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Traditional knowledge

Traditional knowledge (TK), indigenous knowledge (IK) and local knowledge generally refer to knowledge systems embedded in the cultural traditions of regional, indigenous, or local communities.
Jurist

UN intellectual property agency approves first global treaty on intellectual property, genetic resources and traditional knowledge

Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) approved a groundbreaking new treaty relating to intellectual property, genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge on ...
YES! Magazine

How Indigenous Knowledge Reconnects Us All to Fire

“Our human relationship with fire goes back thousands and thousands of years,” says Damon Panek, wildland fires operations specialist for the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and enrolled ...
Ensia

Can traditional knowledge keep California from going up in flames?

August 17, 2022 — On a cool March day with low humidity and very little wind, Ali Meders-Knight did something that hadn’t been done in her city in over a century when she lit fire to deergrass for a ...
Frontiers

Traditional Knowledge and Rural Livelihoods and Practices for Nature Conservation and Environmental Sustainability

Traditional knowledge systems have long played a crucial role in nature conservation and environmental sustainability, ...
Daily Excelsior

Revisiting Indian Knowledge Systems The Role of Tribal Knowledge in Sustainable Futures

Dr Harmeet Singh harmeetjnu@gmail.com One of the oldest and most complete ways to learn about environment, health, and human well-being is through Indian traditional wisdom. For thousands of years, ...
Grist

For Indigenous communities, protecting traditional knowledge means reimagining how it is preserved

This story is part of Fix’s Mentorship Issue exploring the unique ways climate leaders found their calling, and how new approaches to mentorship are upending old power structures. Check out the full ...
The Conversation

Patently insufficient: a new intellectual property treaty does little to protect Māori traditional knowledge

David Jefferson is the Secretary of the Knowledge of Oceania Society. Jesse Pirini is the President of the Knowledge of Oceania Society. Jessica C Lai does not work for, consult, own shares in or ...
Mongabay

On the Mongolian steppe, conservation science meets traditional knowledge

Rangelands and the pastoralists who rely on them are an overlooked and understudied part of global conservation. Tunga Ulambayar, country director for the Zoological Society of London’s Mongolia ...
Forbes

How GenAI Eliminates Traditional Knowledge Barriers

Generative AI is redefining how we gain knowledge and the role of Experts. I want to ask you a question, just between the two of us. Imagine it's 9 PM, and an urgent email lands in your inbox. You ...

Ayurveda and Traditional Knowledge in Contemporary Indian Discourse

Acharya Balkrishna has built his public life around a simple but far-reaching idea: \"Ayurveda is not a relic of the past, ...