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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Using local ecological knowledge to assess the status of the Critically Endangered Chinese giant salamander Andrias davidianus in Guizhou Province, China [PDF]
, 2015 The Critically Endangered Chinese giant salamander Andrias davidianus, the world's largest amphibian, is severely threatened by unsustainable exploitation of wild individuals.
Chen, Shu +6 more
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Participatory video as a tool for co-management in coastal communities: a case study from Madagascar
Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 2023 Here we examine participatory video (supporting a group to make a film around a specific issue) as a tool to facilitate input of local knowledge and empower communities in stewardship over their local marine resources.
Amber Lucy Carter +5 more
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Managing inequality: the political ecology of a small-scale fishery, Mweru-Luapula, Zambia [PDF]
, 2013 This paper starts from the perspective on resource management approaches as based upon a body of environmental knowledge. By analysing fisheries management in Mweru-Luapula, Zambia, we argue that this body of environmental knowledge has (i) remained ...
Verelst, Bram
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Interdisciplinary progress in approaches to address social-ecological and ecocultural systems [PDF]
, 2011 SUMMARYThe emergent human cultures have shaped, and in turn been shaped by, local ecosystems. Yet humanity's intense modification of the environment has resulted in dramatic worldwide declines in natural and cultural capital.
Adams +65 more
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A Geographic Approach to Place and Natural Resource Use in Local Food Systems [PDF]
, 2010 This article illuminates the geographic concept of ‘place’ in local foods. Because the social aspects of local food have been more fully addressed in previous literature, this review focuses instead on the ecological aspects of farming and food.
Duram, Leslie, Oberholtzer, Lydia
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Jurnal Sylva Lestari, 2017 One of the efforts of subsistence forest communities is through interaction with the forest. Experience and habit of managing forests form a system of knowledge of ecological knowledge of communities to manage and use resources wisely. Local ecological
Girda Cahya Safira +2 more
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Gendered medicinal plant knowledge contributions to adaptive capacity and health sovereignty in Amazonia [PDF]
, 2016 Local medical systems are key elements of social-ecological systems as they provide culturally appropriate and locally accessible health care options, especially for populations with scarce access to biomedicine.
Díaz-Reviriego, Isabel +4 more
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The Bio-Economy Concept and Knowledge Base in a Public Goods and Farmer Perspective [PDF]
, 2012 Currently an industrial perspective dominates the EU policy framework for a European bio-economy. The Commission’s proposal on the bio-economy emphasises greater resource-efficiency, largely within an industrial perspective on global economic ...
Levidov, Les +2 more
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