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Hybrid Knowledge: Place, Practice, and Knowing in a Volunteer Ecological Restoration Project
Ecology 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
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Community Self-Organisation from a Social-Ecological Perspective: ‘Burlang Yatra’ and Revival of Millets in Odisha (India) [PDF]
, 2020 In this paper, I focus on the revival of an Indigenous community seed festival known locally as Burlang Yatra (‘Indigenous Biodiversity Festival’) in the district of Kandhamal in Odisha (India).
Saxena, Lopamudra Patnaik
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The challenges of maintaining indigenous ecological knowledge
Ecology 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
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Feeding the Future with the Past: Incorporating Local Ecological Knowledge in River Restoration
Resources, 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
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Are standards and regulations of organic farming moving away from small farmers' knowledge? [PDF]
, 2005 Organic farming is a promising agricultural method with positive effects on the human ecological and social environment. Governments have taken over a major role in defining organic farming by creating legal standards.
Kilcher, Lukas +2 more
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Food System Transformation: Integrating a Political-Economy and Social-Ecological Approach to Regime Shifts. [PDF]
, 2020 Sustainably achieving the goal of global food security is one of the greatest challenges of the 21st century. The current food system is failing to meet the needs of people, and at the same time, is having far-reaching impacts on the environment and ...
Biggs, R. O. +4 more
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Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Background Cognitive impairment is a common non‐motor symptom in Multiple Sclerosis (MS), negatively affecting autonomy and Quality of Life (QoL). Innovative rehabilitation strategies, such as semi‐immersive virtual reality (VR) and computerized cognitive training (CCT), may offer advantages over traditional cognitive rehabilitation (TCR ...
Maria Grazia Maggio +8 more
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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 +7 more
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