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Clay Pottery Making -Tyrshang Lurshai Cooperative Society
2023
Author(s): Meghalaya Basin Development Authority
Clay Pottery Making -Tyrshang Lurshai Cooperative Society
Free Prior Informed Consent in the Extractive Industry: Approaches to Involving Indigenous Peoples in Decision-Making in Russia
2023
Author(s): Yakovleva N, Gavrilyeva TN, Makarov AI, Krasilnikova NA
The study examined the corporate social responsibility approaches to implementing free prior informed consent in Russia. The author investigated how public and civil institutions influence the policies of extractive companies and their impact on Indigenous peoples’ self-determination and participation in decision-making.
Subawe, Traditional Knowledge, and Faith-Based Organisations Promoting Social Capital and Disaster Preparedness: a Lombok, Indonesia Case Study
2023
Author(s): Koopman J
This article explores the relationship between a system of traditional and indigenous knowledge called subawe, social capital, and disaster risk reduction.
Geographies of Knowledge Creation in Forest Rights Claims-Making Processes Among Indigenous Communities in Central India
2023
Author(s): Loivaranta T
This qualitative study explores the geographies of knowledge creation in forest rights claims-making processes in three Indigenous communities in Madhya Pradesh, India.
The Evolution of a Partnership-Based Breeding Program for Organic Corn
2023
Author(s): Goldstein WA
The partnership approach taken also differs from usual top-down mechanistic breeding approaches in that the methods of breeding entailed holistic attention, learning, and respect for what turned out to be corn plants evolving in symbiogenesis with beneficial microbial partners.
Water, ice, society, and ecosystems in the Hindu Kush Himalaya: an outlook
2023
Author(s): Wester P, Chaudhary S, Chettri N, Jackson M, Maharjan A, Nepal S, Steiner JF
This assessment report aims to meet this need by informing the people of the HKH, decision makers, practitioners, and the global community on the rapidly changing cryosphere in the HKH and its impacts on water, biodiversity, and societies, based on the latest science.
Beliefs and attitudes of traditional healers regarding epilepsy in Cameroon
2023
Author(s): Annick-Mélanie M, Daniel GM, Laure MM, Ghislaine M, Christian E, Lamou GBE, Callixte KT
The study was conducted to determine the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of traditional healers (THs) concerning epilepsy. Over a 9-month period, the author included 208 THs practicing in the Littoral, Center and West regions of Cameroon who agreed to participate in the study.
Embedding indigenous knowledge in the conservation and restoration of landscapes
2023
Author(s): World Economic Forum
This report puts forward a set of principles and practices to inform how investors should think and what investors should do to engage Indigenous peoples and their knowledge in conservation and restoration of landscapes.
Case Studies in Biocultural Diversity from Southeast Asia Traditional Ecological Calendars, Folk Medicine and Folk Names
2023
Author(s): Franco FM, Knudsen M, Hassan HN
This book demonstrates the linkages between local languages, traditional knowledge, and biodiversity at the landscape level in Asia, providing a fresh approach to discussions on Asia’s biocultural diversity.
Custodians of Culture and Biodiversity: Indigenous Peoples Take Charge of Their Challenges and Opportunities
2023
Author(s): Kelles-Viitanen A
The study provided an overall country analysis of the needs of indigenous peoples and the solutions they propose to tackle rural poverty and gender.



