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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

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Research Papers/Articles
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.

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This article explores the relationship between a system of traditional and indigenous knowledge called subawe, social capital, and disaster risk reduction.

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This qualitative study explores the geographies of knowledge creation in forest rights claims-making processes in three Indigenous communities in Madhya Pradesh, India.

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Research Papers/Articles
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.

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Reports
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.

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Research Papers/Articles
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.

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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.

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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.

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The study provided an overall country analysis of the needs of indigenous peoples and the solutions they propose to tackle rural poverty and gender.