Time travelling through local ecological knowledge regarding an endangered species [PDF]
Science of The Total Environment, 2020 European freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera) populations are declining despite a growing effort to conserve them. Here we used a combination of local ecological knowledge (LEK) and field sampling to assess past and current distribution and conservation status of this endangered species in Cávado and Neiva Rivers (Portugal).
Ronaldo Sousa +3 more
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Foods, 2020 A wild food ethnobotanical field study was conducted in the Ishkoman and Yasin valleys, located in the Hindukush Mountain Range of Gilgit-Baltistan, northern Pakistan.
Muhammad Abdul Aziz +3 more
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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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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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The UN local communities and Indigenous peoples' platform: A traditional ecological knowledge-based evaluation [PDF]
, 2019 This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. © 2019 The Authors.
Johnson M. +6 more
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Ethnobotanical contributions to global fishing communities: a review
Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2023 Background Ethnobotanical knowledge about the role of plants in fisheries provides valuable ecological information vital for sustainable management of local resources; however, it is diluted and understudied globally.
Jimlea Nadezhda Mendoza +9 more
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Using local experts as benchmarks for household local ecological knowledge: scoring in South African savannas [PDF]
, 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 ...
Shackleton, C M (Charles Michael) +1 more
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Histoire et épistémologie des savoirs locaux et autochtones
Revue d'ethnoécologie, 2012 In this paper, we will attempt an anthropological history of the concept of “local knowledge”, from the first research dedicated to the botanical or zoological knowledge of “traditional” peoples carried out in the 50’s, to the outburst of interest on ...
Marie Roué
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Tree species selection for land rehabilitation in Ethiopia: from fragmented knowledge to an integrated multi-criteria decision approach [PDF]
, 2011 Dryland regions worldwide are increasingly suffering from losses of soil and biodiversity as a consequence of land degradation. Integrated conservation, rehabilitation and community-based management of natural resources are therefore of vital importance.
Deckers, Jozef +8 more
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On Using Expert-Based Science to "Test" Local Ecological Knowledge
Ecology and Society, 2005 Ryan K. Brook, Stéphane M. McLachlan
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