Local and indigenous knowledge is being transformed globally, particularly being eroded
when pertaining to ecology. In many parts of the world, rural and indigenous communities …

The need to recognize diverse actors, their knowledge and values is being widely promoted
as critical for sustainability in contemporary land use, natural resource management and …

Developed by leading authors in the field, this book offers a cohesive and definitive
theorisation of the concept of the'good farmer', integrating historical analysis, critique of …

The circulation of seed among farmers is central to agrobiodiversity conservation and
dynamics. Agrobiodiversity, the diversity of agricultural systems from genes to varieties and …

Environmental and political debate concerning the role of agriculture in sustainability has
long been on the agenda. However, owing to climate change, an analysis of the transition to …

Mountain social-ecological systems (SES) supply important ecosystem services that are
threatened by climate change. In mountain SES there is a paradox between high community …

Abandonment or change of traditional (pre-modern) management systems threaten semi-
natural grasslands worldwide. Understanding existing traditional grassland management …

Global environmental change (GEC) is an increasingly discussed phenomenon in the
scientific literature as evidence of its presence and impacts continues to grow. Yet, while the …

Abstract The European Union's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), being one of the
strongest drivers of agricultural land-use practices, has a substantial impact on biodiversity …

Over the last two dec-ades, traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) has gained increasing
attention as a source of information for environmental science, policy, and management …