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Key Documents archive results 1-11 of 11 in Agriculture & Environment and Indigenous knowledge
Guide on climate change and indigenous peoples
This guide, published by Tebtebba (Indigenous Peoples' International Centre for Policy Research and Education), outlines the expected impacts of climate change on indigenous peoples around the world, and showcases traditional methods of climate change mitigation and adaption. Following a basic...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: September 2008 | EN
Defining an intellectual property right on traditional medicinal knowledge: a process-oriented perspective
In this paper - which is targeted at national-level policy makers - the author explores the complex issue of traditional knowledge protection, and deems its protection to be necessary on utilitarian grounds. The author argues that attempts to define traditional knowledge (TK) should focus on...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: July 2003 | EN
AAAS Handbook on Intellectual Property and Traditional Knowledge
Realising that traditional knowledge holders stand outside the fold of intellectual property rights and are most often negatively affected by them, the AAAS has created a handbook that attempts to make intellectual property issues and protection options more understandable and readily available for...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: July 2003 | EN
Johannesburg Declaration on Biopiracy, Biodiversity and Community Rights
This declaration was presented at the Peoples Earth Summit, a parallel event to the World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) held in Johannesburg, South Africa from 26 August to 4 September 2002. The declaration was coordinated by the South African non-governmental organisation, Biowatch, and...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: September 2002 | EN
Marketing of indigenous medicinal plants in South Africa
In South Africa the demand for indigenous medicines and services is considerable compared with the demand for western health care services, and is growing due to population growth, poverty and beliefs. As a result, the demand for the popular plants used for indigenous medicines exceeds supply. ...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: 1998 | EN
Intellectual property for traditional knowledge on-line
This paper was presented by Anil K. Gupta, of the Honey Bee Network in India, at the Second WIPO International Conference on Electronic Commerce and Intellectual Property held in Geneva from 19-21 September 2001. For a large number of communities and knowledge experts, says Gupta, globalisation...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: September 2001 | EN
Farmers knowledge of soil fertility and local management strategies in Tigray, Ethiopia
The degradation of soils poses a major threat to crop production in many parts of sub-Saharan Africa. In order to improve integrated nutrient-management practices, researchers need access to farmersS knowledge and to understand their perceptions of soil fertility. A participatory survey was carried...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: February 2000 | EN
Traditional knowledge and intellectual property
This paper discusses a number of policy issues surrounding the protection of traditional knowledge (TK) that may be relevant to future negotiations or a deeper treatment of this issue in various international fora. The paper aims to: highlight various perspectives on the policy issues raised for...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: November 2001 | EN
Science and traditional knowledge
The World Conference on Science (organised by UNESCO in cooperation with ICSU and held in Budapest in 1999) called for broad collaboration between science and society to meet the challenges of the future. In particular, it noted that traditional and local knowledge systems can make a valuable...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: March 2002 | EN
Indigenous knowledge for development: opportunities and challenges
This paper is about the World BankSs RIndigenous Knowledge for Development ProgramS, which was launched in 1998. It reflects on the experiences of the initiative, and the steps that could be taken to help communities and governments to integrate IK into the development process. The paper concludes...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: January 2002 | EN
Indigenous knowledge for development: a framework for action
This paper has been prepared in the context of the World BankSs Indigenous Knowledge for Development Initiative, which intends to develop a global knowledge partnership (a network of public, private and not-for-profit organisations from both developed and developing countries). It highlights...
KEY DOCUMENT | Publication date: November 1998 | EN
