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Conservation grounded in traditional ecological knowledge, culture and hunting

People and Nature
For millennia, traditional hunting practices have provided a means of subsistence for numerous indigenous peoples worldwide. Not only do managed traditional hunting practices perpetuate Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), but they also promote the ...
Wu Fei, Peng Mingsheng, Liu Luming, Zhao Yumeng, Kong Dejun, Wang Kai, Dong Feng, Robert W. Murphy, Yang Xiaojun   +8 more
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Choice experiments on land managers' participation in environmental programs: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of estimate validity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Discrete choice experiments are increasingly being used to estimate land managers' willingness to accept participation in incentive‐based environmental programs. This is a specific application of discrete choice experiments: the estimation of willingness to accept for a private good (program participation) where respondents have to make trade ...
Anastasio J. Villanueva, Angel Perni, Jesus Barreiro‐Hurle   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Application of a novel schema for describing fossil fern foliage and investigating taxonomic and morphological change across the Cretaceous–Paleogene boundary in western North America

American Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Abstract Premise The Chicxulub asteroid impact at the Cretaceous–Paleogene (K–Pg) boundary triggered a mass extinction 66 million years ago. Ferns thrived in the aftermath of the extinction, evidenced by the well‐documented “fern spore spike.” However, fern macrofossil records across the K–Pg boundary are less understood.
Fern B. Holian, Emily B. Sessa, Richard S. Barclay, Regan E. Dunn, Jacquelyn L. Gill, Kirk R. Johnson, S. Augusta Maccracken, Ian M. Miller, Jarmila Pittermann, Ellen D. Currano   +9 more
wiley   +1 more source

Tracing gender variation in traditional knowledge: participatory tools to promote conservation in a Quilombola community in Brazil

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
Background Based on participatory research tools and analysis with a gender focus, we aim to identify the knowledge associated with native plants of the Atlantic Forest in one Quilombola community whose territory is juxtaposed with a protected area, in ...
Daniele Cantelli, Maiara Cristina Gonçalves, Vilson Omar da Silva, Dirceu Nunes da Silva, Natalia Hanazaki   +4 more
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge Supports Ecosystem-Based Management in Disturbed Coastal Marine Social-Ecological Systems

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2019
A growing number of studies suggest a participatory ecosystem approach to support decision-making toward resilience and sustainability in social-ecological systems.
Fernanda Terra Stori, Caiuá Mani Peres, Alexander Turra, Robert L. Pressey   +3 more
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The rain feels different under the same umbrella: Experiences with poverty across LGBTQ subgroups

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Population‐based survey data have demonstrated that LGBTQ communities report varying rates of economic insecurity, yet very little research directly assesses how pathways into and experiences with poverty look different among subgroups at the intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).
Bianca D. M. Wilson, Lillian Nguyen
wiley   +1 more source

Dark local knowledge: the yet-to-be scientifically discovered and locally acknowledged aspects of local knowledge systems

Journal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine
This essay brings forward the idea that there is more than meets the eye in local knowledge systems than what science can show us now. To comprehend this, we need to make a conceptual jump and look for the “dark matter” (the notion borrowed from ...
Renata Sõukand
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The psychosocial toll of Dublin III on asylum seekers in the Netherlands

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract The Dublin III Regulation determines which EU Member State is responsible for examining asylum claims, but its implementation carries significant consequences for those subjected to it. This study examines how Dublin III, as implemented in the Netherlands, affects asylum seekers' psychosocial wellbeing using Silove′s Adaptation and Development
Imen El Amouri
wiley   +1 more source

NO NĀ PUA: Exploring the feasibility of culture‐based social prescribing on firefighters' wellbeing in Hawaiʻi

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Firefighters face an array of stressors due to the demands of their occupation, leading to a high prevalence of mental health challenges. Social prescribing represents a novel approach to healthcare that emphasizes a holistic view of health and wellbeing.
Janice Ikeda, Margary Martin, Misty Pacheco   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Negotiating contested spaces and places: Narratives of social suffering and resistance in racialized Cape Town communities

American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This study employs a schizocartographic approach to explore community narratives of space, memory, and violence in Kraaifontein, Cape Town. Through participants' accounts, ordinary places—gardens, shops, blocks, sports grounds, and streets—emerge as ambivalent geographies where trauma, resilience, and belonging intersect.
Guido Veronese, Chiara Fiscone, Ashraf Kagee   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source