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To print this article, all you need is to be registered or login on Mondaq.com. Traditional knowledge (TK) is knowledge system that is held by the indigenous people, often relating to their surrounding natural environment. When traditional knowledge is used without permission by the researchers, or exploit the cultures they're drawing from – it's called biopiracy. Relationship of patent laws with the traditional knowledge is truly opening a can filled with worms. It is not because of the biopiracy debates but due to genetically modified organisms and "patents on life...

MET Office conducts Multi-Hazard Early Warning Policy Consultations in Niuatoputapu and Tafahi Format 10th December 2020 The Met Office is completing a series of public consultations with the Communities of Niuatoputapu this week. The consultations are part of the Multi-hazard Early Warning System (MHEW) Component of the Pacific Resilience Project (PREP) for the establishment of a MHEWS Policy for Tonga. According to the Director of Meteorology, Mr. Ofa Fa’anunu “Cabinet on 18 September 2020 gave approval for a MHEWS Policy to be formulated for Tonga to better guide works associated wit...

Doing a basters job providing an honest assessment the Foreign Office added the derricks views are not necessarily shared by the government Frank Langfitt n.p.r. News London this is n.p.r. Another round of protests in Hong Kong today tens of thousands marched through a district that's popular with tourists from mainland China in order to demonstrate concerns over a controversial extradition bill in Iker rug thousands of supporters of the socialist government filled the streets this weekend to commemorate the 40th anniversary of a battle that helped bring President Daniel Ortega Sandinista par...

But I did buy a grant from the Park Foundation and by the generous support of listeners like you . A new vision is emerging but we have to look back despite centuries of sustained oppression against our collective existence as indigenous people we continue to represent over 5000 languages cultures worldwide indigenous people have retained our traditions and their distinctive cultures economic and political structures and 3 centuries of oppression colonization and attempted assimilation our people have survived and persevered. However we still struggle for the recognition of our humanity and o...