نتایج جستجو برای: based upon indigenous knowledge
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BACKGROUND Indigenous knowledge has become recognized worldwide not only because of its intrinsic value but also because it has a potential instrumental value to science and conservation. In Nepal, the indigenous knowledge of useful and medicinal plants has roots in the remote past. METHODS The present study reviews the indigenous knowledge and use of plant resources of the Nepal Himalayas al...
This report summarises our current knowledge of the New Zealand indigenous aphid fauna. Size of fauna. Based on present knowledge, estimates of the size of the New Zealand indigenous aphid fauna range from 12 to 16 species. Six indigenous species have been fully described and named. A further six species are almost certainly indigenous to New Zealand but have not been fully described. There is ...
BACKGROUND Biopiracy mainly focuses on the use of biological resources and/or knowledge of indigenous tribes or communities without allowing them to share the revenues generated out of economic exploitation or other non-monetary incentives associated with the resource/knowledge. METHODS Based on collaborations of scientists from five continents, we have created a communication platform to dis...
African libraries and Information centres are faced with a plethora of challenges in the documentation of indigenous knowledge. Among the challenges is the lack of legal frameworks at national and international level to support the library efforts. Financial, human capacity and technology shortages pose a challenge to the documentation of indigenous knowledge in many African countries. The fast...
OBJECTIVE To describe how Indigenous Peoples understand how to enhance use of their food systems to promote sustainability, as demonstrated in several food-based interventions. DESIGN Comments contributed by partners from case studies of Indigenous Peoples and their food systems attending an international meeting were implemented with public health interventions at the community level in nine...
Unintentional injuries are the leading cause of death in Canadian Indigenous children and youth, occurring at rates three to four times the national average. Death and disabling injuries not only devastate families and communities but take a heavy toll on health care resources. The lack of statistics, ongoing surveillance or injury prevention programs for Indigenous children and adolescents fur...
This paper describes an experimental system for knowledge acquisition based on a general framework exemplified in the game of twenty questions. A sequence of propositional questions is put to the user in an attempt to uncover some hidden concept, and the answers are used to expand and refine the system’s knowledge of the world. Previous systems adopting this framework typically represent knowle...
this study is aimed at an identification of farmers' knowledge level on soil and water issues, hardware and software requirements, and to characterize farmers' educational priorities in tehran, khuzestan, golestan, and mazandaran provinces. three pilot plans were selected and evaluated in each province. field survey was employed and the required data collected via personal interview w...
BACKGROUND This paper describes the methods, strategies and insights gained from a scoping study using a "Two-Eyed Seeing" approach. An evolving technique, Two-Eyed Seeing respects and integrates the strengths of Indigenous knowledge and Western sciences, often "weaving back and forth" between the two worldviews. The scoping study was used to inform a tool for measuring the impact of culturally...
Indigenous knowledge of wild and cultivated plant use is linked to local culture and history. It should be regarded as a body of knowledge that has continually developed over time without the outside assistance of formal science. Pakistan has 18 different types of ecological zones with a variety of habitat types like the coastal Mangrove forests, the desert subtropical foothills dry and moist a...
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