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Banishing the biopirates: a new approach to protecting traditional knowledge
… The livelihoods of indigenous peoples and the conservation of biodiversity worldwide depend on … traditional knowledge of the use and functioning of biological and natural resources. This traditional knowledge (TK) has helped develop …
Publication, 01 December 2006
Picture of students and speakers attending Fair Ideas.
Students on Fair Ideas and the future they want
… parameters. This weekend, I learned how some businesses work with indigenous people without causing danger to their way of life, … respecting their culture and bringing sustainable development to the indigenous community. However, challenges remain given the cultural … and wrong economic growth can dramatically change the indigenous peoples’ way of life." Alexandr Zhemchuzhnikov, 26, Civil Engineering, …
Insight, 10 July 2012
A great ape (Photo: Noodlefish)
Linking ape conservation with economic development and social justice
… network of people who work in conservation, development and indigenous/community rights that promotes learning on the links between …
Project, 16 August 2013
"A masterpiece of the world's intangible heritage", bark cloth is processed to be used in fashion, accessories, house wares, interior design, and other forms of art (Photo: David Nkwanga)
Field visits to highlight community-based adaptation in Uganda
… off intense and steady heat Conserving medicinal plants and using indigenous knowledge In Uganda, plant resources play a central role in the livelihoods of rural communities … of the world's intangible heritage" and recognised as a unique indigenous textile production craft by UNESCO . To make bark cloth, the …
Insight, 25 April 2017
A community forest in Ethiopia.Credit: Growing Forest Partnerships
Local control of forests brings economic, environmental and social gains
… Community Forestry joined forces with the International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of the Tropical Forest and the International Family Forestry … clear" Download the book: Investing in locally controlled forestry: natural protection for people and planet …
News, 13 June 2012
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Policy That Works For Biodiversity and Poverty Reduction: The ANDES Community Initiative Component of the Scoping Study on Biodiversity Governance in Peru
… With 84 lifezones and 11 natural ecoregions, Peru is one of the most biodiverse countries in the … poverty—are persistently high. Considering that many of the poorest indigenous people depend on biodiversity resources for employment, income, agriculture, food, medicines, …
Publication, 01 July 2005
While one of the objectives of the 2014 World Day to Combat Desertification is to strengthen the visibility of the drylands on the international environmental agenda, much more is needed (Photo: Marie Monimart)
Celebrating the drylands
Insight, 17 June 2014
The rugged coastline of Jeju Island, South Korea, where the World Conservation Congress is being held.
IUCN World Conservation Congress begins
… member governments and businesses, social movements, scientists and indigenous peoples. It makes for a lively, argumentative event. But we’re not there … minds on what must be done. We need to remember why we’re there. The natural world and the species we share it with face threats whose scale … Natural resource management …
Insight, 06 September 2012
Images of indigenous biocultural heritage territories are profiled in a new photofilm (Photo: IIED)
New photofilm profiles biocultural heritage territories
… of endogenous development and biodiversity conservation, based on indigenous and traditional land tenure, production systems and cultural … backbone of local economies and are critical repositories of genetic resources for food and agriculture and climate adaptation.  The film … for biocultural heritage territories, which are born of indigenous peoples' memories and experiences, worldviews and spiritual values, …
News, 11 November 2014
Protect and survive: customary safeguards, traditional knowledge
Article, 09 November 2009