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Ethnoecological perspectives on environmental stewardship: tenets and basis of reciprocity in Gitxsan and nłeʔkepmx (Nlaka'pamux) territories.

Published online: 22 May 2025

Authors: Armstrong, C. G. & Grenz, J. & Zyp-Loring, J. & Lafontaine, J. & Johnson, L. M. & Turner, N. J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Local and Indigenous Peoples steward and protect a significant proportion of biologically diverse ecosystems globally. This fact is increasingly ackno...

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Cultural keystone species as a tool for biocultural stewardship. A global review.

Published online: 22 May 2025

Authors: Mattalia, G. & McAlvay, A. & Teixidor-Toneu, I. & Lukawiecki, J. & Moola, F. & Asfaw, Z. & Cámara-Leret, R. & Díaz, S. & Franco, F. M. & Halpern, B. S. & O'Hara, C. & Renard, D. & Uprety, Y. & Wall, J. & Zafra-Calvo, N. & Reyes-García, V.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The cultural keystone species (CKS) concept (i.e. 'species that shape in a major way the cultural identity of a people' as defined by Garibaldi and Tu...

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Commons are cared for: coexistence between humans and wild birds on the island of Kihnu, Estonia.

Published online: 23 May 2025

Authors: Kalle, R. & Svanberg, I. & Leas, M. & Prakofjewa, J. & Sartori, M. & Danto, A. & Schiavone, A. & Pehlak, H. & Plaan, J. & Pieroni, A. & Sõukand, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Local knowledge is an essential dimension of humanity's relationship with the environment. Investigating the interdependence between humans and wild b...

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Changes in the users of the social-ecological system around a reciprocal human-dolphin relationship.

Published online: 22 May 2025

Authors: Cantor, M. & Santos-Silva, B. & Daura-Jorge, F. G. & Machado, A. M. S. & Peterson, D. & Da-Rosa, D. X. & Simões-Lopes, P. C. & Valle-Pereira, J. V. S. & Zank, S. & Hanazaki, N.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

In contrast to many contemporary negative human-nature relationships, Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities have stewarded nature through cultural ...

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Dynamic reciprocal contributions between indigenous communities and cultural keystone species: a study case in Western Ecuador.

Published online: 22 May 2025

Authors: Loayza, G. & Pozo, S. & Lascano, M. & Bilhaut, A. G. & Krainer, A. & Teixidor-Toneu, I. & Montúfar, R.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The reciprocal contributions concept provides a holistic approach to understanding management of natural resources in social-ecological systems. The p...

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Two lenses for exploring relationships between seabirds and fishers: unveiling reciprocal contributions.

Published online: 22 May 2025

Authors: Ojeda, J. & Morello, F. & Suazo, C. G. & Astorga-España, M. S. & Salomon, A. K. & Ban, N. C.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Reciprocal relationships between fishers and marine life have been documented in Indigenous fishing contexts, but there are few case studies that desc...

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No thanks: how an ideology of sharing, not reciprocating, ensures abundance in the forests of south-eastern Cameroon.

Published online: 22 May 2025

Authors: Hoyte, S. & Mangombe, F.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Reciprocity and relationality are themes which frequently emerge with respect to human-nature associations in Indigenous groups around the world. But ...

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The relevance of traditional knowledge for modern landscape management: comparing past and current herding practices in Mongolia.

Published online: 22 May 2025

Authors: Batdelger, G. & Oborny, B. & Batjav, B. & Molnár, Z.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) is increasingly acknowledged as key to sustainability and to the successful adaptation of local communities to ...

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Navigating human-plant reciprocity: commercial harvesting by professionals of a medicinal plant fosters multi-actor landscape management.

Published online: 21 May 2025

Authors: Locqueville, J. & McKey, D. & MacDonald, K. I. & Coq, S. & Caillon, S.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

Studies of human-nature relationships increasingly recognise not only nature's contributions to people but also the positive contributions of human pr...

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Reciprocal contributions: indigenous perspectives and voices on marine-coastal experiences in the channels of northern Patagonia, Chile.

Published online: 22 May 2025

Authors: Alvarez, R. & Caniullán, D. & Catín, J. & Cheuquenao, P. & Coñuecar, Y. & Diestre, F. & Jara, P. & Millatureo, N. & Vargas, D. & Ojeda, J.

Content type: Journal article

Journal title: People and Nature

The recovery of marine ecosystems in areas heavily impacted by fishing and environmental exploitation depends, to some extent, on the sustainable mana...

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