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Conservation grounded in traditional ecological knowledge, culture and hunting

People and Nature
For millennia, traditional hunting practices have provided a means of subsistence for numerous indigenous peoples worldwide. Not only do managed traditional hunting practices perpetuate Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), but they also promote the ...
Wu Fei, Peng Mingsheng, Liu Luming, Zhao Yumeng, Kong Dejun, Wang Kai, Dong Feng, Robert W. Murphy, Yang Xiaojun   +8 more
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Innovative monitoring methods in the context of adaptive management of hunting in the amazon, Colombia [PDF]

, 2015
Managing complex hunting socio-ecological systems within a context of uncertainty requires setting up efficient ways to monitor changes in the system and inform decision making in an adaptive management process.
Andrade, German, Baptiste, Brigitte, Cruz, Daniel F., Diaz, Angelica, Garcia, Claude, Le Bel, Sébastien, Nasi, Robert, Quinceno Mesa, Maria-Paula, Sandrin, François, Trujillo, Fernando, Van Vliet, Nathalie, Vanegas, Liliana   +11 more
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Examining the Impact of Row Planting on Labor Use for Sustainable Food Production Among Maize Farmers in Rural Ghana

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers are reverting to traditional production methods due to the high opportunity costs and unintended consequences of new technologies. This study focuses on row planting technology, which is labor‐intensive and slow without mechanized operations.
Emmanuel Tetteh Jumpah, Habtamu Alem, Abdulai Adams, Tomáš Ratinger, Miroslava Bavorová   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Assessing Agricultural Green Total Factor Productivity in Latin America

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The agricultural sector in Latin America plays a vital role in ensuring food security while impacting the environment. However, there remains a lack of analysis regarding the inputs responsible for pollution within its sub‐technologies. Hence, this article aims to assess agricultural green total factor productivity (TFP) through a novel ...
Tianxiang Li, Vanessa Ormeño‐Candelario, Xueli Chen   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tracing gender variation in traditional knowledge: participatory tools to promote conservation in a Quilombola community in Brazil

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Background Based on participatory research tools and analysis with a gender focus, we aim to identify the knowledge associated with native plants of the Atlantic Forest in one Quilombola community whose territory is juxtaposed with a protected area, in ...
Daniele Cantelli, Maiara Cristina Gonçalves, Vilson Omar da Silva, Dirceu Nunes da Silva, Natalia Hanazaki   +4 more
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge Supports Ecosystem-Based Management in Disturbed Coastal Marine Social-Ecological Systems

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019
A growing number of studies suggest a participatory ecosystem approach to support decision-making toward resilience and sustainability in social-ecological systems.
Fernanda Terra Stori, Caiuá Mani Peres, Alexander Turra, Robert L. Pressey   +3 more
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TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE, INNOVATION SYSTEMS AND DEMOCRACY FOR SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURE: A CASE STUDY ON ADI TRIBES OF EASTERN HIMALAYAS OF NORTH-EAST INDIA [PDF]

, 2010
N° ISBN - 978-2-7380-1284-5International audienceGlobal attention on natural resources management and environmental protection issues are getting an utmost priority during last few years. Worldwide scientists, policy makers, environmentalists and opinion
Raj, Saravanan
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How Competitive Is Myanmar's Rice Sector? A Comparison of Production Costs and Efficiency

Agribusiness, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper analyzes the cost competitiveness of rice production in Myanmar by examining production costs, cost efficiency, and the potential effect of improving cost efficiency on the country's global competitiveness. To achieve this, we conduct a comparative analysis of production costs among major rice‐producing countries and estimate the ...
Nandar Aye Chan, Orkhan Sariyev, Mohammad Ariful Islam, Manfred Zeller   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Dark local knowledge: the yet-to-be scientifically discovered and locally acknowledged aspects of local knowledge systems

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
This essay brings forward the idea that there is more than meets the eye in local knowledge systems than what science can show us now. To comprehend this, we need to make a conceptual jump and look for the “dark matter” (the notion borrowed from ...
Renata Sõukand
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Marine Resources Management in the Context of Customary Tenure [PDF]

Although customary marine tenure (CMT) systems for the management of local marine resources occur throughout the world, compared with other models of fisheries management they remain relatively little known.
Hviding, E., Johannes, R.E., Ruddle, Kenneth   +2 more
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