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Confronting forest‐dweller local ecological knowledge and environmental DNA measurements of biodiversity

open access: yesPeople and Nature, Volume 7, Issue 6, Page 1382-1395, June 2025.
Abstract In the face of global changes and the biodiversity crisis, Local Ecological Knowledge of Indigenous communities is increasingly valued for aligning conservation policies with the needs of local communities and enriching conservation strategies through the synergy of diverse knowledge systems.
Opale Coutant   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Geochemical and Documentary Topography of a Medieval Silver Valley: Detection of Workshops and Identification of Their Function

open access: yesArchaeological Prospection, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 345-374, April/June 2025.
ABSTRACT This paper presents the interdisciplinary investigation (archaeology, geochemistry, history) of a medieval silver and lead production site located in southern France, in the Minier valley (Occitanie, Aveyron, Le‐Viala‐du‐Tarn). In order to identify the production sites, in situ geochemical surveys were carried out using a portable X‐ray ...
Céline Tomczyk   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Juan Arin Dorronsororen «Material Toponímico» argitaragabearen 25. paper-zorroa [PDF]

open access: yesFontes Linguae Vasconum, 2014
Lan honen helburua Juan Arin Dorronsororen «Material toponímico» argitaragabearen 25. paper-zorroan dagoen edukiaren berri ematea da, 1940. urtean hark egindako krokisean Enirio-Aralarko toponimiaz biltzen den informazioa osatzeko.
Luis Mari Zaldua
doaj  

Toponyms of the Manchu Literary Work - The Ode to Mukden Written by the Emperor

open access: yesOriental Studies, 2018
The article studies Manchu toponymy. The main emphasis is laid on the study of the toponyms mentioned in the 1743 Manchu literary work “Han-i araha Mukden-i fuǯurun bithe”, or The Ode to Mukden Written by the Emperor.
A. B. Lidzhiev
doaj   +1 more source

HERITAGIZING THE OTHER: Diversity, Heritage and Gentrification in Amsterdam Oost

open access: yesInternational Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 49, Issue 1, Page 95-110, January 2025.
Abstract This article explores the complex connections between gentrification, heritage and othering in Amsterdam Oost, a district shaped by intertwined (post)colonial and (post)migrant histories. It does so by examining two temporary heritage‐making initiatives coordinated by the nearby ethnographic Tropenmuseum to celebrate the rich immigration ...
Elisa Fiore, Vittoria Caradonna
wiley   +1 more source

Place-Naming (Toponymy) of Kecamatan in Bandung: A Morphological Study

open access: yesIdeas, 2020
This study aims to analyze the morphological processes occupied in place-naming of Kecamatan in Bandung and attempts to classify the place-naming of Kecamatan in Bandung based on toponymy rules by Nash (2015).
Intan Siti Nugraha   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hills thought to be mountains: A geobiocultural characterization of island highlands in Canada's continental plain

open access: yesCanadian Geographer / Le géographe canadien, Volume 69, Issue 1, Spring / printemps 2025.
Abstract North America is characterized by an expansive continental plain that has been described as platter‐flat. Yet this central continental plain includes isolated uplands that some people call mountains. The hill‐mountain muddle is a classic problem of geomorphology, arising from the challenge of discriminating continuous, attached forms.
Murray M. Humphries   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

BASQUE LANGUAGE AND BASQUE TOPONYMY: INTERCULTURAL CONTACTS AND STANDARTISATION

open access: yesRUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and Semantics, 2017
The Basque language (euskera) is an isolate language spoken by about one million people in northeast Spain and southwest France. According to the most common version about its origin the Basque language is of Aquitanian origin.
Olga S Chesnokova, Liana M Dzhishkariani
doaj   +1 more source

Across Madagascar, treeless grasslands characterised by erosion gullies are named after forest and trees

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, Volume 6, Issue 6, Page 1490-1504, November 2024.
Debates about the impacts of human settlement on Madagascar's habitat have missed the Malagasy perspective. Using indigenous and local knowledge in the form of toponyms, we find many regions across today's treeless grasslands are named after forest/trees, suggesting they may be novel.
Grant S. Joseph   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Sense of Place in Latin America: Mobilities, Territorialities, and Fear

open access: yesGeography Compass, Volume 18, Issue 10, October 2024.
ABSTRACT Sense of place has become relevant in Latin America in recent decades. Although many scholars have looked at people‐place relationships there, language barriers have limited the international exposure of these studies. By assembling a collection of works mainly published in Spanish and Portuguese, we trace the fields of research where the ...
Adrián Ortega‐Iturriaga   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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