Indigenous and local peoples'(ILPs) role in cataloging life on Earth has been significant but
underappreciated. ILPs knowledge faces growing cultural and biological threats. Greater …

Over 30% of the 7,400 languages in the world will no longer be spoken by the end of the
century. So far, however, our understanding of whether language extinction may result in the …

Abstract Language connects cultural and biological diversity and can contribute to both big
data and localised approaches to improve conservation. Analysing Indigenous languages at …

Hunting, as a component of traditional indigenous livelihoods, can play either positive or
negative role in biodiversity conservation by maintaining traditional lifestyles that are …

The number of languages in Indonesia exceeds seven hundred, but more than 70% of these
languages are spoken in eastern Indonesia, where many speakers of heritage languages …

Understanding the drivers of conflict and coexistence in human–wildlife relations are critical
to conservation. This study sought to understand th varying attitudes of local indigenous …

Introduction Indigenous communities typically hold diverse traditional ecological knowledge
(TEK) of their social-ecological system. Much of this knowledge is embodied as skills related …

Highlights•Linguistic studies of the nature of language face with fuzziness and complexity of
linguistic reality.•Researchers who focus on the particular nature of language lose its …

This paper examines the intrinsic and instrumental value of corals, and coral reefs, from the
epistemological perspectives of Western conservation biologists and Pacific coastal fishers …

In many communities around the world, speech to infants (IDS) and small children (CDS)
has increased mean pitch, increased pitch range, increased vowel duration, and vowel …