In this article twenty two medicinal plants used by tribal people of Madhya Pradesh are enlisted for further exploration.

This paper deals with 14 plants used for different types of fevers by this tribal community.

This publication contains the Biological Diversity Act, 2002 and the Biological Diversity Rules, 2004 that was promulgated by the Government of India. An Act to provide for conservation of biological diversity, sustainable use of its components and fair and equitable sharing of the benefits arising out of the use of biological resources, knowledge and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.

The guidelines provide a detailed description of the techniques and measures required for the appropriate cultivation and collection of medicinal plants and for the recording and documentation of necessary data and information during their processing.

The publication provides an overview of the ILO Convention No.169 which is the foremost international legal instrument that deals specifically with the rights of indigenous and tribal peoples, and whose influence extends beyond the number of actual ratifications.

This article describes the indigenous knowledge of local communities on the traditional healthcare system in district Kachchh, Gujarat. A total of about 726 individuals, from 55 villages across district Kachchh were interviewed, using structured questionnaire survey method.

This study presents specific and actual examples where Indigenous Australians have explored and used intellectual property laws to protect their arts and cultural expressions.

This is a peer-reviewed, open-access, scholarly online journal that shares multi-disciplinary indigenous knowledge and research experience amongst indigenous health professionals, leaders, researchers and community members.

The volume includes widely varied case studies on the role of indigenous knowledge in forestry, community living, and joint management of local natural resources. This book consists of 17 papers, based on cross-cultural, interdisciplinary investigations of well-known scholars of forest management, ethno-botanists, social anthropologists and of the members of several local NGOs involved in either community forestry or village development programmes.

The journal publishes research papers and short reports describing original experimental results, and review articles in the areas of cultivation, chemistry of the essential oil bearing plants and application of essential oils in pharmacology, perfumery, flavour, and other value added products related to these areas.