Land use and ecological change: A 12,000-year history

EC Ellis - Annual Review of Environment and Resources, 2021 - annualreviews.org
Human use of land has been transforming Earth's ecology for millennia. From hunting and
foraging to burning the land to farming to industrial agriculture, increasingly intensive human …

Host-mediated gene engineering and microbiome-based technology optimization for sustainable agriculture and environment

N Thakur, M Nigam, NA Mann, S Gupta… - Functional & Integrative …, 2023 - Springer
The agricultural sector and environmental safety both work hand in hand to promote
sustainability in important issues like soil health, plant nutrition, food safety, and security …

Integrating traditional ecological knowledge into habitat restoration: implications for meeting forest restoration challenges

SM Haq, A Pieroni, RW Bussmann… - Journal of Ethnobiology …, 2023 - Springer
Background Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) helps tribal communities adapt to socio-
ecological changes, improving the long-term sustainability of their livelihood strategies and …

Indigenous Peoples' lands are threatened by industrial development; conversion risk assessment reveals need to support Indigenous stewardship

CM Kennedy, B Fariss, JR Oakleaf, ST Garnett… - One Earth, 2023 - cell.com
Indigenous Peoples are custodians of many of the world's least-exploited natural areas.
These places of local and global socio-ecological importance face significant threats from …

Reimagining ocean stewardship: Arts-based methods to 'hear'and 'see'Indigenous and local knowledge in ocean management

M Strand, N Rivers, B Snow - Frontiers in Marine Science, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Current ocean management approaches are often characterised by economic or
environmental objectives, paying limited consideration to social and cultural dimensions, as …

Bibliometric analysis and systematic review of indigenous knowledge from a comparative African perspective: 1990–2020

OL Malapane, W Musakwa, N Chanza… - Land, 2022 - mdpi.com
Globally, indigenous knowledge (IK) has been shown to be a critical factor in economic
growth and sustainable development and is as important as scientific knowledge. However …

Impact of zero budget natural farming on crop yields in Andhra Pradesh, SE India

S Duddigan, CD Collins, Z Hussain, H Osbahr… - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
It has been claimed that Zero Budget Natural Farming (ZBNF), a burgeoning practice of
farming in India based on low-inputs and influenced by agro-ecological principles, has the …

Indigenous environmental justice within marine ecosystems: A systematic review of the literature on indigenous peoples' involvement in marine governance and …

M Parsons, L Taylor, R Crease - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
We develop and apply a systematic review methodology to identify and understand how the
peer-reviewed literature characterises Indigenous peoples' involvement in marine …

[HTML][HTML] Integrating local and scientific knowledge in disaster risk reduction: A systematic review of motivations, processes, and outcomes

K Vasileiou, J Barnett, DS Fraser - International Journal of Disaster Risk …, 2022 - Elsevier
The value of the inclusion and participation of local communities in efforts to assess and
manage disaster risk is now widely acknowledged in the academic literature. In the field of …

[HTML][HTML] Local knowledge and practices among Tonga people in Zambia and Zimbabwe: A review

MP Yanou, M Ros-Tonen, J Reed… - Environmental Science & …, 2023 - Elsevier
There is increasing recognition of the role of Indigenous and local knowledge systems in
sustainable land use and conservation practices. However, the evidence base remains …