WIPO Meeting 2024: Conference on genetic resources & associated traditional knowledge begins in Geneva

Two-week event hopes to present a way to protect rights of communities that have conserved genetic resources & hold knowledge of their use 

Pacific Islanders have long drawn wisdom from the Earth, the sky and the waves. Research shows the science is behind them

Much of traditional knowledge in the Pacific for coping with climate change is scientifically plausible

Scaling sustainable food production in face of climate change is the defining challenge of our times

Localised and climate-smart agriculture can help preserve agrobiodiversity and reshape the larger narrative of responsible food production  &…

‘Ecology on steroids’: How Australia’s First Nations managed Australia’s ecosystems

A return to First Nations management is long overdue, as human-made climate change intensifies

CBD’s Geneva meetings: Benefit sharing on traditional knowledge & digital sequence information on agenda

Recommendations to be presented at upcoming meeting of Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical & Technological Advice as well as COP16

Indigenous knowledge: Australian Aboriginal fire practices can help protect koalas from bushfires, study finds

‘Cultural burns’ encouraged regeneration of native plants, did not cause any stress in koalas and were cooler and slower than ‘…

There is a tendency, across governments and over time, to disregard local knowledge systems: Arati Kumar-Rao

Landscapes suffer because we do not learn from extreme events, the author of ‘Marginlands’ tells Down To Earth

Environmental stewards: White House asks federal agencies to include indigenous knowledge in governance

The government directive will apply to Native American, Pacific Islander and Alaskan Native communities

Indigenous knowledge offers solutions, but its use must be based on meaningful collaboration with Indigenous communities

In Aotearoa New Zealand, mātauranga Māori is the distinct knowledge developed by Māori. It includes culture, values and world view

How our ancestors viewed the sky: new film explores both indigenous and modern cosmology

!Aitsa explores the intellectual background and science of the soon-to-be world’s largest radio telescope alongside indigenous conceptions …

Curdling of milk: Explained

When the solution turns acidic, protein molecules react and form lumps. This simple process is the secret to making cheese

How traditional Indigenous education helped four lost children survive 40 days in the Amazon jungle

Indigenous children typically learn from an early age how to open paths through dense vegetation, how to tell edible fruits from non-edible ones

Huts of knowledge: These tribal women in Odisha teach their next generation about forests through ‘kutir’ meetings

Apart from sharing traditional knowledge, the women at these meetings also spread awareness on ownership rights

It’s official: Australia is set for a hot, dry El Nino. Here’s what that means for the flammable continent

Australia, with its wealth of scientific knowledge and long history of Indigenous land management, should be well placed to manage fire …

How Indigenous cultural practices can improve waste management in communities

Applying cultural practices is not common among community members because of the impacts of colonisation

Farmers need resilient value chains to combat climate impact

Emerging social entrepreneurs are helping restore forest and farmland ecosystems by supporting smallholder farmers without access and …

‘Painting with fire’: How northern Australia developed one of the world’s best bushfire management programmes

From April to June each year, fire managers aim to create small, ‘cool’ fires with care and precision to reduce fuel loads before …

The International Year of Millets is an opportunity to improve indigenous kids’ nutrition

About 4.7 million tribal children in the country suffer from chronic nutrition deprivation

World Water Week 2023: We must invest in natural solutions like spring revival for water security

Time to move away from a hard-engineering approach and embrace nature-based solutions for water security in hill and mountain communities