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Bio-Cultural Community Protocols: A community approach to Ensuring the Integrity of Environmental Law and Policy
… Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation TK Traditional Knowledge, which is a term for “knowledge, … (REDD), respectively. The IRABS will regulate the way traditional knowledge (TK) and genetic resources (GR) are … by the first teacher (Siddha) of the Siddha system of medicine, Sage Agasthya. We do not harvest the medicinal …
Community Protocols for Environmental Sustainability: A Guide for Policymakers
… in both protected areas and beyond 6 Protection of traditional knowledge 7 Regulating access to the traditional territories, natural and other resources and TK … an ASEAN Workshop on the TRIPS Agreement and Traditional Medicine, Jakarta, 13-15 February 2001). National Agency for …
Customary laws: Governing natural resource management in the northern areas
… History And Overview Of Customary Law In Northern Areas A. Traditional Governance Systems 1 B. Traditional Authorities and Institutions 2 C. Customary Laws … industry as well as by indigenous healers to prepare medicine for arthritis. Pine (saroo) needles are used for …
Customs and Constitutions: State recognition of customary law around the world
… on Biological Diversity acknowledged the relevance of “traditional knowledge, innovations and practices of … October 2010. Target 18 sets the goal that, by 2020, “the traditional knowledge, innovations and practices of … traditional knowledge and intelligence, their traditional medicine, their languages, their rituals and their symbols …
Promoting responsible investment in agriculture and food systems - Guide to assess national regulatory frameworks affecting larger-scale private investments
… reduce disaster risks. 7. Respect cultural heritage and traditional knowledge, and support diversity and … peoples or traditional communities may also have traditional conflict management mechanisms governing …
Review of Statutory and Customary Law in the Xe Champhone Ramsar Site, LAO PDR - Implications for a rights-based approach to conservation
… near wetlands and use wetland resources according to their traditional rules and practices. A large percentage of the … small fee, children playing in the area will sing a traditional song and the turtles will come up to the surface … practices of indigenous and local communities embodying traditional lifestyles relevant for the conservation and …
Statutory recognition of customary land rights in Africa - An investigation into best practices for lawmaking and implementation
… law as: "A body of norms generated and enforced by a traditional, sub-state polity and governing the actions of … the sale of land and restricted individual ownership. The "traditional" law promoted by colonizers was a law founded … Thus, while this system had the appearance of maintaining traditional "African ways", in reality the chiefs' powers and …