[HTML][HTML] Physical, ecological and human dimensions of environmental change in Brazil's Pantanal wetland: Synthesis and research agenda

C Schulz, BS Whitney, OC Rossetto, DM Neves… - Science of the Total …, 2019 - Elsevier
The Pantanal is the world's largest freshwater wetland, located in the geographical centre of
South America. It is relatively well conserved, and features unique landscapes, ecosystems …

The use of semi-structured interviews for the characterisation of farmer irrigation practices

J O'Keeffe, W Buytaert, A Mijic… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2016 - hess.copernicus.org
For the development of sustainable and realistic water security, generating information on
the behaviours, characteristics, and drivers of users, as well as on the resource itself, is …

Fish die-off in river and reservoir: A review on anoxia and gas supersaturation

AA Agostinho, DC Alves, LC Gomes, RM Dias… - Neotropical …, 2021 - SciELO Brasil
Albeit massive fish mortality has an extraordinary visual impact and is certainly a fatality, we
still have rudimentary understanding on how addressing this problem in the Neotropical …

Herder perceptions on impacts of range enclosures, crop farming, fire ban and bush encroachment on the rangelands of Borana, Southern Ethiopia

A Angassa, G Oba - Human ecology, 2008 - Springer
This study focuses on community-based knowledge to analyze the impacts of range
enclosures, crop farming, fire suppression and bush encroachment on the communal …

A monitoring, reporting and verification system for low carbon agriculture: A case study from Brazil

B Perosa, P Newton, RFB da Silva - Environmental Science & Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
Low carbon agricultural techniques, which aim to reduce agricultural emissions without
compromising productivity, are being widely adopted as one strategy to promote more …

Fishers' knowledge identifies environmental changes and fish abundance trends in impounded tropical rivers

G Hallwass, PF Lopes, AA Juras… - Ecological …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
The long‐term impacts of large hydroelectric dams on small‐scale fisheries in tropical rivers
are poorly known. A promising way to investigate such impacts is to compare and integrate …

Participatory action research and environmental learning: implications for resilient forests and communities

HL Ballard, JM Belsky - Environmental Education Research, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
How can a participatory approach to research promote environmental learning and enhance
social–ecological systems resilience? Participatory action research (PAR) is an approach to …

Fish behaviour from fishers' knowledge: the case study of tropical tuna around drifting fish aggregating devices (DFADs)

G Moreno, L Dagorn, G Sancho… - Canadian Journal of …, 2007 - cdnsciencepub.com
La pêche thonière tropicale à la senne coulissante est l'une des pêches commerciales les
plus avancées technologiquement au monde. Le but de notre travail est d'utiliser les …

Applying local knowledge: the contribution of oral history to wetland rehabilitation at Kanyapella Basin, Australia

HA Robertson, TK McGee - Journal of environmental management, 2003 - Elsevier
Local knowledge of the history and ecology of wetland ecosystems can be a valuable
resource in wetland rehabilitation projects. This is especially the case when other historical …

Integration of local ecological knowledge and conventional science: a study of seven community-based forestry organizations in the USA

HL Ballard, ME Fernandez-Gimenez, VE Sturtevant - Ecology and society, 2008 - JSTOR
Natural resource management decisions can be based on incomplete knowledge when they
lack scientific research, monitoring, and assessment and/or simultaneously fail to draw on …