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Energy, Ecosystems and livelihoods: Understanding linkages in the face of climate change impacts
… energy source. Over 2.5 billion people still depend on traditional use of biomass for cooking and heating although … by 1.3% per annum with almost half of that coming from traditional biomass sources (see Figure 3). Energy efficiency … living on the equivalent of one dollar a day are women. Traditional responsibilities for collecting fuel and water …
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 …
State of Biodiversity in West Asia
… resulting in considerable biodiversity loss. The unique traditional knowledge, innovations and practices associated … 30. West Asia relies on a wealth of community-based traditional knowledge and customary laws that are at the core … stakeholders. For example, in the Syrian Arab Republic, traditional ways of life, such as nomadic grazing and forest …
Sacred natural sites: Guidelines for protected area managers
… No. 3. Graeme Kelleher, 1999, xxiv + 107pp. Indigenous and Traditional Peoples and Protected Areas: Principles, … . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Guideline 4.3 Traditional knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … members in attendance. During the month of June, a local medicine man invited Park Service employees and a climbing …
IUCN Knowledge Products. The basis for a partnership to support the functions and work programme of IBPES
… for biodiversity conservation. This goal includes the “traditional” role of the IUCN Red List in identifying … 22 Case Study: Monitoring biodiversity for food and medicine The Biodiversity for Food and Medicine Indicator has … of its content (650 profiles) has been translated into Traditional and Simplified Chinese with plans in place for …
Global Land Outlook
… areas, often impoverishing cultural identity, abandoning traditional knowledge, and permanently altering landscapes. … areas, often impoverishing cultural identity, abandoning traditional knowledge, and permanently altering landscapes. … physical and mental health and well-being. Much of modern medicine is derived from or replicated synthetically from …
Building Resilience to climate change - Ecosystem-based adaptation and lessons from the field
… in productive systems, and urges the data retrieval on traditional practices. From a social perspective, it seeks to … the washing of clothes; plant (and animal?) products for traditional medicinal and magical purposes (Brouwer and … in the catchment area are grown for use as traditional medicine to treat common illness. For example Bau leaves are …
Guidelines for species conservation planning - version 1.0
… to map species’ habitat (see ‘Habitat models’ in Annex 9). Traditional ecological knowledge may be most useful in … Bilby and its cultural and spiritual significance to Traditional Owners is valued and embraced by all Australians … the course of the planning process; • To access relevant traditional knowledge; • To be involved with production at …
Sharing Information with Confidence. “The Biodiversity Commons”: past experience, current trends and potential future directions
… variable costs are directly related to output. In the traditional publishing model in which subscriptions are paid … of open access and / or public domain does not exist in traditional knowledge systems. In many cultures knowledge is … can be used to ensure best practice58. Evidence-based medicine is defined as “the conscientious, explicit and …
Intellectual property rights in plant varieties: International legal regimes and policy options for national governments
… Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore ("IGC"). Developing states … the intellectual property aspects of genetic resources and traditional knowledge. (Helfer, 2004, pp. 69 and 70) During … in patent applications; (3) creating databases of traditional knowledge; (4) identifying ways to document …