisheries in the Mediterranean sea: Local ecological knowledge, impacts and future management

Marine Policy, 2023
G. Marchessaux, M. Mangano, Sergio Bizzarri, Charaf M’Rabet, Elena Principato, Nicola Lago, Dimitri Veyssiere, M. Garrido, S. Scyphers, G. Sarà   +9 more
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