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Past, present and future of local crop evolution

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Promoting agrobiodiversity is a promising strategy for mitigating the negative effects of climate change on global food security. We highlight the central role evolutionary processes play in harnessing the potential of local crops by integrating genomics, archaeology, ethnobotany and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK).
Nataly Allasi Canales   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vernacular houses of stratonikeia: Architectural typology, materials and techniques

open access: yes, 2018
International Conference on Vernacular Earthen Architecture, Conservation and Sustainability, SOStierra 2017, 14 September 2017 through 16 September 2017, , 220559The historical site of Stratonikeia is settled on the west of Turkey.
Avsar, O.B., Genc, U.D.
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Looking backward to move forward: Enhancing metadata in scientific collections through interdisciplinary collaboration

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Early modern herbaria house important and useful data on historic environments. However, their contents are often inhospitable to scientific use. Despite this challenge, once their contents have been deciphered, such specimens present novel research opportunities.
Madeline E. White, Stephen A. Harris
wiley   +1 more source

A national crop wild relative checklist for Zimbabwe reveals edible crop wild relative diversity of regional and global importance

open access: yesPLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Crop wild relatives (CWR) in Zimbabwe are reservoirs of beneficial agronomic traits, yet they remain under‐documented and poorly conserved. This study developed Zimbabwe's first national CWR checklist based on a conceptual framework combining floristic, ecological and ethnobotanical data, revealing over 2700 taxa, with nearly 1000 edible species ...
Kudakwashe Mutasa   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Recoding Paulina Chiziane’s Vernacular Poetics

open access: yes, 2019
This essay explores the gendered, geopolitical and material conditions of Mozambican literary migration into the contemporary Portuguese-speaking circuit, by paying special attention to the treatment of the internationally known writer Paulina Chiziane ...
Edfeldt, Chatarina, Edfeldt, Chatarina,
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Teachers' Pedagogical Reasoning and Students' Three‐Dimensional Learning

open access: yesScience Education, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article reports analyses of data from a design‐based implementation project focused on middle‐ and high‐school science teaching. Drawing on teacher interviews and surveys as well as student learning evidence, we examined the relationships between teachers' pedagogical reasoning and their students' three‐dimensional learning. Most teachers
Christie Morrison Thomas   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Vernacular houses of Datca Peninsula: Architectural typology and its sustainability [Conference Paper]

open access: yes, 2015
TARMA;Tragsa GrupoVerSus 2014 / 2nd Mediterra / 2nd ResTapia - International Conference on Vernacular Heritage, Sustainability and Earthen Architecture -- 11 September 2014 through 13 September 2014 -- Valencia -- 107251Datca peninsula is located on the ...
Avsar O.B.
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Pathways for Value Chains to Strengthen Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions: A European Cross‐Case Analysis Based on Stakeholders' Perceptions

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Mountain areas are hotspots of high natural and cultural value, but they face sustainability challenges. This research offers a quantitative cross‐case analysis of 21 case studies from mountain regions across 14 European countries, examining how local stakeholders perceive the contribution of mountain value chains to sustainable development ...
María Mar Delgado‐Serrano   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Introduction to the Vernacular, and how contemporary photography and photographers are exploring this concept

open access: yes, 2013
The advent of digital photography and online platforms makes the act of photographing and sharing an integral part of our daily lives. New technologies, and ways of disseminating photographs, have reignited debates in relation to vernacular photography ...
Kubicki, Kathy
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Measuring Institutional Work in Sustainability Reporting: Scale Development and Validation in the Oil and Gas Sector

open access: yesSustainable Development, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Sustainability reporting has gained significant importance in assessing and enhancing organisational sustainability performance. However, there has been limited focus on how sustainability reporting managers (SRMs) perceive and engage in the institutional work that underpins reporting practices.
Hania Rehman   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

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