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UN talks must resolve key issues to ensure fair and sustainable use of biodiversity
… The protocol is meant to control access to genetic resources and traditional knowledge, and ensure that the benefits that arise from their use are … example, industrialised countries do not want the protocol to cover traditional knowledge that is already in the public domain," says …
News, 13 July 2010
Woman, wearing a hat and a basket on her back, picks vegetables
The unsung heroes for nature and climate
Insight, 07 December 2022
A group of people sit on the floor in a circle. A woman on her feet is reading from a paper. Some other people are no their feet and holding hands in the air.
Legal empowerment as action research
Insight, 11 January 2022
Mangroves (Blue Carbon) in the Lamu area, on the Indian Ocean coast of Kenya (Photo: Peter Prokosch)
IIED at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
Event, 01 September 2016
Cover for G01217.pdf
Elements for Sui Generis Systems: Collective Bio-Cultural Heritage and Customary Laws in Peru, Panama, India, China and Kenya
… meeting held January 2006. Notes on Protecting community rights over traditional knowledge; Customary law in the potato park, Peru; Knowledge systems of Yanadi; Protection of rice diversity. …
Publication, 01 January 2006
Cover for G01066.pdf
Peasant Seeds are the Way Forward for Africa's Food Sovereignty. Bamako Declaration February 2007
… the food & cultural sovereignty of each country,- and the ability of traditional seeds to nurture and guide food and farming future in ways … of the planet. The meeting reaffirmed conviction in the strength of traditional knowledge systems and respectful intercultural dialogue and called upon …
Publication, 01 February 2007
Brisetha Hendricks talking to conservancy members. As well as rhino, the Uibasen Twyfelfontein Conservancy has elephants, leopards, mountain zebras, kudu, gemsbok, ostrich, springbok, steenbok, duiker and klipspringer (Photo: Brisetha Hendricks)
Q&A: Community-based natural resource management is the future
… space with it. These communities have invaluable stores of indigenous knowledge, which is key in continued wildlife management efforts. … I have felt there are much more seasoned people, more experienced traditional women, perhaps, who can be leading this cause. I have learned there are traditional relationship dynamics that I have to respect and remain …
Article, 15 November 2018
Cover for G03511.pdf
New perspectives on climate resilient drylands development
… and public institutions, based on sound scientific evidence and traditional local knowledge and experience. In order that a reframed discourse on climate … and at the global level to better understand its content and the knowledge and information systems, the premises and evidence used in its …
Publication, 01 January 2013
Conversation between a woman with a notebook and a man, with trees in the background
The Nobel and poverty alleviation: "A slow deliberative process of discovery – no miracle cure"
… needs. Our particular experience in IIED over the last 50 years is of knowledge, actors, spaces, and making sure we convene dialogues that … enable on-the-ground realities to surface has allowed us to combine traditional knowledge and scientific knowledge to inform a collective approach to …
Insight, 23 October 2019
Dancing at the Dia de Los Muertos festival, which incessant rainfall spoiled in Mexico this year (Photo: Richard Cawood)
Winning entry of 'My Story' competition says extreme weather affects Mexican festivals
Insight, 06 December 2014