Essays about: "biocultural refugia"

Found 3 essays containing the words biocultural refugia.

1. 1. Protecting biocultural refugia? : Political ecology perspectives on sustainable food production in the context of two Swedish biosphere reserves

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi

   Author : Ella Hagberg; [2021]
   Keywords : biosphere reserve; food production; political ecology; biocultural refugia; biocultural diversity; biocultural heritage; traditional ecological knowledge;

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3. 2. Ordinary and Extraordinary : Heritage plants and their farmers

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Author : Rebecca Öhnfeldt; [2019]
   Keywords : Heritage plants; farming; agriculture; food security; biodiversity; plant and seed conservation; biocultural refugia; soil.;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how Swedish farmers, who have chosen to farm with heritage plant varieties, motivate their choices and how they as a result of their choices view themselves as farmers. This is investigated against present and future challenges regarding food security and the loss of agricultural biodiversity and biocultural heritage, which, in order to be faced, will require a wider range of plants in cultivation. READ MORE

4. 3. Olive trees of Sicily. A historical ecology

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

   Author : Vincenza Ferrara; [2016]
   Keywords : Olive trees; historical ecology; traditional ecological knowledge; resilience; biocultural refugia; Sicily.;

   Abstract : A multidisciplinary research methodology based on the combination of literature review and spatial analysis is presented as a contribution to the historical ecology of olive trees in Sicily (Italy). The thesis crosscuts time and space at different scales for a new epistemological approach to allow the olive trees to “talk”. READ MORE