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Indigenous knowledge on climate change adaptation: a global evidence map of academic literature by Petzold, Jan, Andrews, Nadine, Ford, James D, Hedemann, Christopher, Postigo, Julio C

“…There is emerging evidence of the important role of indigenous knowledge for climate change adaptation. The necessity to consider different knowledge systems…”
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The Sociocultural Construction of Soil Among Communities of the Bolivian Altiplano: Potential for Supporting Transitions to Sustainability by Postigo, Julio C., Laura Valdez, Sonia

“…The health of soil, a fundamental resource for life on Earth, is severely compromised by global environmental change. Evidence shows that the knowledge of…”
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Mountain Pastoralism in the Eastern Hindu Kush: The Case of Lotkuh Valley, Pakistan by Ahmad, Zahir, Postigo, Julio C, Rahman, Fazlur, Dittmann, Andreas

“…Pastoral social-ecological systems worldwide are threatened by environmental, climatic, and socioeconomic changes. The magnitude of these threats and their…”
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A Conceptual Model for Rehabilitation of Puna Grassland Social–Ecological Systems by Mendoza-Ato, Angela, Postigo, Julio C., Choquehuayta-A, Geydi, Diaz, Renny Daniel

“…The impacts of both climate change and socioeconomic processes are driving the degradation of mountains and the ecological services they provide worldwide. In…”
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Preparing for a diminished cryosphere by Postigo, Julio C., Young, Kenneth R.

“…The global implications of a rapidly diminishing Cryosphere urge a human-centered framework to address the sustainability and equity concerns arising from…”
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Adaptive Responses and Resilience of Small Livestock Producers to Climate Variability in the Cruz Verde-Sumapaz Páramo, Colombia by Postigo, Julio C., Guáqueta-Solórzano, Victoria-Eugenia, Castañeda, Edna, Ortiz-Guerrero, Cesar Enrique

“…Enhanced anthropogenic climatic variability challenges small farmers. In the Sumapaz páramo (Colombia), higher irregularity in precipitation and temperature…”
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Focus Issue: Pastoralism and Rangelands in Mountains by Azevedo, João C, Clark, V. Ralph, Millar, Joanne, Mukwada, Geofrey, Postigo, Julio C, Wurzinger, Maria, Mathez-Stiefel, Sarah-Lan

“…Mountain rangelands (open grasslands, mixed forest meadows, closed forests, and alpine lakes and wetlands) play vital roles for humans, supporting livestock…”
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Navigating capitalist expansion and climate change in pastoral social-ecological systems: impacts, vulnerability and decision-making by Postigo, Julio C

“…•Climate change and capitalism may render pastoral social-ecological systems extinct.•Pastoral institutions mediate decision-making and are crucial to adaptive…”
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Animal agriculturalists by Postigo, Julio C, Strassmann, Joan E

“…There is much to learn from the farming practices of ants, termites, and other insects…”
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Animal agriculturalists The Convergent Evolution of Agriculture in Humans and Insects Ted R. Schultz, Richard Gawne, Peter N. Peregrine, Eds. MIT Press, 2022. 338 pp by Postigo, Julio C, Strassmann, Joan E

“…There is much to learn from the farming practices of ants, termites, and other insects…”
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The impacts of United States politics on the Arctic wilderness in Alaska by Bennett, McKenzie, Postigo, Julio C.

“…The Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR or the Refuge) has been at the core of the conservation-development debate in the U.S. for over fifty years. The…”
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Agroecology as a transformative approach to tackle climatic, food, and ecosystemic crises by Bezner Kerr, Rachel, Postigo, Julio C, Smith, Pete, Cowie, Annette, Singh, Pramod K, Rivera-Ferre, Marta, Tirado-von der Pahlen, Maria Cristina, Campbell, Donovan, Neufeldt, Henry

“…Agroecology (AE) has been proposed as a transformative approach to climate change mitigation and adaptation that reduces climate risk while supporting…”
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Bridging past and future to address water stress by Postigo, Julio C.

“…The long-term role of mountains as water providers to lowlands is threatened by shrinking glaciers due to anthropogenic climate change. Modelling this…”
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Indigenous perceptions and adaptive responses to the impacts of climate variability in the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia by Guáqueta-Solórzano, Victoria-Eugenia, Postigo, Julio C.

“…The exposure, risks, and impacts of climatic changes are most acute for marginalized and disenfranchised groups, particularly Indigenous Peoples. Worldwide,…”
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Change and Continuity in a Pastoralist Community in the High Peruvian Andes by Postigo, Julio C., Young, Kenneth R., Crews, Kelley A.

“…Pastoralists of the high Andes Mountains raise mixed herds of camelids and sheep. This study evaluates the land use of herdsmen who are confronted by both…”
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Animal agriculturalistsThe Convergent Evolution of Agriculture in Humans and Insects Ted R. Schultz, Richard Gawne, Peter N. Peregrine, Eds. MIT Press, 2022. 338 pp by Postigo, Julio C, Strassmann, Joan E

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