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Molnár Z, Aumeeruddy-Thomas Y, Babai D, Díaz S, Garnett ST, Hill R, Bates P, Brondízio ES, Cariño J, Demeter L, Fernández-Llamazares Á, Guèze M, McElwee P, Öllerer K, Purvis A, Reyes-García V, Samakov A, Singh RK. Towards richer knowledge partnerships between ecology and ethnoecology. Trends Ecol Evol 2024; 39:109-115. [PMID: 37981565 DOI: 10.1016/j.tree.2023.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2023] [Revised: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/17/2023] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
Abstract
Indigenous and traditional practices based on ethnoecological knowledge are fundamental to biodiversity stewardship and sustainable use. Knowledge partnerships between Indigenous Peoples, traditional local communities, and ecologists can produce richer and fairer understandings of nature. We identify key topical areas where such collaborations can positively transform science, policy, and practice.
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- Zsolt Molnár
- Institute of Ecology and Botany, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, 2163 Vácrátót, Alkotmány u. 2-4, Hungary.
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- Centre for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology (CEFE), CNRS, University of Montpellier, University Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, EPHE, IRD, Montpellier, France
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- Institute of Ethnology, HUN-REN Research Centre for the Humanities, Budapest, Hungary
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- Consejo Nacional de investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas, Instituto Multidisciplinario de Biología Vegetal (IMBIV), Córdoba, Argentina; Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Físicas y Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
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- Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Northern Territory, Australia
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- Division of Tropical Environments and Societies, James Cook University, Cairns, Queensland, Australia
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- Local and Indigenous Knowledge System (LINKS), Division for Science Policy and Capacity Building, Natural Science Sector, UNESCO, Paris, France
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- Department of Anthropology, and Center for the Analysis of Social Ecological Landscapes (CASEL), Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA; Environment and Society Program (NEPAM), University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil
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- Forest Peoples Programme, Moreton-in-Marsh, UK
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- Institute of Ecology and Botany, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, 2163 Vácrátót, Alkotmány u. 2-4, Hungary
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- Department of Animal Biology, Plant Biology and Ecology (BABVE) & Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA-UAB), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Cerdanyola del Vallès, Spain; Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- UNESCO Man and the Biosphere, Division of Ecological and Earth Sciences, Natural Science Sector, UNESCO, Paris, France
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- Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- Institute of Ecology and Botany, HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, 2163 Vácrátót, Alkotmány u. 2-4, Hungary; Institute of Biology, Romanian Academy, Bucharest, Romania
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- Department of Life Sciences, Natural History Museum, London, UK; Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, Ascot, UK
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- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain; Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain; Departament d'Antropologia Social i Cultural, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Institute of Social Anthropology, University of Bern, Switzerland
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- ICAR-Central Soil Salinity Research Institute, Karnal, India / Division of Agricultural Extension, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, New Delhi, India
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Cao L, Hmimsa Y, El Fatehi S, Buatois B, Dubois MP, Le Moigne M, Hossaert-McKey M, Aumeeruddy-Thomas Y, Bagnères AG, Proffit M. Floral scent of the Mediterranean fig tree: significant inter-varietal difference but strong conservation of the signal responsible for pollinator attraction. Sci Rep 2023; 13:5642. [PMID: 37024518 PMCID: PMC10079669 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-023-32450-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2023] [Accepted: 03/28/2023] [Indexed: 04/08/2023] Open
Abstract
For thousands of years, humans have domesticated different plants by selecting for particular characters, often affecting less-known traits, including the volatile organic compounds (VOCs) emitted by these plants for defense or reproduction. The fig tree Ficus carica has a very wide range of varieties in the Mediterranean region and is selected for its traits affecting fruits, including pollination, but the effect of human-driven diversification on the VOCs emitted by the receptive figs to attract their pollinator (Blastophaga psenes) is not known. In the present study, VOCs from receptive figs of eight varieties in northern Morocco, were collected at different times within the manual pollination period and analyzed by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry. Genetic analyses using microsatellite loci were performed on the same varieties. Despite strong inter-varietal differences in the quantity and relative proportions of all VOCs, the relative proportions of the four pollinator-attractive VOCs showed limited variation among varieties. There was no significant correlation between genetic markers and chemical profiles of the different varieties. While diversification driven by humans has led to differences between varieties in VOC profiles, this paper suggests that throughout the process of domestication and varietal diversification, stabilizing selection has maintained a strong signal favoring pollinator attraction.
