How a 5,000-year-old Ayurvedic system is being modernized for today’s wellness and healthcare market

Patanjali Ayurved has modernized ancient Ayurvedic wisdom, transforming traditional remedies into accessible, mass-market products since 2006. By integrating scientific research, quality control, and ...
Ensia

Opinion: Why traditional knowledge — not external tech — is the key to truly sustainable agriculture

July 10, 2019 — The idea that our current agricultural and food system needs adjusting isn’t exactly revolutionary these days. In fact, many scientists and others believe that it could use an entire ...
Yahoo

Indigenous knowledge systems can be useful tools in the G20’s climate change kit

What are Indigenous knowledge systems? Indigenous knowledge systems are sets of knowledge that were developed long ago and passed down through the generations in various ways, including through ...
The Conversation

Patents based on traditional knowledge are often ‘biopiracy’. A new international treaty will finally combat this

Margaret Raven receives funding from Australian Research Council. She is affiliated with NSW Government as a member of an Indigenous Advisory Group and a grant to examine co-governance. Daniel ...
Juneau Empire

Woven Peoples and Place: Bridging knowledge systems

I am a scholar in a system that was not meant for people like me. During my graduate studies, I collaborated directly with Tribal governments, interweaving knowledge systems for the benefit of the ...
The Hindu

Traditional knowledge docketing system among proposals in draft Kerala Intellectual Property Rights Policy

Proposals for a traditional knowledge docketing system (TKDS) and a mission-mode intellectual property rights (IPR) initiative and facilitation of ‘IP commercialisation’ in Kerala are among the ...
Mongabay

Indigenous knowledge & agroecology must be at the center of food system transformation (commentary)

As the world gathers this week in Addis Ababa for the second stocktake of the U.N. Food Systems Summit (UNFSS+4), the urgency of transforming food systems into more resilient, sustainable and ...
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Ethnoprimatology: Research examines traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples about primates in their territories

The Paiter-Suruí people have a culture deeply rooted in their land: the Sete de Setembro Indigenous Land (TISS), on the border of Rondônia and Mato Grosso in the southwestern Brazilian Amazon. Known ...