Contributed by Edmond Dounias UMR5175 Center for Functional and Evolutionary Ecology, France Funded by the French Foundation for Biodiversity Research (Fondation pour la Recherche sur la Biodiversité, FRB), Sentimiel — a play of word with ‘sentinel’, ‘miel’ being the French term for ‘honey’ — is a citizen science operation with the twin aims of i) constructing a network of cooperative initiatives around traditional...
Submitted by Eraldo Medeiros Costa Neto* and Rodrigo Gurgel Gonçalves1 The American trypanosomiasis, or Chagas disease, is an endemic zoonosis in the Americas and its etiologic agent is the haemoflagellate parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, which is transmitted by feces of blood-sucking insects of the subfamily Triatominae (Hemiptera, Reduviidae). The total prevalence of Chagas disease was reduced from >16 million to 8 million people, estimated in...
Contributed by Kierin Mackenzie and Dr. Piers Locke Humans and elephants co-evolved in Africa from earlier species. Humans have always lived alongside these amazing beings, and we share much in common with them. Both elephant and human young take a long time to mature. Both share complex social networks. Both communicate in a myriad of ways with fellow species members. Both mourn their dead. As with humans, elephant behaviour varies through time...
After 20 years of existence, including a recent phase of organizational growth and capacity-building, the International Society of Ethnobiology (ISE) initiated a self-reflective exercise in 2008 to assess the Society's effectiveness and explore ways to continue to support the revitalization of the planet's biological and cultural diversity. As part of this larger exercise, a 3-day retreat was held in Tofino, Canada in 2009. Perspectives and...
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