The subsistence strategies that coastal fishing communities have developed over time are
closely related to their interaction with the sea. Fishing is generally the principal economic …

Along the Peruvian north coast, many towns depend on fishing for subsistence. The
adoption of technological innovations has facilitated the extraction of marine resources from …

Indigenous Peruvians have used totora (Schoenoplectus californicus: Cyperaceae) vessels
or caballitos for fishing along the coast of Peru since pre-Inca times. Presently, caballito use …

En la actualidad, los acelerados procesos de transculturización y el eminente deterioro de
los ecosistemas han puesto en riesgo la biodiversidad, que de alguna forma ha contribuido …

Abstract The Sierra de Huautla Biosphere Reserve (REBIOSH by its acronym in Spanish)
and the Chichinautzin Biological Corridor (COBIO) are mountain zones in the state of …

Few studies in Colombia have focused on traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) changes
and assessed whether they signified TEK erosion or explored what drives changes. In this …

The Gramalote site is an early Initial Period (1500–1200 BCE) fishing village located in the
Moche valley in northern Peru. Previous research assessed the social dynamics and …

Resumen MHIRT (Minority Health International Research Training)–Entrenamiento en la
Investigación Internacional para Grupos Étnicos–es una beca del Instituto Nacional de …

The knowledge and use of plant resources are constantly evolving. In this work, the socio-
cultural and economic factors that influence the ethnobotanical knowledge of a mestizo …

Abstract The Sierra Negra region is a rich mosaic of ecosystems and cultures in interaction.
There, people practice a pattern of multiple use and management of the different plant …