This study is based on the traditional methods of treatment using plants and animals are predominant in rural societies of Meghalaya, a north-eastern state of India.

During the course of the study, it was found that 37 species of plants belonging to 29 families are utilized as antipyretic agents in the different ethnic medicine practices prevalent in the region.

The journal has been motivated by the need for a dependable expression for critical and analytical writing on issues related to production, dissemination and recognition of Indigenous Knowledge Systems.

The study concerns disclosure requirements in patent law that are relevant to genetic resources (GR) and traditional knowledge (TK) that are used in inventions for which patent protection is claimed.

An attempt has been made to study 35 plant species, from 35 genera belonging to 30 families along with the method of preparation and mode of use.

This book presents seventeen articles of Darrell A. Posey, on the topics of environment, indigenous knowledge and intellectual property rights. Demonstrating his belief in the validity of indigenous knowledge systems, and his insistence that indigenous rights must be recognised and protected, it is an ideal introduction to his thought and work.

As part of the work programme on Article 8(j), Parties to the Convention decided to develop, in cooperation with indigenous and local communities, guidelines for the conduct of cultural, environmental and social impact assessments regarding such developments.

The present study is concerned with 31 numbers of plant species leaves, which have been used as medicine for several common diseases like diarrhoea, dysentery, boils, pain, etc.

In this study an effort was made to document indigenous knowledge system of medicine and health care practices and its relevance in physical well being of the local people, resource conservation and socio-economic development.

EU legislation on pharmaceutical products for human use also applies to traditional herbal medicines. Herbal medicinal products are defined as any medicinal product, exclusively containing as active ingredients one or more herbal substances, one or more herbal preparations, or a combination of the two.