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Connecting tradition and technology: The digitization of the ethnobotanical collection at the Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
The digitization of RBetno (JBRJ) represents a step forward for biodiversity conservation in Brazil. Aligned with the Kunming‐Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (Target 2, 2020–2030), this project documents the use of plants, including traditional knowledge and vernacular names, with a focus on the Atlantic Forest and Amazon.
Viviane S. Fonseca‐Kruel, Carlos E. A. Coimbra Jr., Luis Alexandre Estevão da Silva, Felipe Alves Oliveira, Maria Paula Vasconcelos Mesquita, Mariana Taniguchi, Rafaela Campostrini Forzza   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can Repatriation Heal the Wounds of History?

The Public historian, 2019
:In 1990, the US Congress passed the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA), which in part established a legal procedure for Native Americans to reclaim cultural items and ancestral remains from museums and federal agencies. Many
C. Colwell
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Digitisation of herbarium specimens to the benefit of research: An African perspective focusing on South Africa and Western Indian Ocean Island states

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Botanical exploration, discovery and conservation rely heavily on access to herbarium collections. Recently, digital access to label information, including georeferenced locality data, and images of herbarium specimens available online have greatly increased usage of herbarium specimen data.
Ronell R. Klopper, Hester M. Steyn, Cláudia Baider, Benny Bytebier, Anisha Dayaram, F. B. Vincent Florens, Nivohenintsoa Rakotonirina, Domitilla Raimondo, Marc Sosef, M. Marianne le Roux   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Repatriation as Reparations

AJIL Unbound
Formerly colonized peoples and their governments have long sought repatriation of cultural heritage taken under the auspices of colonialism. Increasingly, states and museums are acknowledging ethical obligations to undertake such returns.1 This essay ...
Elena Baylis
doaj   +1 more source

Rodent Surgery: A Safer Restraining Method

Archives of Clinical and Experimental Surgery, 2013
[Arch Clin Exp Surg 2013; 2(3.000): 210-211]
Victor Ilie, Vlad Ilie, David Habashy
doaj   +1 more source

Connecting Health Promotion and Sustainable Development Goals to Enhance the Health of Agrifood Temporary Migrant Workers—a Scoping Review

Sustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Temporary migrant workers (TMW) in the agrifood system face social determinants of health (SDoH) that contribute to health inequities. Despite their dual residency, the potential of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) to support the health of TMW remains underexamined.
Théa Demmers, Soraya Burrola‐Méndez, Pablo Gaitan Rossi, Lara Gautier, Rosanne Blanchet   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The management of expatriates : contemporary developments and future challenges [PDF]

, 2003
The rapid growth of international business at a time when many multinational companies (MNCs) are under increasing cost pressures has led these organisations to take a much closer look at their expatriation policies and practices.
Linehan, M., Morley, M., Scullion, H.
core   +1 more source

The Effects of Assisted Voluntary Return Programs on Marginalized Women: A Critique of the IOM and UNHCR [PDF]

, 2017
This paper examines the evolution of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) from humanitarian agencies to migration management bodies through the use of Assisted Voluntary Return ...
Lochan, Annalisa
core   +1 more source

Ancient nuclear genomes enable repatriation of Indigenous human remains

Science Advances, 2018
Ancient DNA facilitates the return of remains to Indigenous tribal groups, resolving a long-standing concern. After European colonization, the ancestral remains of Indigenous people were often collected for scientific research or display in museum ...
Joanne L. Wright, S. Wasef, T. Heupink, Michael C. Westaway, Simon Rasmussen, C. Pardoe, G. Fourmile, Michael Young, Trish Johnson, Joan Slade, Roy Kennedy, Patsy Winch, Mary Pappin, Tapij Wales, William B. Bates, S. Hamilton, Neville Whyman, S. M. van Holst Pellekaan, P. McAllister, P. Taçon, D. Curnoe, Ruiqiang Li, C. Millar, Sankar Subramanian, E. Willerslev, Anna-Sapfo Malaspinas, M. Sikora, D. Lambert   +27 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Germ Panic and Chalice Hygiene in the Church of England, c.1895–1930

Journal of Religious History, EarlyView.
The late‐Victorian medical revolution in bacteriology, and growing public awareness of hygienic standards and the danger of disease infection from germs, created alarm about the traditional Christian practice of drinking from a common cup at Holy Communion.
Andrew Atherstone
wiley   +1 more source