International concern to develop sustainably challenges us to act upon the inherent links
between our economy, society and environment, and is leading to increasing …

Land‐use change is fragmenting natural ecosystems, with major consequences for
biodiversity. This paper reviews fragmentation trends–historical and current–in China, the …

Sacred Ecology examines bodies of knowledge held by indigenous and other rural peoples
around the world, and asks how we can learn from this knowledge and ways of knowing …

Lakes have played a critical role in providing water and ecosystem services for people and
other organisms in China for millennia. However, accelerating climate change and …

Local ecological knowledge and the land use practices of forest resource users who rely on
this form of knowledge play a crucial role for biodiversity conservation in managed forests …

Mountains make up 24% of the world's land area, are home to 20% of the world's
population, provide 60–80% of the world's fresh water, and harbour 50% of the world's …

In addition to providing key ecological functions, large old trees are a part of a social realm
and as such provide numerous social‐cultural benefits to people. However, their social and …

Cultural or indigenous practices refer to long-standing traditions and ways of life of specific
communities or locales. These practices are place-based and often location-and culture …

Climate change has largely been understood as a biophysical, economic, and political
phenomenon. This approach has obscured the ways in which climate change also poses a …

This chapter discusses that the wealth of ecological knowledge and management ability has
great value for providing much-needed phenological data and governance models, as well …