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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

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 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

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

Traditional Ecological Knowledge: A Review of Global Studies [PDF]

open access: yesآب و توسعه پایدار
Traditional ecological knowledge is the knowledge of indigenous peoples that has been acquired during their lifetime and experience in a specific environment over generations and is an inseparable aspect of the bio-cultural heritage of indigenous ...
Masoud Rezaei
doaj   +1 more source

Dynamics of pastoral traditional ecological knowledge: a global state-of-the-art review

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2022
Traditional ecological knowledge enables pastoralists to cope with social-ecological changes, thereby increasing the sustainability of their practices and fostering social-ecological resilience.
Abolfazl Sharifian   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Hybrid Knowledge: Place, Practice, and Knowing in a Volunteer Ecological Restoration Project

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2011
Wide community participation in ecological restoration projects is encouraged because of the multiple values generated. However, it is often assumed that volunteer projects cannot contribute to the production of generalizable ecological knowledge ...
Karen A. Reid   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The challenges of maintaining indigenous ecological knowledge

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2014
Increased interest in indigenous ecological knowledge (IEK) has led to concern that it is vulnerable amidst social and ecological change. In response, multiple authors have recommended the establishment of programs for the maintenance and revitalization ...
Joe McCarter   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Feeding the Future with the Past: Incorporating Local Ecological Knowledge in River Restoration

open access: yesResources, 2020
Despite many years of experience in the river restoration field, which has become one of the most promising areas of water resources management, significant challenges and problems remain.
Ewelina Szałkiewicz   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Community-Based Conservation and Traditional Ecological Knowledge: Implications for Social-Ecological Resilience

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2013
Our review highlights how traditional ecological knowledge influences people's adaptive capacity to social-ecological change and identifies a set of mechanisms that contribute to such capacity in the context of community-based biodiversity conservation ...
Isabel Ruiz-Mallén, Esteve Corbera
doaj   +1 more source

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