The present paper is an attempt to assess the diversity and document the indigenous uses and traditional practices of dye yielding plants in Central Himachal Pradesh North Western Himalaya.

Exploring indigenous life projects in encounters with extractivism, the book  discusses how current turbulences actualise questions of indigeneity, difference and ontological dynamics in the Andes and Amazonia.

This collection refreshes the scholarly and public discourse relating to the Treaty of Waitangi and makes a significant contribution to the international discussion of Indigenous-State relations and reconciliation. The essays in this collection explore the diversity of meanings that have been ascribed to Indigenous-State compacts, such as the Treaty, by different interpretive communities.

This Case studies compiled recently by Global Forest Coalition (GFC) members and allies in Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Paraguay underline the role of agribusiness in peasant farmers´ and Indigenous Peoples´ lives.

The study was conducted in two districts viz. East Khasi Hills and Ri-Bhoi districts taking two villages from each district on Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK) in the field of animal husbandry and veterinary.

This book provides a well- documented foundation for a new integrated community-managed development strategy for sustainable community development. It presents a practical guide for the strategy’s worldwide implementation to reduce poverty.

This paper analyzed the legal protection accorded to IK at international, regional and national level with particular emphasis to the legal gaps within Ethiopia’s Intellectual Property (IP) legal frameworks. This paper found that there are legal gaps/lacuna within the existing IP laws and other related laws which aimed at protecting knowledge, innovations and practices in general and with regard to the protection of IK in particular.

Jhum cultivation is considered highly destructive to environment as it involves burning and clearing vast areas of forest so that cultivation can be done for a few years. It does not only destroy forest but has a chain of effects and after-effects leading to multifarious adverse conditions of soil and climate.

The new MBSAP for 2017 — 2030 is developed along the lines of the 12 National Biodiversity Targets through extensive stakeholder consultations and public outreach. Implementing the MBSAP will be a challenging task and calls for active involvement of all the stakeholders. People's participation will remain central to its successful implementation with active support of the State Biodiversity Board.

The study is based on the dye extracted from palas flower petals has been used on cotton fabric and a comparative study is carried out for conventional exhaust dyeing against the pad dyeing.