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Indigenous Knowledge and Local Power : Negotiating Change in West Africa

, 2001
Though the development, articulation, and systematization of indigenous knowledge in Africa are most often seen as issues of culture and local epistemology, they have at the same time critical power dimensions. The
Easton, Peter, Belloncle, Guy
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Stretching tacit knowledge beyond a local fix? Global spaces of learning in advertising professional service firms. [PDF]

, 2006
The â knowledge economyâ is now widely debated and economic geographers have made a significant contribution to understanding of the influences upon the production and dissemination of tacit knowledge within and between firms.
Faulconbridge, James R.
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Local knowledge and practices about fire use in wetlands management Argentina. A comparative study of fire regimes in two wetlands in Santa Fe province

Biodiversidade Brasileira, 2020
Wetlands are one of the most vulnerable ecosystems under current and future scenarios of climate change. Variation of rain distribution patterns, increase of extreme weather events (ENSO events, intense dry and rainy periods, heat waves), and changes in
Adriana Fabiola Millán Devera, Brián German Ferrero, Antonella Vicentini, Casimiro Tommasi, Bibiana Bilbao   +4 more
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Groundwater development and management constraints in drought prone Chiredzi and Zvishavane Districts, Zimbabwe

Climate Services
Communities in drought-prone areas continued to fall into new vulnerability traps due to increasing water demand and stress. The study assessed groundwater development and management constraints in the Chiredzi and Zvishavane districts of Zimbabwe ...
Pascal Manyakaidze, Regis Musavengane, Mulala Simatele   +2 more
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Lire les techniques pour comprendre les rapports entre humains et non-humains

Revue d'ethnoécologie, 2022
The ethnoecological approach provides a complex framework to address the relationship between humans and the environment. It opens the way to a detailed understanding of the practices, uses and representations of the actors.
Nastassia Reyes
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Mapping Rights in Coastal Sami Seascapes

Arctic Review on Law and Politics, 2010
With the help of two recent Sami rights reports, this article identifies and discusses challenges for research and government in Norway related to indigenous fishery rights issues.
Camilla Brattland
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Participation in cervical cancer screening among migrants and non-migrants in primary healthcare in Lisbon: a register-based study

BMJ Global Health
Introduction Cervical cancer screening is a critical preventive measure to reduce the burden of cervical cancer. Yet, disparities persist worldwide, particularly among migrant populations. This study examined cervical cancer screening participation among
Claudia Marotta, Catarina Gomes Madeira, Anna Georgina Ditter, Mario Carlo Battista Raviglione   +3 more
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Qualitative study of UK health and care professionals to determine resources and processes that can support actions to improve quality of data used to address and monitor health inequalities

BMJ Open
Introduction Health inequalities in the UK are investigated and addressed by analysing data across socioeconomic factors, geography and specific characteristics, including those protected under law.
Sian Evans, Carol Brayne, Louise Lafortune, Sowmiya Moorthie, Emre Oguzman   +4 more
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Contribution of associated trees to long-term species conservation, carbon storage and sustainability: a functional analysis of tree communities in cacao plantations of Central Cameroon

International Journal of Agricultural Sustainability, 2017
In Central Africa, most cacao is still cultivated in low-input agroforests where cacao associated trees are traditionally valued by farmers. These systems are sustainable on the long run, support biodiversity conservation and carbon storage.
Stéphane Saj, Claire Durot, Kenneth Mvondo Sakouma, Kevin Tayo Gamo, Marie-Louise Avana-Tientcheu   +4 more
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Ovarian Sex Cord Stromal Tumors in Children and Adolescents—The European Standard Clinical Practice Recommendations

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As part of the European Cooperative Study Group for Paediatric Rare Tumours initiative, we developed standard clinical practice guidelines for ovarian sex cord stromal tumors, based on comprehensive national and international cohort analyses, literature review, and a final expert consensus conference.
Dominik T. Schneider, Kris‐Ann Schultz, Nora Schnitzler, Michael Abele, Tal Ben‐Ami, Ewa Bien, Gianni Bisogno, Ines B. Brecht, Maja Cesen, Andrea Ferrari, Michaela Kuhlen, Malgorzata A. Krawczyk, Ricardo Lopez‐Almaraz, Yves Reguerre, Calogero Virgone, Daniel Orbach   +15 more
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