Traditional Knowledge Bulletin

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• This week in review … Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples meets in Geneva
• Meeting prep: WIPO IGC 25
• Meeting prep: Conference on scaling-up strategies to secure community land and resource rights
• Resource: Report on indigenous voices in climate change adaptation in Australia
• Resource: Paper on the co-management of protected areas and native title in Australia
• Resource: Book on indigenous fire ecology

This week in review … Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples meets in Geneva Posted: 10 Jul 2013 04:53 AM PDT Sixth session of the Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples 8-12 July 2013 (Geneva, Switzerland) GENEVA, SWITZERLAND: The Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (EMRIP) will be addressing: the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples; follow-up to past mandated thematic studies; the draft study on access to justice in the promotion and protection of the rights of indigenous peoples, for finalization and submission to the Human Rights Council at its 24th session; the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, with focus on the use of the Declaration to promote and protect the rights of indigenous peoples, and the results of the questionnaire to seek the views of states and indigenous peoples on best practices with regard to possible appropriate measures and implementation strategies to attain its goals; and proposals to be submitted to the Human Rights Council for consideration and approval, including on how the EMRIP’s thematic expertise could assist the Council in the implementation of its mandate and mechanisms. Visit the session’s webpage, including links to background documents … Download the draft study on access to justice [pdf] … Download the compilation of recommendations, conclusions and advice from EMRIP studies on the World Conference on Indigenous Peoples [pdf] …

Meeting prep: WIPO IGC 25 Posted: 10 Jul 2013 04:51 AM PDT WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore: Twenty-Fifth Session 15-24 July 2013 (Geneva, Switzerland) In line with its mandate, the WIPO IGC will continue text-based negotiations on an international instrument/s on intellectual property and genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions. This session will focus on traditional cultural expressions. On the occasion of IGC 25, the indigenous panel, entitled “Indigenous peoples’ perspectives on intellectual property protection for traditional cultural expressions: beneficiaries, subject matter, rights, and exceptions,” will take place on 15 July 2013. A live webcast of the IGC 25 proceedings, including the indigenous panel, will be made available on the WIPO website. Visit the meeting’s webpage, including links to background documents … Download the report of the Indigenous Expert Workshop on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Traditional Cultural Expressions, organized by the WIPO Secretariat in cooperation with SPFII [pdf] … Download the draft articles on the protection of traditional cultural expressions [pdf] … Further information on the indigenous panel … Follow the live webcast …

Meeting prep: Conference on scaling-up strategies to secure community land and resource rights Posted: 10 Jul 2013 04:48 AM PDT Scaling Up Strategies to Secure Community Land and Resource Rights – an International Conference to take stock of current efforts, identify promising strategies and catalyze new alliances and action 19-20 September 2013 (Interlaken, Switzerland) Organized by the Rights and Resources Initiative, the International Land Coalition, Oxfam and IUCN, this international conference will bring together a wide diversity of stakeholders, including governments, local communities, indigenous peoples’ organizations, private investors, food and resource companies, and conservation organizations, that have a direct, common, and urgent interest in clarifying and securing the ownership of these lands and resources. The conference will serve as an opportunity to share experiences on leading strategies to recognize and secure local land rights, including mapping and other technical interventions, legal and policy reforms, international standards and accountability, and innovative financial mechanisms to support real action and progress. It will aim to increase the profile and prioritization of community land rights as a global concern, catalyze new ideas and alliances, and secure commitments to take these strategies forward in coming months and years. Applications for participation should be made online by 15 July 2013. All applications will be evaluated by the organizing committee on the basis of the interest and ability of the organization to contribute to strategies to support community land rights. Limited funding is available to reduce participation costs for candidates from the global south. Read the open call for participation … Visit the conference website …

Resource: Report on indigenous voices in climate change adaptation in Australia Posted: 10 Jul 2013 04:46 AM PDT Indigenous voices in climate change adaptation: Addressing the challenges of diverse knowledge systems in the Barmah-Millewa Dave Griggs et al, Monash University, National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility, 2013 | ISBN: 978-1-925039-64-1 This publication is the final report of a project which investigated how the deep knowledge of the Yorta Yorta people can be used to strengthen their participation and influence in the complex national and regional processes that determine how their traditional lands, which are in the highly contested Murray-Darling Basin, are managed, leading to improved adaptation decisions both for the Yorta Yorta and the wider community. The approach developed was the creation of Geographical Information System (GIS) mapping framework, containing both Yorta Yorta knowledge and more conventional knowledge. Project components included: development and testing of protocols and methodology for the collection and protection of Yorta Yorta knowledge; building of a GIS framework to integrate both the Yorta Yorta knowledge and more conventional data about the climate, hydrology and biodiversity of the Yorta Yorta area; exploration of the views of the broader community regarding management of the region and adaptation alternatives through a stakeholder consultation process; and identification of broader lessons for improving adaptation of First Nations communities in Australia. The project raised community awareness and knowledge and energized the Yorta Yorta youth to take an interest in their history and culture, ad in the climate challenges facing their community. Download the report [pdf] …

Resource: Paper on the co-management of protected areas and native title in Australia Posted: 10 Jul 2013 04:43 AM PDT Pathways to the co-management of protected areas and native title in Australia Toni Bauman, Chris Haynes and Gabrielle Lauder, AIATSIS Research Discussion Paper no. 32, May 2013 | ISBN: 9781922102119 This paper first provides an overview of the regulatory and non-regulatory rules and norms that frame the entrance to co-management arrangements in Australia, including Commonwealth, state and territory jurisdictions, and discusses a number of evolving pathways to co-management in Australia, in particular native title. It then makes some jurisdictional comparisons of these institutional arrangements, questioning their relative value and whether their diversity is creating significant inequities among Aboriginal people. It also discusses a number of issues in making such comparisons and highlights the importance of flexible co-management arrangements on an incremental pathway to “full” co-management arrangements with a number of provisos, including that governments formally agree to such a progression at the outset. The authors also argue that institutionalized arrangements do not tell the full story about what is actually happening on the ground, and discuss a number of issues that can arise as such arrangements play out in practice. Finally, the paper suggests that there is a need to normalize a culture in which co-management is conceived as an ongoing process of the negotiation of meaning and relationships within and across parties. Seen through such a lens, co-management is a distinctive and complex single form of governance in which traditional owners, indigenous organizations and bureaucracies interact to produce shared outcomes. Download the paper [pdf] …

Resource: Book on indigenous fire ecology Posted: 10 Jul 2013 04:41 AM PDT Ignition Stories: Indigenous Fire Ecology in the Indo-Australian Monsoon Zone Cynthia Fowler Carolina Academic Press, 2013 | ISBN: 78-1-61163-115-9 In this ethnography, the author describes actual and mythical fire events she witnessed or heard while living with the Kodi of Sumba, Indonesia. These stories are interspersed with ethnographic observations about rituals, descriptions of social relations, analyses of land tenure, and assessments of ecological and historical sources. Chapters include: creating self, society and ecosystems, including the “sociality” of fire; fire history, including from the Kodi perspective; fire mapping; pyrospheres, addressing the links of fire to social relationships; fire in the Kodi cosmos; the ecological effects and management of fire; the taboos and rituals of the Kodi; and governance of forests and fires. Further information on the book … Download a book review by Christian A. Kull, Journal of Political Ecology vol. 20, 2013 [pdf] …

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