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Theme: Local rights, values and knowledge systems

Protecting Community Rights over Traditional Knowledge

Emerging Case Study Findings and Recommendations

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CONTENTS

SIDE 1- KEY FINDINGS & RECOMMENDATIONS

• Project Summary - page 1

• Recommendations for Sui Generis Systems and ABS Regimes - page 3

• Protecting Collective Bio-Cultural Heritage - page 5

• Customary Laws for TK Protection and ABS - page 7

SIDE 2 - CASE STUDIES

• Peru - Customary Law in the Potato Park, Pisaq - page 9

• Panama - Kuna and Embera of Coastal Forests - page 11

• Kenya - Maasai Pastoralists of the Rift Valley - page 13

• Kenya - Mijikenda of Coastal Forests - page 15

• India - Yanadi Tribals of Andhra Pradesh - page 17

• India - Indigenous Lepchas of the Eastern Himalayas - page 19

• India - Indigenous Farmers of Chattisgarh - page 21

• China - Indigenous Farmers of Guangxi - page 23

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