The Conversation

Patents based on traditional knowledge are often ‘biopiracy’. A new international treaty will finally combat this

Margaret Raven receives funding from Australian Research Council. She is affiliated with NSW Government as a member of an Indigenous Advisory Group and a grant to examine co-governance. Daniel ...
Mongabay

Indigenous knowledge & agroecology must be at the center of food system transformation (commentary)

As the world gathers this week in Addis Ababa for the second stocktake of the U.N. Food Systems Summit (UNFSS+4), the urgency of transforming food systems into more resilient, sustainable and ...
The Diplomat

Strong Pacific Voices: Elevating Traditional Knowledge in Climate Adaptation

While indigenous communities are on the frontline of climate change, “these very same Pacific communities are also often fighting to be heard on the issue.” The Pacific Islands are home to a wealth of ...
The Conversation

Traditional food systems nourish communities and protect the environment: lessons from South Africa’s Amadiba

Brittany Kesselman received funding from the National Research Foundation of South Africa for some of the research. The global food system contributes to multiple planetary crises – and is vulnerable ...
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Ethnoprimatology: Research examines traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples about primates in their territories

The Paiter-Suruí people have a culture deeply rooted in their land: the Sete de Setembro Indigenous Land (TISS), on the border of Rondônia and Mato Grosso in the southwestern Brazilian Amazon. Known ...