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- Li Cao
- CEFE, CNRS/University of Montpellier/EPHE/IRD (UMR 5175), 1919 Route de Mende, 34293, Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
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- TEDAEEP Research Team, Abdelmalek Essaadi University (FPL), B. P. 745, Poste Principale, 92004, Larache, Morocco
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- TEDAEEP Research Team, Abdelmalek Essaadi University (FPL), B. P. 745, Poste Principale, 92004, Larache, Morocco
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- CEFE, CNRS/University of Montpellier/EPHE/IRD (UMR 5175), 1919 Route de Mende, 34293, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- CEFE, CNRS/University of Montpellier/EPHE/IRD (UMR 5175), 1919 Route de Mende, 34293, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- CEFE, CNRS/University of Montpellier/EPHE/IRD (UMR 5175), 1919 Route de Mende, 34293, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- CEFE, CNRS/University of Montpellier/EPHE/IRD (UMR 5175), 1919 Route de Mende, 34293, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- CEFE, CNRS/University of Montpellier/EPHE/IRD (UMR 5175), 1919 Route de Mende, 34293, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- CEFE, CNRS/University of Montpellier/EPHE/IRD (UMR 5175), 1919 Route de Mende, 34293, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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- CEFE, CNRS/University of Montpellier/EPHE/IRD (UMR 5175), 1919 Route de Mende, 34293, Montpellier Cedex 5, France.
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Reyes-García V, Fernández-Llamazares Á, Aumeeruddy-Thomas Y, Benyei P, Bussmann RW, García-Del-Amo D, Hanazaki N, Luz AC, McElwee P, Meretsky VJ, Molnár Z, Ruiz-Mallén I, Salpeteur M, Brondizio ES. Response to "Practice what you preach: Ensuring scientific spheres integrate Indigenous Peoples' and Local Communities' rights and agency too" by Lopez-Maldonado. Ambio 2022; 51:813-814. [PMID: 34859384 PMCID: PMC8800989 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-021-01676-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 11/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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- Victoria Reyes-García
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain.
- Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 08193 - Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain.
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- Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
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- Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 08193 - Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona 08193 - Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
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- ISEG- Lisbon School of Economics & Management, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA
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- O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- MTA Centre for Ecological Research, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Vácrátót, Hungary
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- Internet Interdisciplinary Institute, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
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- Patrimoines Locaux, Environnement et Globalisation (PALOC), French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France
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- Department of Anthropology, Indiana University Bloomington, Bloomington, USA
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Reyes-García V, Fernández-Llamazares Á, Aumeeruddy-Thomas Y, Benyei P, Bussmann RW, Diamond SK, García-del-Amo D, Guadilla-Sáez S, Hanazaki N, Kosoy N, Lavides M, Luz AC, McElwee P, Meretsky VJ, Newberry T, Molnár Z, Ruiz-Mallén I, Salpeteur M, Wyndham FS, Zorondo-Rodriguez F, Brondizio ES. Recognizing Indigenous peoples' and local communities' rights and agency in the post-2020 Biodiversity Agenda. Ambio 2022; 51:84-92. [PMID: 34008095 PMCID: PMC8651947 DOI: 10.1007/s13280-021-01561-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2020] [Revised: 03/06/2021] [Accepted: 03/26/2021] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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The Convention on Biological Diversity is defining the goals that will frame future global biodiversity policy in a context of rapid biodiversity decline and under pressure to make transformative change. Drawing on the work of Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholars, we argue that transformative change requires the foregrounding of Indigenous peoples' and local communities' rights and agency in biodiversity policy. We support this argument with four key points. First, Indigenous peoples and local communities hold knowledge essential for setting realistic and effective biodiversity targets that simultaneously improve local livelihoods. Second, Indigenous peoples' conceptualizations of nature sustain and manifest CBD's 2050 vision of "Living in harmony with nature." Third, Indigenous peoples' and local communities' participation in biodiversity policy contributes to the recognition of human and Indigenous peoples' rights. And fourth, engagement in biodiversity policy is essential for Indigenous peoples and local communities to be able to exercise their recognized rights to territories and resources.
