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- Meeting prep: International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples
- Meeting prep: WIPO meeting on South-South cooperation on IP governance; genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore; and copyright and related rights
- Meeting review: EMRIP-5
- This week in review … WIPO IGC report available online
- This week in review … CBD news of relevance to TK
- This week in review … Article on the International Congress on Natural Products Research highlights efforts to preserve ethnobotanical heritage
Meeting prep: International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples Posted: 07 Aug 2012 01:48 PM PDT International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples The focus of this year's International Day is "Indigenous Media, Empowering Indigenous Voices." The theme aims to highlight the importance of indigenous media in challenging stereotypes, forging indigenous peoples' identities, communicating with the outside world, and influencing the social and political agenda. A special event will be held on 9 of August 2012 at the UN Headquarters in New York, organized by the Secretariat of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, the UN Department of Public Information, and the NGO Committee on the Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, including an interactive dialogue on this year's theme which will take place from 3:00 to 6:00 pm at the ECOSOC Chamber. On the occasion, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon stressed that "Indigenous voices are recounting compelling stories of how they are combating centuries of injustice and discrimination, and advocating for the resources and rights that will preserve their cultures, languages, spirituality and traditions. They offer an alternative perspective on development models that exclude the indigenous experience. They promote the mutual respect and intercultural understanding that is a precondition for a society without poverty and prejudice." In a press release, IFAD highlighted the IFAD-financed first community radio station in Malaysia, Radio Bario, which broadcasts in the language of the Kelabit people living in the highlands of Malaysia's Sarawak Province and serves as a channel for discussion of social problems and issues, including the protection of forested lands from illegal logging. IFAD plans to convene the first global meeting of the Indigenous Peoples Forum in February 2013. In his message, WIPO Director General Francis Gurry noted that this year's theme touches directly upon intellectual property issues, namely the wish for Indigenous Peoples to have control over how their cultures are accessed, used and represented, especially in the media. This is one of the issues addressed in the WIPO IGC negotiations, while empowering Indigenous voices lies at the center of WIPO's Creative Heritage Cultural Documentation and Intellectual Property Management Training Program. This program provides hands-on practical training to indigenous communities in documenting their own traditional cultural expressions and managing their intellectual property interests in relation to their recordings. Visit the International Day's website … Visit the SPFII webpage on the International Day … Download UN Secretary-General's message [pdf] … Read IFAD's press release … Visit WIPO's website … |
Meeting prep: WIPO meeting on South-South cooperation on IP governance; genetic resources, traditional knowledge and folklore; and copyright and related rights Posted: 07 Aug 2012 01:44 PM PDT First WIPO Interregional Meeting on South-South Cooperation on Intellectual Property Governance; Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore; and Copyright and Related Rights This meeting will provide a forum to deliberate on the challenges and opportunities related to IP governance; genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions; and copyright and related rights in developing countries and LDCs at the national, regional and international levels. It intends to enhance the capacity of policy-makers to take decisions on these subjects and to discuss different policy options and their potential impact on development policies. The meeting will also discuss recent global developments in these fields and facilitate knowledge sharing and dissemination of best practices and experiences among developing countries and LDCs. It will address national experiences in the protection of traditional knowledge, traditional cultural expressions and genetic resources, and will discuss how to facilitate international cooperation, in particular South-South cooperation, in using the IP system for their protection. Visit the meeting's website … |
Posted: 07 Aug 2012 01:41 PM PDT Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, 5th session The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples addressed, among other issues, the study on the role of languages and culture in the promotion and protection of the rights and identity of indigenous peoples, the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and proposals to be submitted to the Human Rights Council. Many of the statements submitted during the session are available in the DoCIP database. The report of the session will be submitted to the 21st regular session of the Human Rights Council, to be held from 10-28 September 2012. Visit the meeting's webpage … Visit the DoCIP database … Visit the Human Rights Council webpage … |
This week in review … WIPO IGC report available online Posted: 07 Aug 2012 01:39 PM PDT Matters concerning the Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: The report of the IGC that will be transmitted to the 2012 WIPO General Assembly, to be held from 1-9 October 2012, has been made available online. The report includes an overview of IGC negotiations in 2012; statements related to the IGC contribution to the implementation of the Development Agenda Recommendations; and the negotiating documents, representing a work in progress, including the consolidated document relating to intellectual property and genetic resources, draft articles on the protection of traditional knowledge, and draft articles on the protection of traditional cultural expressions. Download the report [pdf] … Visit the 2012 WIPO General Assembly website … |
This week in review … CBD news of relevance to TK Posted: 07 Aug 2012 01:37 PM PDT Selected ILC representatives to receive funding from the Voluntary Fund for participation in the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, 8 – 19 October 2012, Hyderabad, India MONTREAL, CANADA: In preparation for the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 11) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), to be held from 8-19 October 2012, in Hyderabad, India, the CBD Secretariat has selected representatives of indigenous and local communities to receive financial assistance in support of their participation. Download the notification, including list of beneficiaries [pdf] … Latin America and the Caribbean Regional ILC preparatory meeting for the eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the CBD In preparation for CBD COP 11, this meeting for indigenous and local community representatives in Latin America and the Caribbean will focus on: Article 8(j) (traditional knowledge); Article 10(c) (customary sustainable use); the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets; and the Nagoya Protocol on access to genetic resources and the fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising from their utilization. Visit the meeting's webpage … Regional Workshop for ILC Trainers of the Latin American and the Caribbean Region on Articles 8(j), 10(c), and related provisions of the CBD and Nagoya Protocol on ABS This workshop will focus on Articles 8(j) and 10(c) and implications for communication, education and public awareness; review training materials on traditional knowledge; address the Nagoya Protocol on ABS and training materials; and present the GEF Regional Project "Strengthening the implementation of ABS regimes in Latin America and the Caribbean" identifying opportunities for networking and collaboration for training to promote the national implementation of the CBD and its related provisions to traditional knowledge. Visit the meeting's website … |
This week in review … Article on the International Congress on Natural Products Research highlights efforts to preserve ethnobotanical heritage Posted: 07 Aug 2012 01:34 PM PDT Ancestral Remedies to the Rescue NEW YORK, USA: Around 1,300 natural products researchers and practitioners gathered in New York for the International Congress on Natural Products Research, held from 28 July – 1 August 2012, to discuss the latest findings in their field, including ways in which nature, culture and conservation overlap to provide health benefits and how those links can best be preserved. "The goal is not only to identify plants but to guard and honor this traditional wisdom in order to keep bio-cultural diversity intact," said Michael Balick, the vice president for botanical science and director of the Institute of Economic Botany at the New York Botanical Garden. The hope, he said, is to help underserved peoples deal with globalization and the loss of their cultures. Read the article … |
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