Biodiversity Conservation and Indigenous Knowledge
Rangelands Biodiversity Conservation and Management
... high biodiversity, which is economically important both locally and ...agro biodiversity of cultivated food crops and their wild relatives, which contribute to crop improvement programs and food ...of ...
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Integrating ethnobiological knowledge into biodiversity conservation in the Eastern Himalayas
... ethnobiological knowledge as trad- itional and community knowledge—Indigenous and non-Indigenous—related to socio-ecological interactions between identified or identifiable taxa and the people ...
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New meaning for old knowledge- Reinvigorating Participatory Approaches to Conservation and Sustainable Management of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services
... People’s Biodiversity Register (PBR) documents diverse aspects such as biodiversity and ecosystems services in a location Narwana Village Panchayath, Kangra District, Himachal Pradesh, status of folk ...
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Behind the Myth: Indigenous Knowledge and Belief Systems in Natural Resource Conservation in North East Ghana
... In almost all communities or settlements in the District and the region as a whole, a Tindaana (Chief Priest), Tingaane (Earth Shrine), or Tinkogre (Mother Earth) exist. The Tindaanas were and are still the custodians of ...
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Conservation of Biodiversity in Sub Sahara Africa: Prospecting for Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge Regulation in Ethiopia
... concerned indigenous community, is for the Proclamation to draws a distinction between GRs solely owned by the state, and the one which is owned by the relevant community holding it (Article 5 of Proclamation ...
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Traditional Ecological Knowledge, Sacred Groves and Conservation of Biodiversity in the Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve of India
... The indigenous communities still practice some cultural linkages between social and biophysical ...the conservation of forests, biodiversity and landscapes by promulgating customary norms, practices ...
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Hierarchies of knowledge: ethnobotanical knowledge, practices and beliefs of the Vhavenda in South Africa for biodiversity conservation
... Traditional leaders in the study continue to play an im- portant role in extending authority to monitor compliance of social norms and rules governing the harvesting of indi- genous plant species. Similar roles have also ...
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Indigenous Knowledge Systems and the Conservation of Natural Resources in the Shangwe Community in Gokwe District, Zimbabwe
... successful conservation of the environment and specific organisms especially in the developing countries (Berkes et ...today‟s conservation ethics, and it is imperative that they are upheld as they are ...
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Indigenous Knowledge And Biodiversity: Interconnectedness For Sustainable Development.
... traditional knowledge which is known as indigenous ...utilizing indigenous traditional knowledge for their survival from time ...immemorial. Indigenous people are very near to the ...
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Incorporating Indigenous values with 'Western' conservation values in sustainable biodiversity management
... Indigenous knowledge incorporates a large number of qualitative variables within a holistic environmental understanding grounded in intimate, long-term socio- ecological ...n indigenous resources ...
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Indigenous Handicrafts in the Pernambuco and Bahia Sertões and Its Implications for the Conservation of Biodiversity
... popular knowledge and popular uses about birds, describ- ing and analyzing the information and practices of local populations in the most diverse cultural and ecological contexts (Farias & Alves, 2007; Sick, ...
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Examining Local Communities’ Sources Of Indigenous Knowledge For Management Of Agro Biodiversity In Masasi And Nachingwea Districts, Tanzania
... of knowledge such as books, posters, newspapers, seminars and agricultural ...of knowledge (public and private extension services) and printed materials to acquire ...acquiring knowledge in the ...
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INTERNATIONAL LEGAL STREAK FOR BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION
... the conservation of biodiversity at the outset of the twenty first century is not the same as it was decades ...sources, conservation and sustainable use of scarce resources such as water, land and ...
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THE ROLE OF HUNTING TOURISM MANAGEMENT IN THE CONSERVATION OF BIODIVERSITY
... or biodiversity defines the variety of the living world, and the Rio de Janeiro convention defines it as „the variability between living organisms from all sources, including inter alia, ecosystems and ...
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Towards a National Biodiversity Conservation Framework
... on biodiversity. Information shared included drivers of biodiversity loss, case studies on contemporary approaches to ecosystem conservation such as Minimum Viable Conservation Area and ...
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Biodiversity Conservation in Urbanising Forested Landscapes
... affect biodiversity to different extents. Yet, the paucity of biodiversity research at wildland-urban interfaces limits our ability to guide management and conservation ...
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Integrating Biodiversity Conservation into Oil and Gas Development
... to biodiversity and to the company’s operations and reputation – are unacceptably ...high biodiversity value, either as a result of legal designation as a protected area or some other kind of classification ...
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Ch 5: Roads, Apes and Biodiversity Conservation
... that knowledge is conducting and disseminating state and countrywide assessments of natural capital, biodiversity and ecosystem services needed by local ...roads. Conservation actors therefore have ...
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Re thinking on the role of business in biodiversity conservation
... There are a lot of examples of how ecotourism is making direct, significant contributions to biodiversity conservation. One approach is through revenue generated to support protected areas. Some protected ...
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Offsets and biodiversity conservation in France: limits and perspectives
... III- Offsets and conservation of the protected species No offset 19 projects (22%) Partial offset 36 projects (42%) Species equality 30 projects (35%) ‘Positive’ impacts 6 projects 85 de[r] ...
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