Traditional Knowledge Bulletin |
- Meeting prep: WIPO IGC-21
- This week in review … Khasi language no longer in danger
- Meeting prep: Sixth International Conference on Community-based Adaptation
- This week in review … Native weaving project provides income to Andean women
- This week in review … Jeffrey Hatcher discusses indigenous peoples' role in forest conservation
- Resource: RRI report on forest rights and tenure
Posted: 11 Apr 2012 02:00 AM PDT Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore: 21st session The session will continue text-based negotiations on an international instrument or instruments for the protection of genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions, focusing on traditional knowledge. Participants will deliberate on the basis of the draft articles for the protection of traditional knowledge. The theme of the panel of indigenous and local communities, to be held on 16 April 2012, is "Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge: Community Perspectives on Traditional Medical Knowledge." According to the note circulated by Amb. Philip Richard Owade on key issues pending from the 2010-2011 biennium, TK-related issues that remain outstanding include: the definition of TK and criteria for eligibility; the definition of beneficiaries, including whether the instrument should extend beyond indigenous peoples and local communities; the scope of protection, referring to the rights the beneficiaries should have; whether the provision on sanctions, remedies and exercise of rights be general or more specific; the functions of the national competent authority and the extent of participation of TK holders in its establishment; the list of exceptions and limitations; the duration of protection; whether TK protection requires formalities, such as registers or other records; transitional measures; the relationship with other international instruments, such as the Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit-sharing; the recognition of foreign rights and interests through national treatment, reciprocity or the development of an alternative means; and issues related to transboundary TK. In related news, the WIPO Secretariat has circulated the initial draft report of WIPO IGC-20, held from 14-22 February 2012. Written corrections may be submitted to the WIPO Secretariat by email to Grtkf@wipo.int before 24 April 2012. Visit the WIPO IGC-21 webpage, including meeting documents … Download the WIPO IGC-20 initial draft report [pdf] … |
This week in review … Khasi language no longer in danger Posted: 11 Apr 2012 01:58 AM PDT The Khasi language is no longer in danger PARIS, FRANCE: UNESCO has withdrawn Khasi from its Atlas of the World's Languages in Danger. The status of this language was reassessed by the editorial board of the Atlas, which concluded that Khasi may be classified as "safe" on UNESCO's scale of language vitality. Khasi is spoken in the region of the Khasi and Jaintia hills in Meghalaya state, India. Also known as Khasia, Khassee, Cossyah or Kyi, this language of the Mon-Khmer linguistic branch is spoken by some 900,000 people. Read the release … |
Meeting prep: Sixth International Conference on Community-based Adaptation Posted: 11 Apr 2012 01:55 AM PDT Sixth International Conference on Community-based Adaptation (CBA6) This conference aims to: § bring together stakeholders and practitioners to share and discuss knowledge of community-based adaptation (CBA) planning and practices from different parts of the developing world, particularly from Vietnam, § capture the latest learning and good practices in CBA from developing countries § integrate lessons learned into national and international development programmes in order to ultimately enhance the capacity and improve the livelihoods for some of the most vulnerable groups in developing countries, and § disseminate lessons learned at the Conference through daily communications, proceedings and an immediate conference summary. The Conference will include three days of field visits to projects to see how communities living in different ecosystems have adapted to climate change, and three and a half days of interactive discussions on different thematic areas in Hanoi. Visit the meeting's website … |
This week in review … Native weaving project provides income to Andean women Posted: 11 Apr 2012 01:52 AM PDT Native Andean Women Weave a Future in Bolivia COCHABAMBA, BOLIVIA: Severina Aguayo, a 25-year-old peasant farmer and weaver, lives in the ayllú or traditional indigenous community of Chalviri, in Bolívar province, at an altitude of 4,000 metres above sea level, in the central region of Cochabamba. She coordinates community organisations of women weavers, and is one of the promoters of a new native weaving project which got under way in February in seven municipalities in four provinces within Cochabamba region. Struggling with poverty, the barrenness of the land where they grow subsistence crops, the cold temperatures of the highlands and neglect by the state, the women of these provinces have decided to make the most of their competitive advantage: their weaving skills. Their goal is to produce woven materials, using traditional techniques passed down through the generations, and sell them to earn their own income that they can use to improve life for their families and communities. The Andean communities in Cochabamba are renowned for the quality of their traditional weaving. Both women and men are true artists at their homemade manual looms. Woven from wool and especially the fine soft fleece of the alpaca, a domestic animal similar to a small llama, each piece is unique and embodies the feelings and experiences of its creator. In their homes, the weavers dye their yarns with natural colourants made from local plants, design the textile pieces, and weave them on floor looms, using tools made from llama or alpaca bone. Read the article … |
This week in review … Jeffrey Hatcher discusses indigenous peoples' role in forest conservation Posted: 11 Apr 2012 01:49 AM PDT Brazil is a Model for the Rights of Forest Communities RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL: In this interview, Jeffrey Hatcher, Director of Global Programs at the Rights and Resources Initiative (RRI), discusses the evolution of forest ownership in recent decades, commenting on the large-scale creation of indigenous territories in Brazil, and the role of indigenous peoples in forest conservation, also highlighting the Brazilian experience. Read the interview … |
Resource: RRI report on forest rights and tenure Posted: 11 Apr 2012 01:47 AM PDT Turning Point: What future for forest peoples and resources in the emerging world order? This report takes stock of the current status of forest rights and tenure globally, assesses the key issues and events of 2011 that shape possibilities to improve local rights and livelihoods, and identifies key questions and challenges that the world will face in 2012 and beyond. Download the report [pdf] … |
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