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Indigenous Educators Contributions to Communication, Education and Public Awareness (CEPA) Work
IDLO, Natural Justice, SPDA, Association Andes and CESAGEN: presentation on the initiatives currently underway in Latin America, Africa and India on the issue of Commons. Topics covered: The work of CESAGEN and SPDA on ABS Commons; Association Andes on open source seed systems; and Natural Just ...
The Sami University College is leading a pilot project on documentation, protection and transmission of Sami traditional knowledge (TK). The use of a Sami concept of árbediehtu (árbi for ‘heritage; inheritance’, diehtu for ’knowledge’) allows to see TK both as information and as a process which ...
A seminar to explain and foster discussion about how bio-cultural community protocols can be used by communities to secure their rights under Article 8j
Synthetic Biology is the rational design and construction of new artificial lifeforms using synthetic DNA. It is rapidly becoming a key tool for the energy, chemical and pharmaceutical industry to cheaply transform sugar and cellulose into bulk chemicals, biofuels and other industrial compounds ...
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research Team in Aboriginal Antidiabetic Medicines (CIHR-TAAM) is a multidisciplinary group of university researchers indigenous community members and the health board of the Canadian James Bay Cree Territory devoted to evaluating the effectiveness of Indigenous ...
A presentation of the work of the Swedish national programme for local and traditional knowledge relevant to conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity.
Book Launching Indicators Relevant for Indigenous Peoples: A Resource Book; and Reports of International Technical Workshops.
Applying traditional knowledge and practices to sustainable forest management and recovery of species at risk. The event will showcase 2 Canadian examples of how Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge and customary practices are contributing to conservation planning and sustainable resource managemen ...
Geo-engineering refers to the intentional large scale manipulation of climate, oceans and soils in order to employ a quick technological fix to climate change. It includes proposals to pollute the upper atmosphere with nanoparticles, grow large patches of plankton in the oceans, bury charcoal in ...
In decision IX/13, the Conference of the Parties requested the Executive Secretary to provide advice to the Working Group on how Article 10(c) may be further advanced and implemented as a priority. Representatives of indigenous peoples and traditional resource users from Bangladesh, Cameroon, ...
The NWT Protected Areas Strategy (PAS) outlines a community-based process to establish a network of protected areas across the NWT. It promotes a sound approach to land use decision-making by including the best available traditional, ecological, cultural, and economic knowledge. The goals of t ...