The Act encompasses Rights of Self-cultivation and Habitation which are usually regarded as Individual rights; and Community Rights as Grazing, Fishing and access to Water bodies in forests, Habitat Rights for PVTGs, Traditional Seasonal Resource access of Nomadic and Pastoral community, access to biodiversity, community right to intellectual property and traditional knowledge, recognition of traditional customary rights and right to protect, regenerate or conserve or manage any community forest resource for sustainable use.

The present study based on anthropological participant observations has been conducted on selected centurion women of Gujarat. Forty old women (80 yrs or more) were selected to study diverse indigenous knowledge systems used to cure various human and animals ailments.

This paper attempts to draw attention to the research, development and the extension workers to take due cognizance of the knowledge possessed by them their contribution and potential, competencies and capabilities to explore fully for deriving real benefits for the animal sector.

The study aims at documentation of traditional uses of the local medicinal plants for the benefit of mankind and further scientific investigation.

The Atafu elders mainly wrote this work for the benefit of their children and grandchildren. Fishing communities throughout the Pacific have their own bodies of knowledge about their marine environments and their own techniques for exploiting them. Much of this traditional knowledge survives in numerous places, simply because it is both useful and efficient.

The bilingual publication: Reef and Rainforest: an Environmental Encyclopedia of Morovo Lagoon, Solomon Islands, proposes a voyage of discovery into the lives of the Marovo people. Written first and foremost for the use of the Marovo people, many wise elders of the villages and other local experts on reef and rainforest provided, checked, verified and expanded the names and stories contained in this encyclopedia. Available as a book and as a wiki, the project is a practical demonstration of how educational material in vernacular language fosters transmission and development of indigenous environmental knowledge across generations.

This study shows that the uses of rosaries made from various plant parts by the Meitei community in Manipur are the symbol of tradition and culture and are used as ornaments or related to health and religious practices.

The book is an unparalleled examination of Native American knowledge and uses of California's natural resources that reshapes the understanding of native cultures and shows how we might begin to use their knowledge in our own conservation efforts.

The paper describes the traditional uses of bamboo by the Kotwalias tribe of South Gujarat.

The paper describes 34 plant species, belonging to 30 families, used in the extraction of dyes by the Meitei community of Manipur.