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Policy Briefs archive results 1-2 of 2 in Agriculture & Environment and Indigenous knowledge

Looking after local interests in protected areas

Involving local communities in biodiversity protection from the outset can boost both conservation and empowerment of local people.

POLICY BRIEF | 27 March 2009 | EN

Global legislation on indigenous knowledge

Recent years have seen rising interest in the commercial exploitation of indigenous knowledge. But there are serious concerns over who benefits from this knowledge. Anju Sharma puts this debate into context by describing how the issue is being played out at the global level.

POLICY BRIEF | 1 March 2004 | EN | 中文

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Missed the Global Health Forum 2009?

Our blog, by SciDev.Net columnist Priya Shetty, will fill you in, as will our interview with the Global Forum's Gill Samuels

Grain strain

Can China harness new growing techniques to combat climate change around the Yangtze?

Potato battles

South Africa's Agricultural Research Council is challenging the government's ban on a disease-resistant GM potato

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