Essays about: "biocultural refugia"
Found 3 essays containing the words biocultural refugia.
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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 naturgeografiAbstract : .... READ MORE
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2. Ordinary and Extraordinary : Heritage plants and their farmers
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : 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
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3. Olive trees of Sicily. A historical ecology
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historiaAbstract : 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