Traditional Knowledge Bulletin |
- Meeting prep: TKI workshop at the IUCN World Conservation Congress
- This week in review … FFP and JOAS publish technical briefing on indigenous peoples and the Green Climate Fund
- Resource: SANBio Guidelines on Traditional Knowledge and Plant Genetic Resources Guidelines
- This week in review … Article on traditional ecological knowledge in Europe
- This week in review … Peru grants certificates to protect TK
- Resource: Article on the Hani Rice Terraces in Yunnan, China
Meeting prep: TKI workshop at the IUCN World Conservation Congress Posted: 29 Aug 2012 01:40 AM PDT Workshop on Sustainable Marine and Coastal Resource Management in the Asia-Pacific in the Context of International Conservation Targets Convened by the UNU-IAS Traditional Knowledge Initiative, in conjunction with Birdlife International, Center for Regional Sustainability Initiatives (CRESI), Sophia University (Japan), Ministry of Environment (Japan), University of Victoria (Canada) and North Australia Indigenous Land and Sea Management Alliance (NAILSMA), this workshop will explore how bottom-up, community-based and co-management approaches utilizing local and indigenous knowledge and other means can contribute to meeting international biodiversity targets, including Aichi Biodiversity Targets 6 and 11 on sustainable fisheries, marine protected areas (MPA) and area-based conservation. The workshop will also explore how traditional and blended management systems have been scaled up and combined with MPA approaches, and how they can enhance the resilience of ecosystems and coastal communities, including their ability to adapt to change. In exploring these themes, the workshop will focus on linkages between sustainable use and conservation, as well as cultural connectivity of area-based management across the Asia-Pacific. Read the UNU-IAS TKI release … |
This week in review … FFP and JOAS publish technical briefing on indigenous peoples and the Green Climate Fund Posted: 29 Aug 2012 01:37 AM PDT New Publication: Indigenous Peoples and the Green Climate Fund – A technical briefing for Indigenous Peoples, policymakers and support groups LONDON, UK: On the occasion of the first Board meeting of the Green Climate Fund, Forest Peoples Programme (FFP) and Jaringan Orang Asal Se-Malaysia (JOAS) have published a report titled Indigenous Peoples and the Green Climate Fund – A technical briefing for Indigenous Peoples, policymakers and support groups. The report summarises some key issues relevant for indigenous peoples, building on statements and policy platforms adopted by Indigenous Peoples' Caucuses. In particular, the report draws attention to the need for the Green Climate Fund to improve indigenous peoples' participation in governance, adopt stronger safeguards and facilitate direct access to financing for climate change response actions developed and implemented by indigenous peoples. The report also provides a detailed overview and analysis of the process that led to the setting up of the Green Climate Fund and is meant to be an informative tool for indigenous peoples and other actors interested in the Fund's activities. It identifies a number of key areas in which the Fund must act to better support the participation of indigenous peoples, including: designation of indigenous peoples' active observers; safeguards and indigenous peoples' rights; and direct access to funding. Read the press release … Download the report [pdf] … |
Resource: SANBio Guidelines on Traditional Knowledge and Plant Genetic Resources Guidelines Posted: 29 Aug 2012 01:33 AM PDT Traditional Knowledge and Plant Genetic Resources Guidelines These guidelines were developed as a result of growing concern of a lack of policies and laws in several countries of the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC) to govern the use of traditional knowledge, biological resources and benefit-sharing. They include suggestions for actions related to policies, legislation at national and regional level and further action to be taken by institutions, both public and private. The actions suggested for implementation by national governments and regional bodies focus on harmonization and coordination, which includes domestication of appropriate international agreements, setting minimum standards, updating existing policies and legislation, fostering bilateral and multilateral agreements, developing cross-border biodiversity management plans, establishing monitoring and management structures, streamlining duties of established offices and setting up coordinated flow and exchange of information. The guidelines also suggest actions to support links and collaboration. They address: traditional knowledge, including identification and documentation procedures; access and benefit-sharing; farmers' rights; intellectual property rights; stakeholders, including among others community institutions; and cross-cutting issues, including capacity building, advocacy and awareness, and evaluation, monitoring and reporting. Download the guidelines [pdf] … |
This week in review … Article on traditional ecological knowledge in Europe Posted: 29 Aug 2012 01:31 AM PDT Traditional Ecological Knowledge in Europe: Status quo and missing links of empirical evidence In this article, the authors notice that while many empirical studies have been carried out in indigenous communities in developing countries, evidence on traditional ecological knowledge in developed countries, with more homogenous populations and fewer indigenous communities is scant, which presents a major barrier to the consideration of traditional ecological knowledge in environmental policy processes. The newly established Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES), which intends to complement scientific knowledge by consideration of the rich diversity of local and traditional ecological knowledge, could become an important starting point for a different environmental policy in Europe. Read the article … |
This week in review … Peru grants certificates to protect TK Posted: 29 Aug 2012 01:25 AM PDT Perú otorga títulos para proteger conocimiento indígena LIMA, PERU: The Peruvian government has recently granted 453 registration certificates of biodiversity-related, collectively-held traditional knowledge to three Amazon communities belong to the peoples Bora and Ocaina. Since the adoption of a law on intellectual property aiming to protect traditional knowledge in 2002, 885 such certificates have been granted, 492 of which relate to confidential TK. The certificates granted to the Bora and Ocaina communities relate to the use of more than 120 Amazon plants in food and agriculture, medicine, cosmetics and color dyes. Read the article [in Spanish] … |
Resource: Article on the Hani Rice Terraces in Yunnan, China Posted: 29 Aug 2012 01:22 AM PDT Strengthening the socio-ecological resilience of forest-dependent communities: The case of the Hani Rice Terraces in Yunnan, China Based on a case study of the Hani Rice Terraces — a mosaic agricultural landscape composed of forests, villages, rice terraces and water system in Yunnan, China, this article examines the issues pertaining to tourism development and its impact on the relationship between the Hani Rice Terraces and their custodian communities. It also discusses measures to strengthen the resilience of rural communities to adapt to changing socio-economic conditions. Drawing on a comparison between the Hani Rice Terraces and the Ifugao rice terraces, this article proposes an endogenous development strategy aiming at harnessing tourism for poverty reduction and enhancing community custodianship. Read the abstract … |
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