Traditional Knowledge News Today

The morality of patents remains a pressing issue, particularly concerning genetic resources and traditional knowledge. Ethical concerns persist due to the historical exploitation of these resources without proper recognition or compensation to indigenous communities.

Global biotechnology is poised for significant transformation with the recent approval of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Treaty on Patents, Genetic Resources, and Traditional Knowledge.

The Traditional Knowledge and Medicine contest is part of FORED BCs Aboriginal Heritage, Education & Dialogue program

The Energy and Resources Institute (Teri), in collaboration with the Assam directorate of indigenous and tribal faith and culture, has secured government approval to document the unexplored traditional knowledge (TK) of Assam. The objective is to identify and replicate the most efficient traditional techniques, methodologies, and best practices to ensure their continuity and preservation. Learn more about this initiative and its significance.

China Office of Inter-Ministerial Joint Meeting for the Building of a Powerful Intellectual Property IP Nation to promotes construction of powerful IP country in 202

For World IP Day 2024, we asked three of our practitioners three questions, all related to the World Intellectual Property Organization’s 2024 theme of IP and the SDGs: Building our...

Prayagraj: A team of academicians, including an assistant professor of Allahabad University, have designed a unique device that uses Indian folklore a.

KATHMANDU, April 10: Leaders from around the world have gathered in Nepal to organize the International Conference on Agrobiodiversity 2024. The conference commenced on April 9 and will continue until April 12 in Pokhara, Gandaki Province of Nepal. This event aims to facilitate the exchange of innovative traditional and scientific knowledge to advance agroecological practices, agro biodiverse planting materials, and climate-smart business and finance models that enhance nature and nutrition.

When Alex Soto launched the Labriola National American Indian Data Center at Arizona State University Library in 2021, he was the center’s only full-time employee. Two years later, he reimagined the center into the first Indigenous-led and staffed library spaces at a research university in the United States. The newly created space for the Labriola […] The post ASU opens space dedicated to Indigenous librarianship and students appeared first on Arizona Mirror.

Sacred groves have become bastions of biodiversity in India, but relying on spiritual belief as a driver for conservation presents risks.