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- Meeting review: SBSTTA 17
- This week in review … UNESCO organizes series of workshops on intangible cultural heritage
- Resource: Book on gender and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa
- Resource: Book on community action for conservation
- This week in review … B.C. First Nations to integrate TK in health-care programmes
Posted: 23 Oct 2013 04:20 AM PDT Seventeenth meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice Held immediately following the eighth meeting of the CBD Working Group on Article 8(j) (traditional knowledge), the seventeenth meeting of the CBD Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice (SBSTTA 17) convened from 14-18 October 2013 in Montreal, Canada. Featuring a new format aiming to enhance its scientific and technical focus, including panel presentations, delivery of statements and the convening of two Friends of the Chair drafting groups, SBSTTA 17 focused on the scientific and technical needs related to the implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and its Aichi targets, and its contribution to the intersessional process of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES). In the recommendation on scientific and technical needs related to the implementation of the Strategic Plan, SBSTTA identifies a number of key scientific and technical needs, including on better ways to draw on social sciences; better ways to include relevant traditional knowledge (TK) systems; and strengthening non-monetary valuation tools and methodologies for the maintenance of ecosystem functions. Specifically on TK, SBSTTA identified the need for better ways to include relevant indigenous and traditional knowledge systems and the collective actions of indigenous and local communities to complement scientific knowledge in support of the effective implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020, with the approval and involvement of the holders of such knowledge, innovations and practices. Furthermore, in the recommendation on IPBES, SBSTTA emphasized the role of TK systems and of intercultural and scientific dialogues; and the inclusion of a broad range of approaches, visions and models related to biodiversity conservation and sustainable use at multiple scales in IPBES work to complement information, tools and methodologies for policy making. Visit the meeting's webpage, including links to documents … View the meeting's in-session documents … Read the IISD Reporting Services daily and summary reports … |
This week in review … UNESCO organizes series of workshops on intangible cultural heritage Posted: 23 Oct 2013 04:19 AM PDT Cambodia and Samoa on the right track to safeguard their rich intangible cultural heritage APIA, SAMOA: A six-day community-based inventorying workshop organized from 21-26 October 2013 in Savaii Island, Samoa, is bringing together some 50 participants ranging from intangible cultural heritage custodians, traditional leaders, senior government officials, NGOs, community-based organizations etc. The workshop aims at enhancing the national capacity of Samoa, both in government institutions and in civil society, to safeguard its intangible cultural heritage on a long-term basis, particularly through the inventorying of intangible cultural heritage components, the active involvement of the communities concerned, and hands-on experience. At the same time, a workshop on the preparation of nomination files to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists is being held from 21-25 October 2013, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The event is the final of a series of three capacity-building events over the last 18 months aimed at the safeguarding of the manifestations of Cambodia's living heritage. It will provide training on how to prepare nomination files for the Urgent Safeguarding List and Representative List, as well as proposals for the Register of Best Practices and requests for international assistance. Read the release … Mauritania launches capacity-building activities to safeguard its living heritage RABAT, MOROCCO: As part of a larger project concerning Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia, the UNESCO Rabat Office is organizing its first training workshop on the implementation of the Convention on Intangible Cultural Heritage in Kaédi, Mauritania, from 22 to 26 October 2013. The primary aim of this first activity is to ensure that the key concepts of the Convention are well understood and integrated by the various stakeholders for the safeguarding of the living heritage of Mauritania; it will be followed by a series of other targeted activities over the next months. Read the release … Training on the use of the mechanisms of the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage, Santiago del Estero and Buenos Aires (Argentina) BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA: From 14 to 22 October 2013, capacity-building sessions on preparing nominations to the Lists of UNESCO's Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage take place in Argentina, first in Santiago del Estero, in the Gran Chaco Region, and then in Buenos Aires. At their end, about 70 participants, including government officials and members of non-governmental organizations involved in safeguarding cultural heritage from Argentina, but also from Paraguay and Uruguay, will have received theoretical and practical training on the nomination process understood as a planning process of community-based safeguarding measures. Further information … |
Resource: Book on gender and agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa Posted: 23 Oct 2013 04:17 AM PDT Transforming Gender Relations in Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa This book is the result of a process to better understand the role of gender in agriculture that was initiated by the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) in 2009, and then included a series of seminars and workshops. The book is organized under chapters on: developing empowerment pathways; transforming the enabling environment; capturing and using data on gender; household methodologies; community empowerment; land; value chains; 'climate-smart' agriculture and beyond; and conclusion. TK-related sections are included in several chapters. The chapter on community empowerment includes a case study on engaging traditional leadership for women's rights in Zambia; and the chapter on climate-smart agriculture addresses among other issues opportunities to tap into women's traditional knowledge to support climate change adaptation. Download the book or individual chapters [pdf] … |
Resource: Book on community action for conservation Posted: 23 Oct 2013 04:15 AM PDT Community Action for Conservation: Mexican Experiences This book addresses some of the critical issues facing community-based conservation by reflecting on specific cases within Mexico. Case studies presented focus on the concept of "biocultural diversity", which links linguistic, cultural, and biological diversity, as a central element of progressive conservation. In the Foreword, Janis Bristol Alcorn highlights the two keys for successful conservation in the country: Mexican willingness to appreciate and support local diversity, and an understanding that future national resilience depends on maintaining local, self-generated resilience within supportive national frameworks. The publication's collection of original stories and analyses of the Mexican experience with community-based conservation demonstrate possible outcomes when institutions respond flexibly to local conservation options that vary from place to place within the country. The book includes three sections. Section One provides a general approach to the context of community-based conservation in Mexico. Section Two presents examples and reflections on diverse community initiatives for conservation that range from ICCAs to co-managed areas, and discusses issues affecting local participation in conservation. Section Three explores methodological approaches to understanding and strengthening community-based conservation; the three chapters within this final section cover measuring participation by local communities, community-based biodiversity monitoring, and tools for understanding children's perceptions of community conservation. Purchase of the book or individual chapters can be made online. Authors can also disseminate electronic copies for professional non-commercial research and classroom use. For inquiries, please contact Susannah McCandless (susannah(at)global-diversity.org). Further information … |
This week in review … B.C. First Nations to integrate TK in health-care programmes Posted: 23 Oct 2013 04:13 AM PDT First Nations leaders hail deal that lets B.C. bands blend cultural and traditional knowledge with health-care programs VANCOUVER, CANADA: First Nations leaders celebrated a landmark health-care accord with the provincial and federal governments at a ceremony in Vancouver. The agreement — the first of its kind in Canada — allows B.C. aboriginal bands to incorporate cultural and traditional knowledge into health-care programs and services including community programs and addictions treatment. Read the article … |
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