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

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

Acta 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, Yanxiao Fan, Xian Hu, Qiong Fang, Xiaoping Lu, Binsheng Luo, Yingchun Li, Chunlin Long   +7 more
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Interpreting environmental change in coastal Alaska using traditional and scientific ecological knowledge

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2014
Humans who interact directly with local ecosystems possess traditional ecological knowledge that enables them to detect and predict ecosystem changes.
William Gerald Ambrose Jr., William Gerald Ambrose Jr., Lisa eClough, Jeffrey eJohnson, Jeffrey eJohnson, Michael eGreenacre, Michael eGreenacre, David eGriffith, Michael eCarroll, Alex eWhiting   +9 more
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Spatio-temporal Visualisation and Data Exploration of Traditional Ecological Knowledge/Indigenous Knowledge

Conservation & Society, 2017
Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) has been at the centre of mapping efforts for decades. Indigenous knowledge (IK) is a critical subset of TEK, and Indigenous peoples utilise a wide variety of techniques for keeping track of time.
Kierin Mackenzie, Willington Siabato, Femke Reitsma, Christophe Claramunt   +3 more
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Fishery and ecology-related knowledge about plants among fishing communities along Laguna Lake, Philippines

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Background Ethnobotanical knowledge about plant roles in fisheries is crucial for sustainable resource management. Local ecological knowledge helps understand dynamics of the lake ecosystem.
Jimlea Nadezhda Mendoza, Baiba Prūse, Aimee Ciriaco, Amelia Mendoza, Harvey Ciriaco, Cynthia Buen, Julie Joyce Pua, Francesco Primavera, Giulia Mattalia, Renata Sõukand   +9 more
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Traditional ecological knowledge among transhumant pastoralists in Mediterranean Spain

Ecology and Society, 2013
Mobility is a millenary human strategy to deal with environmental change. An outstanding example of mobility is transhumance, an ancient pastoralist practice consisting of the seasonal migration of livestock between ecological regions following peaks in ...
Elisa Oteros-Rozas, Ricardo Ontillera-Sánchez, Pau Sanosa, Erik Gómez-Baggethun, Victoria Reyes-García, José A. González   +5 more
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Mobilizing Indigenous Knowledge through the Caribou Hunter Success Working Group

Land, 2020
The caribou stewardship practices of the Iñupiat have persisted through cycles of abundance and decline for the Western Arctic Caribou Herd (WACH). This research seeks to address the challenges and opportunities faced when mobilizing Indigenous Knowledge
Hannah Atkinson
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Effects of traditional harvest and burning on common camas (Camassia quamash) abundance in Northern Idaho: The potential for traditional resource management in a protected area wetland

Ecology and Evolution, 2021
The bulbs of common camas (Camassia quamash) were a staple food of Indigenous Peoples of western North America for millennia. Camas harvesting site productivity was encouraged through intense management.
Devin S. Stucki, Thomas J. Rodhouse, Ron J. Reuter   +2 more
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Use of game fauna by Fulni-ô people in Northeastern Brazil: implications for conservation

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2020
Background Due to the influence of several factors on the hunting of game meat, we investigated how the seasonality of the environment, the abundance, and the biomass of wild animals, as well as the proximity to these resources, can affect the hunting ...
Josivan Soares da Silva, André Luiz Borba do Nascimento, Rômulo Romeu Nóbrega Alves, Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque   +3 more
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Introducing a new special section—Indigenous Science and Practice in Ecology and Evolution

Ecology and Evolution
Editorial introducing a new special issue in the journal.
Emily A. McKinnon, Arley F. Muth
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