Abstract Qualitative Geographic Information Systems (QGIS) represent an emerging
geospatial and qualitative approach to comprehensively understand health issues. This …

The concept of ecosystem services (ES) has risen to prominence based on its promise to
vastly improve environmental decision‐making and to represent nature's many benefits to …

Environmental niche modeling is an increasingly common tool in conservation and
management of non-timber species. In particular, models of species' habitats have been …

Abstract Along the Central Coast of California, USA, native plant biodiversity has depended
on various forms of Indigenous stewardship such as burning, tilling, and gathering …

Aim Indigenous communities involved in conservation planning require spatial datasets
depicting the distribution of culturally important species. However, accessing datasets on the …

Emerging scholarship on urban forests indicates that diverse green spaces provide
immigrant populations opportunities to maintain their cultural identities. Modes of …

The geopark Altai has a set of unique geological, geographical, and archaeological objects.
Its basis is made by geological space with a specific relief that plays an important role, and …

A holistic definition of 'health'remains difficult to operationalize, despite decades of attempts
by medical anthropologists and the World Health Organization to do so. Anthropologists …

Human activities have fundamentally shaped ecosystems across the globe. While this is
often associated with degradation, cultures with alternative philosophies can leave a …

Although recognized by the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
(UNDRIP), Indigenous rights to traditionally held and managed forestlands and forest …