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- Victoria Reyes-García
- Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats (ICREA), Barcelona, Spain
- Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Carrer de les columnes, s/n. Z-building (ICTA-ICP), Bellaterra Campus, Cerdanyola del Valles, Bellatera, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences, University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 65, (Viikinkaari 1), 00014 Helsinki, Finland
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- Centre for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, University Montpellier, CNRS, CEFE, UMR 5175, 1919, Route de Mende, 34293 Montpellier, France
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- Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Carrer de les columnes, s/n. Z-building (ICTA-ICP), Bellaterra Campus, Cerdanyola del Valles, Bellatera, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Department of Ethnobotany, Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
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- Department of Geography and the Environment, University of Texas, Austin, USA
- College of Liberal Arts, The University of Texas at Austin, 116 Inner Campus Dr. Stop G6000, Austin, TX 78712 USA
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- Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals (ICTA), Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB), Carrer de les columnes, s/n. Z-building (ICTA-ICP), Bellaterra Campus, Cerdanyola del Valles, Bellatera, 08193 Barcelona, Spain
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- Departamento de Ecologia e Zoologia, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, ECZ/CCB/UFSC, Campus Trindade s/n, Florianópolis, SC 88010-970 Brazil
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- Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, McGill School of Environment, McGill University, Macdonald Stewart Building, MS3-037, Macdonald Campus, Ste. Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, H9X 3V9 Canada
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- ISEG- Lisbon School of Economics & Management, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers University, 55 Dudley Road, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 USA
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- O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405 USA
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- Department of Science, Tohono O’odham Community College, Sells, 1830 E. Broadway, Ste 124-202, Tucson, AZ 85719 USA
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- Centre for Ecological Research, ELKH, Alkotmány u. 2-4, Vácrátót, 2163 Hungary
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- Internet Interdisciplinary Institute, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya, Av. Friedrich Gauss, 5, Castelldefels, 08860 Barcelona, Spain
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- Patrimoines Locaux, Environnement et Globalisation (UMR 208 PALOC), IRD, MNHN, French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development (IRD), 57 rue Cuvier, CP 51, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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- School of Anthropology and Museum Ethnography, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
- PO Box 3162, Santa Cruz, CA 95063 USA
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- Department of Anthropology, Indiana University Bloomington, 702 E. Kirkwood Ave. Student building 130, Bloomington, IN 47401 USA
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Díaz S, Pascual U, Stenseke M, Martín-López B, Watson RT, Molnár Z, Hill R, Chan KMA, Baste IA, Brauman KA, Polasky S, Church A, Lonsdale M, Larigauderie A, Leadley PW, van Oudenhoven APE, van der Plaat F, Schröter M, Lavorel S, Aumeeruddy-Thomas Y, Bukvareva E, Davies K, Demissew S, Erpul G, Failler P, Guerra CA, Hewitt CL, Keune H, Lindley S, Shirayama Y. Assessing nature's contributions to people. Science 2018. [PMID: 29348221 DOI: 10.1126/science:aap8826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/13/2023]
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- Sandra Díaz
- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials.
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials.
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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Díaz S, Pascual U, Stenseke M, Martín-López B, Watson RT, Molnár Z, Hill R, Chan KMA, Baste IA, Brauman KA, Polasky S, Church A, Lonsdale M, Larigauderie A, Leadley PW, van Oudenhoven APE, van der Plaat F, Schröter M, Lavorel S, Aumeeruddy-Thomas Y, Bukvareva E, Davies K, Demissew S, Erpul G, Failler P, Guerra CA, Hewitt CL, Keune H, Lindley S, Shirayama Y. Assessing nature's contributions to people. Science 2018; 359:270-272. [PMID: 29348221 DOI: 10.1126/science.aap8826] [Citation(s) in RCA: 543] [Impact Index Per Article: 90.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
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- Sandra Díaz
- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials.
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials.
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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- A complete listing of affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials
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Ghimire SK, Aumeeruddy-Thomas Y. Ethnobotanical classification and plant nomenclature system of high altitude agro-pastoralists in Dolpo, Nepal. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2010. [DOI: 10.3126/botor.v6i0.2912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
Abstract
This paper describes the findings of ethnobotanical research conducted in Tibetan community of agro-pastoralists in Dolpo, northwest Nepal. We assessed vernacular classification and plant nomenclature system with a particular focus on medicinal plants. We aimed to encompass the interpretation of semantic categories, as well as observing directly how people relate to plants in all material and symbolic aspects of their life. The methodology used consisted of village-level group meetings, indoor semi-structured interviews, in situ open interviews and resource mapping. The results showed that a substantial body of knowledge concerning ethno-medical practices and ethno-systematics remain intact in the study area. The Dolpo agro-pastoralists and particularly local amchi (specialists trained in the Tibetan medical system) name and classify the plant world based on morphological, ecological and organoleptic criteria producing a system of hierarchical classification. The richness and complexity of the botanical nomenclature reflect their profound knowledge obtained both from Tibetan materia medica and through direct field experience about the use and management of plant resources. The knowledge of amchi, in particular, is highly linked to the context of social interaction and practices. The study reveals that the use of knowledge and perception of local resource users is valuable for developing management guidelines for medicinal plants in our case and for overall conservation approaches. Key-words: Amchi; ethnobotany; ethnoecology; medicinal plants; Tibetan medicine; vernacular classification.DOI: 10.3126/botor.v6i0.2912 Botanica Orientalis - Journal of Plant Science (2009) 6: 56-68
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Ghimire SK, Gimenez O, Pradel R, McKey D, Aumeeruddy-Thomas Y. Demographic variation and population viability in a threatened Himalayan medicinal and aromatic herb Nardostachys grandiflora: matrix modelling of harvesting effects in two contrasting habitats. J Appl Ecol 2007. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2664.2007.01375.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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