Biocultural Refugia: Combating the Erosion of Diversity in Landscapes of Food Production

There is urgent need to both reduce the rate of biodiversity loss caused by industrialized agriculture and feed more people. The aim of this paper is to highlight the role of places that harbor traditional ecological knowledge, artifacts, and methods when preserving biodiversity and ecosystem servic...

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Main Authors: Stephan Barthel, Carole L. Crumley, Uno Svedin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Resilience Alliance 2013-12-01
Series:Ecology and Society
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Online Access:http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol18/iss4/art71/