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Factsheet - Traditional Knowledge, Innovation and Practices

Traditional Knowledge, Innovation and Practices Traditional knowledge is the knowledge, innovations and … 80% of the population continue to rely on traditional medicine for primary health care n Traditional medicine … Factsheet - Traditional Knowledge, Innovation and Practices …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Case Study - Opportunities provided by the Nagoya Protocol in specific cases of the pharmaceutical, cosmetics and agricultural sector

… University of New South Wales (UNSW) on the effects of traditional Cook Islands medicine in the treatment of bone fractures and skin … addressed the Koutu Nui – a lawfully recognised council of traditional leaders under the House of Ariki Act (1965) of …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Farmer's Rights in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… The components of Farmers’ Rights are: i) protection of traditional knowledge; ii) the fair and equitable sharing of … Progress is being made with regard to the protection of traditional knowledge; equitable benefit sharing; the … are sorted into four categories: (i) protection of Traditional Knowledge; (2) the fair and equitable sharing of …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Policy Brief - Bioscience at a Crossroads: Implementing the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing in a Time of Scientific Technological and Industry Chang

… companies did, in fact, ‘prospect’ for new compounds and traditional knowledge, if in ways different from … the fi rst time, users of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge were required to ensure that those … samples for mass screening, and sometimes also examined traditional medicinal plant knowledge. Similarly, …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Case Study - Inland Wetlands in India

… Provisioning Food, fodder, fuelwood, timber, manure, medicine Regulating Climate regulation - biomass and soil … with local resources users. The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006 generating and … to loss of both life and property. It looks beyond the traditional practice of identifying an ideal solution and …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Publication - An Explanatory Guide to the Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit-sharing

… 91 ARTICLE 7 ACCESS TO TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE ASSOCIATED WITH GENETIC RESOURCES … 131 ARTICLE 12 TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE ASSOCIATED WITH GENETIC RE- SOURCES … plant are substance of the content in the product (natural medicine, natural cosmetics, dietary supplement) NOTE: no …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

What is Agrodiversity

… is reduced when commercial varieties are introduced into traditional farming systems. While FAO (1996) states that …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Conservation and Sustainable Use under the International Treaty

… weather events need to be developed. At the same time, the traditional knowledge of farmers is crucial for the … of crop wild relatives (CWR) in wild habitats and of traditional crop varieties on-farm) will be explained. The … been collected, domesticated, used and improved through traditional systems of selection over many generations. …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

Introduction to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

… Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore WTO World Trade … be commonly referred to as the ‘Green Revolution’ – many traditional crop varieties were replaced by modern improved … At the same time, improvements in sanitation and medicine increased life expectancy worldwide. It was in this …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity

An Explanatory Guide to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

… opened up. Ways of applying this new technology to medicine were developed quite rapidly. The technology could … severe, e.g. through displacement of cash crops or traditional crops and dis- ruption of small scale farming … of concern. The lifestyles, live- lihoods and cultures of traditional and indi- genous communities, rural communities, …
19 Jun 2026 Document in Biological Diversity