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Community biocultural protocols: building mechanisms for access and benefit sharing among the communities of the Potato Park based on Quechua customary norms (detailed report)
… committed to the conservation of biocultural resources, associated knowledge, and indigenous rights, and undertook this research to further … the role of customary norms and institutions in the protection of traditional knowledge (TK) and resources. The development of a Biocultural Protocol, …
Publication, 01 March 2012
Peru's Inca capital slams door shut on biopirates
… Property Organization have failed to protect indigenous people's traditional knowledge and associated genetic resources from biopirates," says … Development, a long-term partner of Asociacion ANDES. "Biopiracy of traditional knowledge and associated native crops, medicinal plants and …
News, 14 January 2009
The logo of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
IIED at the Seventh Session of the Governing Body of FAO Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources
… the profound importance of biocultural heritage and indigenous knowledge  for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity. … Innovation for Resilience (SIFOR) project . This aimed to revitalise traditional knowledge-based – or 'biocultural' – innovation systems of smallholder …
Event, 30 October 2017
Crops float on water
Time to team up with nature to adapt to climate change
… led a series of events on NbS  that highlighted existing actions and knowledge on EbA , the importance of multi-stakeholder partnerships, indigenous people and communities’ knowledge, and the role of these groups in translating ambition and … and often only defence system against extreme weather events. Their traditional knowledge, coupled with science and research, is …
Insight, 26 September 2019
Drying beans
Community protocols can bring real benefits to communities and combat biodiversity loss
… have received few benefits from the commercial use of the wealth of traditional crops and medicinal knowledge they have developed. Where agreements have been established, … huge profits derived by companies. At the same time, biodiversity and traditional knowledge are being lost at an unprecedented rate.   …
Insight, 15 March 2012
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Protection of Collective Bio-Cultural Heritage and `Reverse' ABS
… 18.30, CBD COP 8, Curitiba, Brazil. Discussions on the protection of traditional knowledge have often emphasised the need for consistency with existing … Kenya, India and China to assist the protection of their rights over traditional knowledge in accordance with their customary laws and …
Publication, 01 March 2006
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IUCN World Conservation Congress 2012
… of workshops at the World Conservation Congress. Using Ecosystems and Traditional Knowledge to Help People Adapt to Climate Change: Building the Evidence … the emerging role of ecosystem-based adaptation, agrobiodiversity and traditional knowledge. Krystyna Swiderska and Dilys Roe, both Senior …
Event, 16 August 2012
Peruvian men and women on a mountainside, pouring water on the earth
Learning to value Mother Earth
… Farmers from the Quechua and Aymara communities in Peru shared their traditional knowledge and insights with researchers and scientists. Respecting the … be entered barefoot and perfumed with incense. Imagining the future A traditional Altiplano custom of remembering, imagining and dreaming to …
Article, 02 June 2013
The new Guardians of Diversity film documents a gathering of indigenous farmers from mountain communities around the world to exchange knowledge and ideas
Film documents visit to "Guardians of Diversity" in the Potato Park
News, 10 November 2014
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Community biocultural protocols: building mechanisms for access and benefit sharing among the communities of the Potato Park based on Quechua customary norms (summary report)
… committed to the conservation of biocultural resources, associated knowledge, and indigenous rights, and undertook this research to further … the role of customary norms and institutions in the protection of traditional knowledge (TK) and resources. The development of a Biocultural Protocol, …
Publication, 01 October 2011