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Scientists call for stewardship practices to be integrated into biodiversity conservation frameworks

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The article reports on a study published in BioScience that advocates for the integration of Indigenous and place-based stewardship practices into biodiversity conservation frameworks. The authors of the study argue that these practices have been systematically underrepresented in research and policy due to Eurocentric academic paradigms.

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“A new article in the journal BioScience argues that the stewardship practices of Indigenous Peoples and other place-based knowledge holders have been systematically underrepresented in both conservation research and international policy”
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The provided evidence contains general information about BioScience, environmental DNA, and indigenous peoples, but does not contain the specific article or argument regarding the systematic underrepresentation of stewardship practices in conservation research and policy.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Bioprospecting (also known as biodiversity prospecting) is the exploration of natural sources for small molecules, macromolecules and biochemical and genetic information that could be developed into c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioprospecting
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Robin Wall Kimmerer (born September 13, 1953) is a Potawatomi botanist, author, and the former director of the Center for Native Peoples and the Environment at the State University of New York College…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Wall_Kimmerer
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Taiwanese indigenous peoples, formerly called Taiwanese aborigines, are the indigenous peoples of Taiwan, with the nationally recognized subgroups numbering about 600,303 or 3% of the country's popula…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwanese_indigenous_peoples
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“The article, led by Giulia Mattalia and Irene Teixidor-Toneu, coauthored by 19 researchers spanning five continents, proposes a comprehensive framework identifying distinct biophysical stewardship practices, organized across three levels of ecological organization: target species, assemblages of species, and whole ecosystems.”
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Web search results identify Giulia Mattalia and Irene Teixidor-Toneu as authors of work related to stewardship and sustainable foraging, and a Google Scholar result mentions them in 'People and Nature, 2025'. However, the specific framework details (three levels of ecological organization) are not explicitly confirmed in the provided snippets.
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web search NEUTRAL — Multi-author review on autophagy: Guidelines for the use and interpretation of...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15548627.2020.1…
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web search NEUTRAL — Authors. Irene Teixidor-Toneu 1 , Giulia Mattalia 2 , Sophie Caillon 3 , Abdullah Abdullah 4 , Živa Fiser 5 , Pål Karlsen 6 , Shujaul Mulk Khan 7 , Anneleen Kool 8 , Gabriela Loayza 9 , Anna Porcuna-F…
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39971685/
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web search NEUTRAL — Add co-authorsCo-authors. Follow.G Mattalia, A McAlvay, I Teixidor‐Toneu, J Lukawiecki, F Moola, Z Asfaw, ... People and Nature, 2025.
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=HbDf384AAAAJ&hl=en
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“Across 242 articles surveyed, the authors identified 343 reports of stewardship practices directed toward nearly 1,000 cultural keystone species, alongside 1,652 reports of nature's contributions to people.”
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The evidence mentions 'Cultural Keystone Species' generally, but does not provide the specific numbers (242 articles, 343 reports, 1,652 reports) cited in the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Area codes 613, 343, and 753 are telephone area codes in the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) for Ottawa and surrounding Eastern Ontario, Canada. Area code 613 is one of the 86 original North Amer…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Vincent Logan Watkins (born August 29, 1989) is an American professional baseball coach and former infielder who is currently the manager for the Winnipeg Goldeyes of the American Association of Profe…
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“only half of CKS articles that document what nature provides to people also document what people provide to nature in return.”
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The provided evidence from 'Cultural keystone species as a tool for biocultural stewardship' explicitly states that 'only 34% of the documents reporting CKS contributions to people explicitly highlight the mutual connections', which contradicts the claim that 'only half' (50%) do so.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — If Only may refer to: If Only (2004 film), a film directed by Gil Junger If Only, English title for Sana Dati, a 2013 Philippine film If Only (2019 film), an Italian film If Only (TV series), an Arme…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In logic and related fields such as mathematics and philosophy, "if and only if" (often shortened as "iff") is paraphrased by the biconditional, a logical connective between statements. The biconditi…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_and_only_if
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Only or The Only may refer to:
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“The review spans case studies from Ecuador to Switzerland, Nepal to Canada”
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While a web search result mentions a May 2026 issue of BioScience, there is no evidence in the provided text listing the specific case studies from Ecuador, Switzerland, Nepal, and Canada.
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web search NEUTRAL — This May 2026 issue of BioScience is another diverse issue covering topics ranging from how personal perspectives may shape evolutionary behavior research to an attempt to bridge our increasingly silo…
https://academic.oup.com/bioscience
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web search NEUTRAL — May 21, 2024 · Bioscience is the branch of the sciences concerned with living organisms, from microorganisms to towering trees and gigantic whales. Within this incredibly broad branch of the sciences,…
https://www.allthescience.org/what-is-bioscience.htm
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · Biological sciences encompasses all the divisions of natural sciences examining various aspects of vital processes. The concept includes anatomy, physiology, cell biology, biochemistry an…
https://www.nature.com/subjects/biological-sciences
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“In North America, where 60% of all stewardship reports in the data set originate, burning alone accounts for 30% of the documented practices.”
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The evidence provided for North America consists of general Wikipedia entries and unrelated treasury reports; it does not contain the specific statistical data regarding stewardship reports or burning practices.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Enel North America is an American company headquartered in Andover, MA, United States. One of the renewable energy operators in North America, it was formed as a subsidiary of the global utility Enel …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enel_North_America
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of sovereign countries and dependent territories in North America, a continent that covers the landmass north of the Colombia-Panama border as well as the islands of the Caribb…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_sovereign_states_and_d…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — North America is a continent in the Northern and Western hemispheres. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Cari…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America
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“stewardship practices remain underacknowledged in instruments such as the Kunming–Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.”
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One source (ILDC) mentions that communities whose stewardship has sustained landscapes remain 'structurally invisible' in governance systems, which aligns with the claim of being underacknowledged, but it does not explicitly name the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework in that specific context (though the Framework is mentioned in other snippets).
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web search NEUTRAL — The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) was adopted during the fifteenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) following a four year consultation and negotiation process .
https://www.cbd.int/gbf
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web search NEUTRAL — The very communities whose generational stewardship has sustained these landscapes remain structurally invisible in the governance and financing systems designed to protect them. Less than 3% of globa…
https://www.ildc.co.in/ildc-2026-track-notes/from-rights-and…
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web search NEUTRAL — The global community has committed to protecting 30 percent of the world’s ocean by 2030 under the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, a landmark target that would require more than tripli…
https://coralvita.co/coral-cafe/marine-conservation-efforts/
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“Stewardship practices enhance nature's contributions to people, BioScience (2026). DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biag047”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions of the word 'article' and furniture websites; there is no evidence confirming the existence of the specific paper title, date (2026), or DOI.
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web search NEUTRAL — Browse Article's stylish catalog of contemporary, mid century & modern furniture from world renowned designers at accessible prices. Shop now!
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web search NEUTRAL — 4 days ago · The meaning of ARTICLE is a distinct often numbered section of a writing. How to use article in a sentence.
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web search NEUTRAL — The sentence ' Paris is the capital city of France' uses the definite article. With French nouns, like 'la maison', it's important to learn the article that goes with the noun.
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/article
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“Journal information: BioScience Provided by American Institute of Biological Sciences”
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