Traditional Knowledge Bulletin |
- This week in review … UNU-IAS TKI launches video series on TK and climate science
- Resource: UNIPP Strategic Framework 2011-2015 and brochure
- Funding opportunity: 2013 call for proposals under the Trust Fund for the Second Decade
- Resource: Book on indigenous peoples' innovation
- Vacancy announcement: WIPO IGC coordinator
- Resource: Publication on community-based natural resource management and adaptation to climate change
This week in review … UNU-IAS TKI launches video series on TK and climate science Posted: 22 Aug 2012 03:58 AM PDT Video Series on TK & Climate Science DARWIN, AUSTRALIA: Launched by the UNU-IAS Traditional Knowledge Initiative, this video series focuses on some of the key links between traditional knowledge and science regarding climate change. Relevant topics include: land use and adaptation; energy; and REDD+. Read the news release … Watch the video on land use and adaptation … Watch the video on energy … Watch the video on REDD+ … |
Resource: UNIPP Strategic Framework 2011-2015 and brochure Posted: 22 Aug 2012 03:56 AM PDT United Nations Indigenous Peoples' Partnership (UNIPP): Strategic Framework 2011-2015 United Nations Indigenous Peoples' Partnership (UNIPP): Delivering as One UN at the country level in partnership with indigenous peoples The UN Indigenous Peoples' Partnership (UNIPP) five-year strategic framework outlines UNIPP's thematic areas of focus for the realization of indigenous peoples' rights, including: legislative review and reform; democratic governance and strengthening of indigenous peoples' institutions; access to justice, and the recognition and strengthening of indigenous customary law and justice systems; access to land and ancestral territories; conflict prevention, consultation, participation, benefit-sharing and dispute resolution around ancestral land and use of natural resources, also in the context of extractive industries; and access to education and health. UNIPP seeks to further these themes through: capacity development; establishment or strengthening of consultative and participatory mechanisms; plans to carry out capacity development; support of pilot initiatives and countries; and support of knowledge networks and sharing of important experiences. The UNIPP brochure describes the genesis, governance and guiding principles of UNIPP and its Multi-Partner Trust Fund, highlighting the initiative as a response to UNDRIP Article 41, which calls on the UN system to contribute to the full realization of indigenous peoples' rights through the mobilization of financial cooperation and technical assistance. Download the UNIPP strategic framework [pdf] … Download the UNIPP brochure [pdf] … |
Funding opportunity: 2013 call for proposals under the Trust Fund for the Second Decade Posted: 22 Aug 2012 03:53 AM PDT Trust Fund 2013 Call for Proposals Applications for grants under the Small Grants Programme under the Second Decade are accepted until 1 October 2012 and are to be submitted to indigenousfund(at)un.org. Use of the SPFII application form is mandatory. The Fund will give priority to projects that focus on the areas of health (physical and mental well-being) and education (such as language revitalization) with regard to indigenous peoples. The proposals will be assessed by the Bureau of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in May 2013 and successful applicants will receive notice thereafter. Further information including links to general guidelines and application forms … |
Resource: Book on indigenous peoples' innovation Posted: 22 Aug 2012 03:51 AM PDT Indigenous Peoples' Innovation: Intellectual Property Pathways to Development This book analyses the relationship between intellectual property and indigenous innovation. The contributors come from different disciplinary backgrounds including law, ethnobotany and science. Drawing on examples from Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands, each chapter explores the possibilities and limits of intellectual property when it comes to supporting innovation by indigenous peoples. The preface is by Antony Taubman, Director of the WTO Intellectual Property Division. The book includes the following chapters, which were first presented at the conference "Intellectual Property, Trade and the Knowledge Assets of Indigenous Peoples: The Developmental Frontier" in December 2010: § Indigenous Peoples' Innovation and Intellectual Property: The Issues § Ancient but New: Developing Locally Driven Enterprises § Based on Traditional Medicines in Kuuku I'yu Northern Kaanju Homelands, Cape York, Queensland, Australia § 'It would be good to know where our food goes': Information Equals Power? § Biopiracy and the Innovations of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities § Indigenous Cultural Heritage and Fair Trade: Voluntary Certification Standards in the Light of WIPO and WTO Law and Policy-making § Traditional Innovation and the Ongoing Debate on the Protection of Geographical Indications § The Branding of Traditional Cultural Expressions: To Whose Benefit? § The Pacific Solution: The European Union's Intellectual Property Rights Activism in Australia's and New Zealand's Sphere of Influence § Do You Want it Gift Wrapped?: Protecting Traditional Knowledge in the Pacific Island Countries. Download the book or individual chapters … |
Vacancy announcement: WIPO IGC coordinator Posted: 22 Aug 2012 03:48 AM PDT Coordinator, Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore The Traditional Knowledge Division of the World Intellectual Property Organization seeks a professional to join its team and undertake a series of tasks related to planning, coordinating and organizing IGC sessions and related meetings. This is a temporary appointment of six to 12 months, with possibility of extension. The deadline for applications is 11 September 2012. Further information, including link to online application system … |
Resource: Publication on community-based natural resource management and adaptation to climate change Posted: 22 Aug 2012 03:47 AM PDT Building climate change adaptation on community experiences: lessons from community-based natural resource management in southern Africa This publication looks at how community-based natural resource management (CBNRM) can inform and contribute to community-based adaptation (CBA) to climate change. It provides a framework for analysing the two approaches at conceptual and practical levels. Using case studies from southern Africa, the publication demonstrates the synergies between CBA and CBNRM, most important of which are the adaptation co-benefits between the two. The overall conclusion of this paper is that CBNRM and CBA can build on their respective synergies, with the experiences from CBNRM providing a strong basis for building a strong CBA foundation, underpinned by principles that enhance community adaptive capacity such as sustainable livelihoods, community incentives, devolution of responsibility to the local levels and community proprietorship. Among the lessons learnt, it is noted that CBA is highly dependent on community-led knowledge and systems in devising appropriate adaptation actions. Such knowledge is, in turn, dependent on the willingness of the community to exchange and share experiences of traditional knowledge and practices. It is therefore imperative for traditional institutional structures to be included in any CBA project institution in order to facilitate such knowledge sharing. Download the report [pdf] … |
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