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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
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Flipping the Tortilla: Social-ecological innovations and traditional ecological knowledge for more sustainable agri-food systems in Spain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The conventional dominant global agri-food system is a main driver in the Anthropocene: food production entails profound global environmental changes from greenhouse gas emissions to biodiversity loss, and shifting diets further impact planetary and ...
Jiménez-Aceituno, A.   +3 more
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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

TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE (TEK) AND ITS IMPORTANCE IN SOUTH INDIA: PERSPECIVE FROM LOCAL COMMUNITIES [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The study throws light on the challenges and complexities in the protection and promotion of Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) in a semi-arid tropical forest area of South India.
HARISHA, R.P.   +2 more
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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

The Many Elements of Traditional Fire Knowledge: Synthesis, Classification, and Aids to Cross-cultural Problem Solving in Fire-dependent Systems Around the World

open access: yesEcology and Society, 2013
I examined the hypothesis that traditional social-ecological fire systems around the world include common elements of traditional fire knowledge (TFK). I defined TFK as fire-related knowledge, beliefs, and practices that have been developed and applied ...
Mary R. Huffman
doaj   +1 more source

Traditional ecological knowledge of bamboo in the Dulong community of northwestern Yunnan, China

open access: yesActa Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae, 2023
The Dulong people have accumulated a wealth of traditional botanical knowledge (TBK) over a long period on bamboo use to adapt to their living environment, which impacts many aspects of the life, culture, and creative productivity of the Dulong people ...
Zhuo Cheng   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Cooperative Cross-Cultural Instruction: The Value of Multi-cultural Collaboration in the Coteaching of Topics of Worldview, Knowledge Traditions, and Epistemologies [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
For four years (2011, 2013, 2014, 2015) two faculty members of the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Center for Cross-cultural Studies have collaborated to co-teach a course entitled Traditional Ecological Knowledge (CCS 612).
Arevgaq, Theresa John, Koskey, Michael
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