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Protecting and promoting traditional knowledge in India: what role for geographical indications?
… popularity globally as a tool for the protection and promotion of traditional knowledge. GIs specify the geographical origin of a product and link it … in India and seeks to explore the hypothesis that GIs can protect traditional knowledge and biocultural heritage. … Protecting and promoting traditional knowledge in India: what role for geographical indications? …
Publication, 01 May 2015
Informal settlement with torn-down houses on the edge of a body of water in Jakarta.
IPCC Seventh Assessment Report – more diverse participation and greater use of findings
Project, 23 October 2025
Representatives of communities from Peru, Bhutan, China, India, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Taiwan, Thailand, the Philippines and Papua New Guinea have formed an International network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (Photo: Lhab Tshering)
Indigenous mountain communities call on governments to support traditional knowledge-based adaptation
News, 18 June 2014
Protect and survive: customary safeguards, traditional knowledge
… In thousands of rural communities from Bolivia to Bangladesh, traditional knowledge makes up the living core of culture. Bound up with local … Its evolution over time and through shifting conditions ensures traditional practices are robust and adaptable to climate change. Such … Protect and survive: customary safeguards, traditional knowledge …
Article, 09 November 2009
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Protecting traditional knowledge from the grassroots up
… For indigenous peoples round the world, traditional knowledge based on natural resources such as medicinal herbs forms the … and outside interests eager to monopolise control over their traditional resources. Intellectual property rights such as patents, … Protecting traditional knowledge from the grassroots up …
Publication, 01 June 2009
Man bending down to look at a mangrove in a forest area.
From CBA19 to the global climate negotiations: nature must take centre stage
Insight, 12 August 2025
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Protecting traditional health knowledge in Kenya: the role of customary laws and practices
… There is a new policy framework on traditional medicine and medicinal plants in Kenya, and medicinal plants … part of a living culture among the Kenyan population. However, traditional health knowledge and healthcare is now facing significant threats. Given the … Protecting traditional health knowledge in Kenya: the role of customary laws and …
Publication, 01 October 2012
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Agrobiodiversity management by the Dayak tribe in Labian and Labian Irang villages in Indonesia
Publication, 17 December 2025
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Celebrating 20 years of promoting decoloniality: relaunching the biocultural heritage website
… Biocultural heritage is the interlinked traditional knowledge, biodiversity, landscapes,  cultural and spiritual values, … The concept reflects the holistic worldviews of many Indigenous and traditional peoples where biodiversity and culture are inextricably …
News, 04 July 2025
A group of women farmers, with their backs to the camera, bend over to plant on a sandy field.
Where to find IIED and partners at COP17: event listing
Event, 19 October 2026