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Showing 1 to 16 of 16 for “"Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK)"”.
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Ecological Knowledge Center, Amazon
This thesis examines the relationship between the Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) of Amazonian communities and their sustainable indigenous architecture. Over centuries, these communities have profoundly influenced the Amazon rainforests through their distinctive lifestyles, cultural …
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Integrating Traditional Ecological Knowledge with Modern Day Ecosystem Management and Restoration Practices
<p>Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) is a fairly new area of research that can supplement science research and modern day ecosystem management practices. Indigenous cultures and local communities have been using and passing on TEK in forestry, agricultural, and aquaculture/marine ecosystem …
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Formal education and traditional ecological knowledge transmission in Samburu, Kenya: research and revitalization
There is increasing concern that the traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of indigenous communities is eroding due to globalization. Such erosion is seen as a threat to both the cultural continuity of indigenous societies and their ability to sustainably manage their natural resources. As in …
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Defining Biodiversity: A Local Assessment of the Tahuayo River, Peru Using Self-directed Photography
… a subsistence lifestyle possess sophisticated Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) that can be used to identify which constituents of biodiversity are culturally relevant. This information can help resource managers develop an operational definition of biodiversity. Self-directed photography …
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THE IMPACT OF SEA-LEVEL RISE ON COASTAL WETLANDS USING IN-SITU MESOCOSM EXPERIMENTS, LANDSCAPE MODELING, AND TRADITIONAL ECOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE MAPPING
… in comparison to vulnerability assessments from traditional ecological knowledge (TEK). By integrating the biophysical model predictions with land-based, generational assessments, I highlighted vulnerable areas to sea-level rise while including the tribe’s sustainability goals, producing a …
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Coping With Neighbors & other entanglements
… are situated at two moments along a spectrum of knowledge production and land perspectives. The former approach the land from a top-down perspective that foregrounds the land's static, immediate utility. The latter is derived from traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) embedded in the land, which …
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Exploring Youth-TEK Linkages in the New Rurality
Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) is an adaptive system of knowledge maintained through cultural transmission among and between generations. TEK adaptations can be important for enabling communities to respond to socio-ecological change. Currently, emphasis has been given to the …
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As We Move Ahead Together: Foregrounding Reconciliating and Renewed First Nation/ Non-Aboriginal Relations in Environmental Management and Research
… served as an opportunity for co-producing knowledge on this subject across cultures and worldviews, and as an effort to build towards our shared aspiration of learning how distinct, yet inextricably linked, First Nations/non-Aboriginal understandings, approaches and worldviews can come …
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Geospatial Technology/Traditional Ecological Knowledge-Derived Information Tools for the Enhancement of Coastal Restoration Decision Support Processes
… of integrating geospatial technology with traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) of an indigenous Louisiana coastal population in order to assess the impacts of current and historical ecosystem change to community viability. The primary goal was to provide resource managers with a …
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The perceptions of climate change among subsistence fishers in Paternoster, South Africa
… resilience by making use of intergenerational traditional knowledge and relying on their strong sense of community. Younger generations, however, put traditional ecological knowledge at risk because they migrate from fishing communities and seek alternative forms of income due to environmental …
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Archipelagoes of Aftermaths: Survivance, Imperialism, and Climate Change in New Orleans, Puerto Rico, and Hawai´i
… this dissertation asks: What forms of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) have been developed and sustained by Afro-Indigenous people in coastal and island communities, governed by U.S. policy, to prepare for and survive climate-related disasters? I engage the wisdom of plantcestors …
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Assessing cumulative human impacts on northern woodland caribou with traditional ecological knowledge and resource selection functions
… and recovery planning. The incorporation of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) with Western science could improve efficiency of management decisions and enhance the validity and robustness of ecological inferences. Therefore, we evaluated how well RSF and TEK habitat models predicted …
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Assessing cumulative human impacts on northern woodland caribou with traditional ecological knowledge and resource selection functions
… and recovery planning. The incorporation of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) with Western science could improve efficiency of management decisions and enhance the validity and robustness of ecological inferences. Therefore, we evaluated how well RSF and TEK habitat models predicted …
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Through an Indigenous Lens Food Security is Food Sovereignty: Case studies of Maori of Aotearoa New Zealand and Andeans people of Peru
… study and analysis of two Indigenous1 knowledge systems: Andean/Quechua2 people of Peru and Māori3 of Aotearoa - New Zealand. This study takes a novel approach by using the Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) theory to examine the good-living philosophies of Allin Kawsay in Peru and …
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Water as Pedagogy
… catastrophic climate change, Indigenous womxn’s knowledges regarding sustainability and ecological justice need to be foregrounded, upheld, respected, and valued. My research question is accountable to these knowledges and examines how water is a teacher for me. This work is also rooted in …