Traditional Knowledge Bulletin |
- This week in review … UN celebrates Indigenous Peoples' Day
- Resource: Indigenous voices in Asia-Pacific
- Resource: Updated ABS Management Tool
- This week in review … Radio and climate change in the Andes
- This week in review … Indigenous knowledge a big help in disaster forecast and management
- This week in review … Ecuador and Peru unite to fight biopiracy
This week in review … UN celebrates Indigenous Peoples' Day Posted: 14 Aug 2012 01:50 PM PDT UN highlights vital role of media in empowering world's indigenous people NEW YORK, USA: Marking the International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples, UN senior officials highlighted the key role played by the media in empowering indigenous people, stressing that traditional and new media are an essential component to help them preserve their cultures, participate in the social and political aspects of their societies and challenge stereotypes. UNESCO Director-General Irina Bokova stressed the importance of using indigenous media to integrate indigenous people to the sustainable development model. "At a time when debate has opened on the contours of a new global sustainability agenda, the voices of indigenous peoples must be heard," she said. "Their rights, cultures and the knowledge systems must be taken into account." Ms. Bokova emphasized that the media provide a way to fight isolation and discrimination, particularly for indigenous women, by providing them with a way to bolster their voices and promote changes in attitudes and social behaviour. The Special Rapporteur on the rights of indigenous peoples James Anaya stated that indigenous media can help reduce the marginalization and misinterpretation of indigenous voices, which has been detrimental to their attempts to secure and understanding of their rights within the broader societies in which they live. Read the release … Visit the SPFII webpage on the Day including links to all messages … Read the TK Bulletin post of 8 August 2012 … |
Resource: Indigenous voices in Asia-Pacific Posted: 14 Aug 2012 01:48 PM PDT Indigenous Voices in Asia-Pacific: Identifying the Information and Communication Needs of Indigenous Peoples Noting that approximately 70% of the world's 370 million indigenous peoples live in the Asia-Pacific region, the report presents five country assessments undertaken between 2009 and 2011 in Cambodia, Laos, Nepal, Indonesia and the Philippines. It contains country-specific recommendations and a regional strategy for improving indigenous peoples' access to information and communication avenues as a way of strengthening democratic governance, including in matters of indigenous peoples' participation in decision making and planning for sustainable development. Issues raised by indigenous peoples' groups during the country assessments included: the delineation of ancestral domains and sustainable development planning in these domains; dealing with environmental degradation; indigenous rights over forest resources and land; indigenous representation in local governance systems; and the recognition, preservation and maintenance of traditional institutions and systems that ensured community cohesion and participation. Download the report [pdf] … |
Resource: Updated ABS Management Tool Posted: 14 Aug 2012 01:45 PM PDT The ABS Management Tool The ABS Management Tool (ABS-MT) is a best practice standard and a handbook that provides voluntary guidance to the users and providers of genetic resources – a tool on ABS practice to help companies, researchers, indigenous and local communities, and governments to comply with the ABS requirements under the Convention on Biological Diversity, including the Bonn Guidelines and the Nagoya Protocol. It was first published in 2007. Produced with the support of the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, the updated ABS-MT accommodates new language of the Nagoya Protocol and assists the users and providers of genetic resources to apply current best practices. It also includes a new section providing guidance to the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity to prepare for the introduction and further implementation of the Nagoya Protocol; and serves as source material for capacity building on ABS to support the Nagoya Protocol. The updated ABS-MT contains several important revisions including: revised standards for access, benefit sharing, traditional knowledge, and conservation and sustainable use; the introduction of a new standard on compliance and an additional standard on technology transfer; supporting guidance on all 6 standards; and a stand-alone section that provides guidance to governments in consideration of their obligations and the opportunities available under the Nagoya Protocol. Download the updated ABS-MT [pdf] … |
This week in review … Radio and climate change in the Andes Posted: 14 Aug 2012 01:42 PM PDT International Indigenous Peoples Day: Radio and Climate Change in the Andes NAIROBI, KENYA: Contributed by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), this article draws attention to the radio broadcast popularly known as "Pachamamanchista Munakusun" (Nurturing Mother Earth), launched in February 2010 by the UN Joint Programme on environment and climate change under the Millennium Development Goals Achievement Fund and aiming to build awareness about climate change and adaptation measures. The show airs daily in Quechua, the local language, and Spanish to encourage families and farmers to identify local problems and propose ways for adapting to the new living conditions climate change brings. The broadcasts also motivate farmers to implement adaptation measures such as water harvesting, reforestation with native species, protection of biodiversity and prevention of forest fires and overgrazing. Read the article … |
This week in review … Indigenous knowledge a big help in disaster forecast and management Posted: 14 Aug 2012 01:39 PM PDT Indigenous knowledge a big help in disaster forecast, management ORISSA, INDIA: Authored on the occasion of the International Day of World's Indigenous People, this article focuses on the traditional knowledge of disaster forecast and management. Indigenous people were accustomed to be ever alert to special communication from nature and animals. While conventional science has never been able to adequately explain the phenomenon, every culture in the world has virtually reported observations of unusual natural events and animal behaviour prior to major upheavals like earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and tsunamis since the beginning of recorded history. Despite considerable scientific efforts to develop accurate prediction mechanisms, we are still essentially ignorant about when and where the next major disaster may strike. Read the article … |
This week in review … Ecuador and Peru unite to fight biopiracy Posted: 14 Aug 2012 01:34 PM PDT Ecuador y Perú unen fuerzas contra la biopiratería QUITO, ECUADOR: With the support of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) and the National Intellectual Property Institute of Peru (INDECOPI), Ecuador develops new legislation and establishes a national office to fight biopiracy, seeking to protect its genetic resources and traditional knowledge. Representatives of 35 indigenous communities and peoples living in Ecuador have participated in drafting the new legislation. Read the article [in Spanish] … |
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