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Entomophagy in the area surrounding LuiKotale, Salonga National Park, Democratic Republic of the Congo [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
Recent research has highlighted the importance of edible insects as a protein source in the developed and developing world, both as a traditional food and a more sustainable alternative to conventional livestock.
Fruth, B, Mato, B, Payne, C
core   +1 more source

Intergenerational transmission of traditional ecological knowledge about medicinal plants in a riverine community of the Brazilian Amazon

open access: yesPolibotánica, 2023
Local populations may gradually lose the Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), which mainly affects younger generations. Knowing the variables involved in TEK transmission supports strategies to maintain the local medical systems.
Markos Rogério Lima Mota   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Bi-Directional Learning: Identifying Contaminants on the Yurok Indian Reservation. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2019
The Yurok Tribe partnered with the University of California Davis (UC Davis) Superfund Research Program to identify and address contaminants in the Klamath watershed that may be impairing human and ecosystem health.
Cosby, Christine   +7 more
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Reinterpreting change in traditional ecological knowledge [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Much of the previous research on Traditional Ecological Knowledge (herefater TEK) has centred in 1) documenting fading knowledge (eg. Ferguson and Messier 1997; Pieroni et al.
Gómez Baggethun, Erik   +1 more
core   +2 more sources

Seeing Through Fishers’ Lenses

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2016
Insights from traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of the marine environment are difficult to integrate into conventional science knowledge (CSK) initiatives.
Victoria H. Moshy, Ian Bryceson
doaj   +1 more source

The Cultural Transmission of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Cerekang, South Sulawesi, Indonesia

open access: yesSAGE Open, 2023
This article explores how traditional ecological knowledge in Cerekang, South Sulawesi, Indonesia, is culturally transmitted as a strategy for cultural survival amidst internal and external challenges such as social, ecological, and political changes ...
Andi Muhammad Akhmar   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The meeting point between fisheries science and traditional ecological knowledge in fisheries [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) is the sum of data and ideas acquired by a human group on its environment. Over the years, there has been a growing lack of confidence in centralized scientific fisheries management. Traditional ecological knowledge
Fakoya, K.A., Olokor, A., Saba, A.O.
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Who is local and what do they know? Braiding knowledges within carnivore management in Europe

open access: yesPeople and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Growing recognition of Indigenous Peoples and traditional local communities as stewards of biodiversity has brought to the fore the issues of knowledge and value pluralism in conservation policy and practice. Given their basis in practical and multi‐generational experience, Indigenous and local knowledges are highly relevant to managing human ...
Hanna Pettersson   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Local Knowledge and Conservation of Seagrasses in the Tamil Nadu State of India

open access: yesJournal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2011
Local knowledge systems are not considered in the conservation of fragile seagrass marine ecosystems. In fact, little is known about the utility of seagrasses in local coastal communities.
Newmaster AF   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

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