Safeguarding pollinators and their values to human well-being

SG Potts, V Imperatriz-Fonseca, HT Ngo, MA Aizen… - Nature, 2016 - nature.com
Wild and managed pollinators provide a wide range of benefits to society in terms of
contributions to food security, farmer and beekeeper livelihoods, social and cultural values …

[HTML][HTML] Conservation social science: Understanding and integrating human dimensions to improve conservation

NJ Bennett, R Roth, SC Klain, K Chan, P Christie… - biological …, 2017 - Elsevier
It has long been claimed that a better understanding of human or social dimensions of
environmental issues will improve conservation. The social sciences are one important …

A spatial overview of the global importance of Indigenous lands for conservation

ST Garnett, ND Burgess, JE Fa… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Understanding the scale, location and nature conservation values of the lands over which
Indigenous Peoples exercise traditional rights is central to implementation of several global …

Locally based, regionally manifested, and globally relevant: Indigenous and local knowledge, values, and practices for nature

ES Brondízio, Y Aumeeruddy-Thomas… - Annual Review of …, 2021 - annualreviews.org
The knowledge, values, and practices of Indigenous peoples and local communities offer
ways to understand and better address social-environmental problems. The article reviews …

[BOOK][B] Sacred ecology

F Berkes - 2017 - taylorfrancis.com
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 …

Using perceptions as evidence to improve conservation and environmental management

NJ Bennett - Conservation biology, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
The conservation community is increasingly focusing on the monitoring and evaluation of
management, governance, ecological, and social considerations as part of a broader move …

Scientists' warning to humanity on threats to indigenous and local knowledge systems

Á Fernández-Llamazares, D Lepofsky… - Journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The knowledge systems and practices of Indigenous Peoples and local communities play
critical roles in safeguarding the biological and cultural diversity of our planet. Globalization …

Environmental stewardship: A conceptual review and analytical framework

NJ Bennett, TS Whitty, E Finkbeiner, J Pittman… - Environmental …, 2018 - Springer
There has been increasing attention to and investment in local environmental stewardship in
conservation and environmental management policies and programs globally. Yet …

[BOOK][B] Plants, people, and culture: the science of ethnobotany

MJ Balick, PA Cox - 2020 - taylorfrancis.com
Is it possible that plants have shaped the very trajectory of human cultures? Using riveting
stories of fieldwork in remote villages, two of the world's leading ethnobotanists argue that …

[HTML][HTML] Transformative governance of biodiversity: insights for sustainable development

IJ Visseren-Hamakers, J Razzaque, P McElwee… - Current Opinion in …, 2021 - Elsevier
While there is much debate on transformative change among academics and policymakers,
the discussion on how to govern such change is still in its infancy. This article argues that …