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Infrastructures animales. Le cheval comme acteur de la transformation des territoires

open access: yesLes Cahiers de la Recherche Architecturale, Urbaine et Paysagère, 2022
The domestication of plants and animals began in the Neolithic era, over 5,000 years ago. This emancipation from the wilderness, occurring alongside the sedentarization of humans, generated a territorial reorganization that facilitated new relationships ...
Mathieu Mercuriali
doaj   +1 more source

Local Solutions to Structural Issues: The Fetishization of Custom in Rural Development Interventions in Côte d'Ivoire

open access: yesJournal of Agrarian Change, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper explores the paradox of seeking local solutions in rural development when conflicts result from structural transformations of the agrarian economy driven by national political choices. Since the 1990s, participatory approaches inspired by neo‐institutionalist theories of local governance have encouraged development actors to view ...
Toni‐Giovanni Pegurri
wiley   +1 more source

Dynamics of socio-economic development of nomadic peoples of the steppe Ciscaucasia in the 1870-1890s. Based on materials from Stavropol Province Reviews

open access: yesГуманитарные и юридические исследования
Introduction. The article analyzes socio-economic development of nomadic peoples (Kalmyks, Nogais and Turkmens) on the territory of the Stavropol province in the 1870-1890s.
B. V. Ochirov
doaj   +1 more source

Transhumance as a Prism. Toward a Planetary Rural Geography of Mountain Space

open access: yesGeography Compass, Volume 20, Issue 10, October 2026.
ABSTRACT Transhumance is a marginal—yet crucial—practice within mountain and rural geographies at a global scale. The term refers to a wide range of extensive grazing systems characterized by the seasonal movement of herds and flocks between different altitudes, within diverse governance systems.
Francesca Sabatini, Giacomo Pettenati
wiley   +1 more source

Botanical diversity as a reservoir of resilience: The emergence of new uses of wild plants under acute food shortages in Karamoja, Uganda

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 9, Page 3066-3079, September 2026.
Abstract Agro‐pastoralist communities in Karamoja, Uganda, face food insecurity driven by climate variability, declining livestock numbers and crop failures. In this context, local ethnobotanical knowledge systems play a central role in subsistence and adaptation.
Emiel De Meyer   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sedentarization as an adaptation to socio-environmental changes? Everyday herding practices in pastoralist communities in southern Ethiopia

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2022
As humanity is faced with various changes in social-environmental systems, adaptation efforts have become increasingly important. Significant effort and resources have been spent on devising overarching, large-scale strategies in response to climate ...
Xin Wang   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Geological heritage in the M'Goun geopark: A proposal of geo-itineraries around the Bine El Ouidane dam (Central High Atlas, Morocco)

open access: yesInternational Journal of Geoheritage and Parks, 2021
The surrounding area of the Bine El Ouidane dam in Central Morocco, has significant potential for the development of geotourism due to its historic, geological, biological, and cultural heritage.
Jamila Rais   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pioneering Dalit Resistance: A Study of Saint Visionaries

open access: yesKalagatos
It has been for centuries that the Indian society has been hierarchized on the lines of caste: videlicet, higher and lower castes. Since this division is by birth and perpetual, it needed to be interrogated and critiqued.
Kanchan Karan, Vandna Sharma
doaj   +1 more source

Climate change, urbanization, sedentarization, and dissipation of pastoral Fulani culture in Ghana [PDF]

open access: yes
oai:oai.firjournal.com:article/48While a lot of research has been conducted on the effects of climate change, urbanization, and sedentarization on pastoralism in Africa, empirical research that synchronizes the combined impact of these three monsters ...
Abubakari, Abdulai
core   +1 more source

Drivers of human attitudes towards wolves Canis lupus in Kazakhstan

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 8, Issue 7, Page 2104-2115, July 2026.
Abstract Kazakhstan is recognized as a key stronghold for the grey wolf (Canis lupus). Nonetheless, the wolf status and the dynamics of human‐wolf coexistence in the region remain poorly understood. This study aims to fill that gap by exploring current attitudes towards wolves in Kazakhstan and identify the underlying drivers of these attitudes.
Alyona Koshkina   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

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