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- Meeting prep: WIPO workshop on intellectual property and traditional knowledge
- Resource: Ecology and Society special feature on justice and equity in REDD+
- Resource: Report of IIED/ANDES workshop on biocultural innovation
- This week in review … Indigenous peoples use mapping tools and TK to mark customary forests
- This week in review … NSW State Library uncovers indigenous languages archive
Meeting prep: WIPO workshop on intellectual property and traditional knowledge Posted: 04 Sep 2013 04:19 AM PDT Practical workshop for Indigenous Peoples and local communities on IP and traditional knowledge The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) will organize a practical workshop for indigenous peoples and local communities on intellectual property and genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore, from 4-6 December 2013, in Geneva, Switzerland. The workshop aims to: impart basic knowledge of the main principles of the intellectual property (IP) system from a traditional knowledge (TK) perspective, emphasizing both the potential value that IP could bring in support of TK protection and the gaps within the IP system that might need to be filled; explain the rationale, objectives and methodology of the negotiations that are taking place in the WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore; and raise awareness of the available IP tools and WIPO materials that are relevant to the protection of TK. The workshop is open to fourteen participants (two for each of the seven geo-cultural regions recognized by the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues), who will be selected based on the following criteria: § be an active member of an indigenous peoples' organization/NGO or local community; § be nominated in writing by his/her indigenous peoples' organization/NGO or community; § have suitable experience in international meetings and processes; § be able to speak either English, Spanish, French or Russian; § have motivated his/her interest in participating in the practical workshop; and, § have formulated his/her readiness to share information gathered and experiences gained at the Workshop. Indigenous peoples and local communities members who wish to participate in the workshop need to submit an application form to the WIPO Traditional Knowledge Division by 15 September 2013. The selected participants will be provided with economy class air travel to and from Geneva, Switzerland and a daily stipend for the duration of the workshop. Read the WIPO announcement on the workshop … Download the application form [doc] … Read an IP Watch comment on the workshop … |
Resource: Ecology and Society special feature on justice and equity in REDD+ Posted: 04 Sep 2013 04:16 AM PDT Beyond Carbon: Enabling Justice and Equity in REDD+ Across Levels of Governance This special feature of Ecology and Society includes a synthesis by Benno Pokorny, Imme Scholz and Wil de Jong, entitled: "REDD+ for the poor or the poor for REDD+? About the limitations of environmental policies in the Amazon and the potential of achieving environmental goals through pro-poor policies" as well as two research articles: Monica Di Gregorio et al write on "Equity and REDD+ in the Media: a comparative analysis of policy discourses" and Annalisa Savaresi on "REDD+ and human rights: addressing synergies between international regimes". Pokorny et al note that many environmental and development projects follow "market-oriented approached that widely ignore local management practices, local ways of organizing work, and other local capacities and limitations". They demonstrate that the manifold pilot activities emerging under the new REDD+ framework tend to repeat shortcomings of the classic development approach, which widely disregarded smallholders' capacities to contribute to local development, thereby further accelerating the replacement of local socio-productive schemes with unsustainable land uses. They suggest that an alternative vision of development is needed, which more consciously takes into account the immense social and environmental potential of the Amazon region. Following a comparative media analysis of REDD+ public discourse in four countries, Di Gregorio et al show that policy makers focus more on international than national equity concerns, and that they neglect both the need for increased participation in decision making and recognition of local and indigenous rights. To move from addressing the symptoms to addressing the causes of inequality in REDD+, policy actors need to address issues related to contextual equity, that is, the social and political root causes of inequality. Finally, Savaresi points to concerns relating to the potential loss of traditional territories and restriction of rights of indigenous and local communities to access to, use of, and/or ownership of land and natural resources; lack of equitable benefit-sharing of REDD+ activities; exclusion of indigenous and local communities from designing and implementation of REDD+ policies and measures; and loss of traditional ecological knowledge; and argues that concerns over the social impact of REDD+ activities may be addressed by resorting to clearer and stronger links with human rights instruments. Read the articles … |
Resource: Report of IIED/ANDES workshop on biocultural innovation Posted: 04 Sep 2013 04:12 AM PDT Smallholder Innovation for Resilience (SIFOR): Strengthening Biocultural innovation systems for food security in the face of climate change: Methodology coordination workshop report This publication reports on the workshop held from 29 April to 4 May 2013, in Cusco, Peru, organized as part of a 5-year EC-funded project. The workshop brought together project research teams from India, Kenya, China and Peru, the Potato Park communities (Peru) and IIED to develop a common methodology for the SIFOR baseline study and action-research on biocultural innovation. The emerging findings of the qualitative baseline study on technological, market and institutional Innovation in each country were presented; and key indicators for the quantitative survey were identified. ANDES presented its conceptual framework for action-research in the Potato Park, and a field visit to the Park enabled partners to learn about its diverse biocultural innovations and collective governance. A working definition of biocultural heritage innovations was developed; and the potential of different policy tools and frameworks to protect them was explored. Download the report [pdf] … Further information on SIFOR … |
This week in review … Indigenous peoples use mapping tools and TK to mark customary forests Posted: 04 Sep 2013 04:09 AM PDT Indigenous Communities Deploy High-Tech Mapmaking to Staunch Global Land Grab Indigenous Peoples Vow to Map Customary Forests JAKARTA, INDONESIA: Following the recent ruling by Indonesia's Constitutional Court, which acknowledged that indigenous communities – and not the state – have rights over some 40 million hectares of customary forests, the Indigenous Peoples Alliance of the Archipelago (AMAN), announced its decision to map out the country's customary forests by 2020, in order to save them from the encroachment of palm oil companies and other development projects. The announcement was made to the Global Conference on Community Participatory Mapping on Indigenous Peoples' Territories, held from 25-29 August 2013, at Samosir, North Sumatra, Indonesia. The conference was co-organized by by Tebtebba, PAFID, AMAN and the Rights and Resources Initiative. During the conference, indigenous groups from countries including Malaysia, Nepal, Panama, Mexico and Brazil explained how they have adopted affordable, high-tech mapping technology to retrace the history of their land ownership and catalog their natural resources. Their hope is that detailed maps can help them fight the destruction of vast tracks of forests, peatlands and waterways—brazen incursions by government and industry that not only deprive indigenous peoples of their lands but also greatly accelerate the global loss of biodiversity and accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Read the Red Orbit article … Read the Jakarta Globe article … Further information on the conference … |
This week in review … NSW State Library uncovers indigenous languages archive Posted: 04 Sep 2013 04:05 AM PDT Indigenous languages archive uncovered at NSW State Library NEW SOUTH WALES, AUSTRALIA: Following two years of detective work by Michael Walsh, a researcher with the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Islander Studies, the State Library of New South Wales, in Australia, has unveiled more than 200 documents detailing 100 different indigenous languages. Read the article … |
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