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Sharing local knowledge [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This article is also published in Appropriate Technology, Vol. 40. No. 2: 2013Researchers now use ICTs to gather information more effectively from the field.
Muilerman, Sander, Schläpfer, Juanita
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Using local scientific knowledge for transboundary conservation: distribution modelling for the taruka in South America

open access: yesOryx
Effective conservation management of threatened species with transboundary distributions is a challenge, requiring international coordination to ensure that country-specific actions align with regional imperatives. Many international conservation efforts
Nicolás Fuentes-Allende   +14 more
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Validity of the Fisher Community Knowledge-Based Economic Valuation of the Local Ecosystem for Oyster Farming: A Case Study in Japan

open access: yesFrontiers in Marine Science, 2022
The importance of local knowledge as a relevant information resource for ecosystem conditions has recently been the focus of sustainable ecosystem management.
Junpei Shinji   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Local knowledge: Who cares? [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2011
Think globally, act locally Local Knowledge Systems (LKS) consist of the knowledge, beliefs, traditions, practices, institutions, and worldviews developed and sustained by indigenous and local communities, and are believed to represent an adaptive strategy to the environment in which these communities live.
Vandebroek Ina   +4 more
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Malaysian local governments’ role towards sustainable development focusing on knowledge transfer practices framework [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Local Governments are facing very demanding and dynamic situation in development agenda when dealing with sustainable development. When the development’s activities do not start with the sustainability elements at Local Governments, the negative ...
Mohamed, Sulzakimin
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De l’« efficacité » symbolique des interdits à leur fonctionnalité écologique

open access: yesRevue d'ethnoécologie, 2014
During the last few decades, environmental emergencies as well as mixed results of existing conservation systems, urges researchers and managers of protected areas to look up other forms of resource management models in non-Western cultures.
Hélène Artaud
doaj   +1 more source

Local Knowledge and Innovation Policy [PDF]

open access: yesEnvironment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 2007
Innovation policy has become a key issue in many countries. There is also growing awareness that one of the foundation stones of an effective innovation strategy is formed by a professional and advanced local knowledge infrastructure (see, eg, Jaffe et al, 1993; Saviotti and Nooteboom, 2000).
Noronha, Teresa de   +2 more
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The Role of Local Knowledge in Developing Indigenous Indonesian Medicine [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Peranan pengetahuan lokal dapat memberikan informasi tentang tumbuhan obat untuk mengobati penyakit, serta penelusuran adanya hubungan antara komponen bio-aktif yang dapat menyembuhkan penyakit tersebut.
Sangat, H. M. (Harini)
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Creating value(s) by integrating local and extra-local resources in cereal production in the Swiss Alps [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
This paper explores the long-term prospect of alternative, local food initiatives, taking a particular interest in the development of the embedded local values, understood as economic as well as cultural values.
Moschitz, Heidrun, Oehen, Bernadette
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The UN local communities and Indigenous peoples' platform: A traditional ecological knowledge-based evaluation [PDF]

open access: yes, 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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