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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 …
Culture and wetlands: A Ramsar guidance document
… Stephen Nash, CITES Secretariat. 17 Ivory trinkets or traditional ivory amulets. 18 … diversity in combating desertification. It has embraced traditional knowledge, as part of the complex of cultural … social class-related roles 4.2.4 Practice of traditional medicine 4.3 Spirituality and belief systems 4.4 Artistic …
An Ounce of Prevention: Snow Leopard Crime Revisited
… on poaching and illegal trade (Zahler and Paley, 2016). Traditional hunters can be some of the most effective members … with government authorities. Employment as rangers allows traditional hunters to use their considerable skills in a way … Bones are used like those of the Tiger for traditional medicine (Annex 2), although the skull is generally treated …
Biodiversity: My hotel in action - A guide to sustainable use of biological resources in the Caribbean
… monocultures, declines in genetic diversity, and loss of traditional varieties of crops and livestock. One of the … in danger of disappearing and are produced using local, traditional methods. It thus supports traditional agri-food … (mainly hunted for their bones for use in traditional medicine), leopards and jaguars, while trade in reptile skins …
The economic value of wild resources in Senegal : A preliminary evaluation of non-timber forest products, game and freshwater fisheries
… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 4.4 Annual revenue from traditional hunting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … sector PROGEDE Sustainable and Participatory Management of Traditional and Substitution Energy Program QUID Unified … it was not possible to use random sampling in the case of traditional hunting, due to the reluctance of most hunters to …
Document - ABS information kit
… of genetic resources owes a great deal to the traditional knowledge of indigenous and local communities. … down over generations. It is essential that the value of traditional knowledge is understood and valued appropriately … communities that rely on these natural resources for food, medicine, fuel and building materials, can continue to do so. …
Contracting for ABS: The legal and scientific implications of bioprospecting contracts
… 54 2.3.4 Other concepts: ‘Governing law,’ customary law, traditional law and private international law 55 2.3.4.1 … custom and practice’ 56 2.3.4.3 Indigenous and traditional law 56 2.4 Enforceability: Creating a ‘binding’ … complex and multifaceted process – similar to prescribing medicine or surgery to address or prevent an illness or …
Mainstreaming Gender Equality and Equity in ABS Governance
… 14 1.2. Women’s Role in Biodiversity Conservation and Traditional Knowledge Management.................... 16 1.3 … Committee on Intellectual Pro- perty, Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore of the WIPO IUCN The World … well as in the maintenance and development of traditional medicine, is widespread. International instruments are …
Values of protected landscapes and seascapes: protected landscapes and agrobiodiversity values
… biological diversity. Safeguarding the integrity of this traditional interaction is vital to the protection, … intended to conserve: • Important crop wild relatives6; • Traditional and threatened landraces, particularly those … and wetlands, as a source of critical nutrition and medicine, and as a culturally important resource. For …
Addressing the problems of access : Protecting sources, while giving users certainty
… The use of CBD definitions 3 1.2.2 The application of traditional property regimes (over tangible assets) to … MAT mutually agreed terms PIC prior informed consent TK traditional knowledge WIPO World Intellectual Property … resulting end products may be a hybrid seed, a traditional medicine or the synthe- tic version of a biochemical extract. …