This study is to find out the intensity of accumulation of medicinally important limonoids in the fruiting bodies through HPLC, Azadirachtin, one of the limonoids, is taken as a reference compound and it is found to he accumulated in the fruiting bodies of P sajor-caju

The paper discusses five areas in which traditional knowledge may complement scientific approaches to understanding climate change in the Canadian Arctic.

The purpose of the Report is to provide information to WIPO Member States, holders of TK, including indigenous peoples, the private sector, intergovernmental and non-governmental organizations, academic and research institutions and other interested parties, on the IP needs and expectations of TK holders expressed to WIPO during the FFMs.

The aim of this study is to show that the policy debate has proceeded largely in abstraction, with little regard to two key questions of fact: To what extent does indigenous knowledge actually get into the commercial patent system? Are the same kinds of entities responsible for the original research in indigenous communities and for patent-protected commercialization of the leads gained from community-level research?

This important collection of essays is compulsory reading for all those who wish to gain a better understanding of the dynamic processes of change which Mexico and its indigenous peoples have undergone.

The chapters in this book present a global perspective on Indigenous issues. They feature a cross-disciplinary integration that takes a holistic approach in-line with that of most Indigenous peoples and include vignettes of Indigenous cultural practices.

This highly original study puts forward the notion that every culture has its own ways of assembling local knowledge, thereby creating space through the linking of people, practices and places.

This paper reviews international law and policy regarding the rights of indigenous peoples and local communities that are defining the role of traditional and indigenous knowledge in the management and conservation of biodiversity.

The purpose of the Guidelines is to assist the United Nations system to mainstream and integrate indigenous peoples’ issues in processes for operational activities and programme at the country level. The Guidelines set out the broad normative, policy and operational framework for implementing a human rights-based and culturally sensitive approach to development for and with indigenous peoples

The first concerted critical examination of the uses and abuses of indigenous knowledge. The contributors focus on a series of interrelated issues in their interrogation of indigenous knowledge and its specific applications within the localised contexts of particular Asian societies and regional cultures.