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Biocultural heritage (2),
Traditional resource rights (2),
Traditional knowledge (2),
Nagoya protocol (2),
Participation (2),
Community protocols (2),
Potato Park (2),
Biocultural community protocols (2),

 

How communities are protecting their biocultural resources with community protocols

02 Oct 2012  |  Biodiversity, Natural resource management, Participation
As delegates gather for the 11th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity this photostory looks at why two communities in India and Borneo have developed... ›

Making the Nagoya Protocol work at the community level

04 Jul 2012  |  Biodiversity, Natural resource management, Participation
Two safeguards for communities' rights to resources can help implement the Nagoya Protocol.

Community protocols can bring real benefits to communities and combat biodiversity loss

15 Mar 2012  |  Biodiversity, Food and agriculture, Participation
Indigenous people and local communities have received few benefits from the commercial use of the wealth of traditional crops and medicinal knowledge they have developed. Where agreements... ›

“Protecting and promoting the rights of indigenous people benefits us all”

09 Jun 2011  |  Biodiversity, Food and agriculture
These were Ban Ki-moon’s words at the opening of the annual meeting of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) in New York, 16th May 2011. He gave the example of indigenous... ›