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Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Ecological Science: a Question of Scale

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2009
The benefits and challenges of integrating traditional ecological knowledge and scientific knowledge have led to extensive discussions over the past decades, but much work is still needed to facilitate the articulation and co-application of these two ...
Catherine A. Gagnon, Dominique Berteaux
doaj   +1 more source

Cultural Foundations for Ecological Restoration on the White Mountain Apache Reservation

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2003
Myths, metaphors, and social norms that facilitate collective action and understanding of restoration dynamics serve as foundations for ecological restoration.
Jonathan Long   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Missing in translation: Maori language and oral tradition in scientific analyses of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Recent conceptual shifts in ecology towards integration of humans into ecosystems requires all possible sources of ecological knowledge available (Berkes 2004, 2009 this issue).
Roa, Tom   +2 more
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Ecological Knowledge and Management of Fauna Among the Mexicatl of the Sierra Negra, México: An Interpretive Approach

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Generally motivated by the relevance of animals in human subsistence, the management of fauna has taken different shapes throughout the world. This study aims to analyse a typology of management forms, exploring their relationship with the motivation to ...
Mariana Zarazúa-Carbajal   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Traditional Ecological Knowledge: The Third Alternative (Commentary) [PDF]

open access: yesEcological Applications, 2000
Contemporary Western attitudes concerning the management of natural re- sources, treatment of nonhuman animals, and the natural world emerge from traditions derived from Western European philosophy, i.e., they assume that humans are autonomous from, and in control of, the natural world.
Raymond Pierotti, Daniel Wildcat
openaire   +1 more source

Traditional Ecological Knowledge versus Ecological Wisdom: Are They Dissimilar in Cultural Landscape Research?

open access: yesLand, 2022
Research into traditional ecological knowledge has become a reference in environmental management. This is followed by ecological wisdom that has emerged and has become a new discourse in landscape planning and design.
Rosyi Damayanti T. Manningtyas   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Traditional ecological knowledge underlying herding decisions of pastoralists

open access: yesAnimal, 2018
Pastoralists have traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), which is important for their livelihoods and for policies and interventions. Pastoralism is under pressure, however, which may result in a decline of pastoral lifestyle and its related TEK.
C. Tamou   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Traditional ecological knowledge based indicators for monitoring rangeland conditions in Thal and Cholistan Desert, Pakistan

open access: yesEnvironmental Challenges, 2023
Sustainable range resource management relies heavily on the Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) of indigenous peoples who have long inhabited the rangelands.
Muhammad Asif   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Interdisciplinary progress in approaches to address social-ecological and ecocultural systems [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
SUMMARYThe emergent human cultures have shaped, and in turn been shaped by, local ecosystems. Yet humanity's intense modification of the environment has resulted in dramatic worldwide declines in natural and cultural capital.
Adams   +65 more
core   +1 more source

BIODIVERSITY AND SPECIES USE IN AGROFORESTRY SYSTEMS MANAGED BY TRADITIONAL COMMUNITIES IN THE CENTRAL AMAZON [PDF]

open access: yesRevista Árvore
Climate change represents today's great environmental challenge, and ecological restoration of tropical forests is one of the main coordinated actions on a global scale as a measure to mitigate its impacts.
Eduardo Rizzo Guimarães   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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