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The case study saw the successful piloting of the protocols in the village of Bethany, where community members were equipped with the skills and knowledge to negotiate with extractive resource companies and monitor their activity on customary land.

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Research Papers/Articles
Anticaries Potential of Ethnomedicinal Plants Used by Malayali Tribals from Kolli Hills, India

2016

Author(s): Sekar K , Murugan K , Pandikumar P

The present study documents the dental caries preventing medicinal plants used by them and attempts to validate their claim.

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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.

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This handbook aims to answer some of the essential questions of ILO constituents regarding the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169).

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This offers practical guidance for IFAD staff, consultants and in-country partners for seeking FPIC in the design and implementation of IFAD-funded projects and programmes in compliance with IFAD policies and procedures.

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This study provides a preliminary analysis of boarding school policies directed at indigenous peoples globally. Because of the diversity of indigenous peoples and the nation-states in which they are situated, it is impossible to address all the myriad boarding school policies both historically and contemporary.

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

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The study examined the effective protection of folklore so as to derive directions for future work in the field and to assess the relevance of the Model Provisions already drawn up for framing legislation.

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Training Materials
Marketing Crafts and Visual Arts: the Role of Intellectual Property

2013

Author(s): Ballyn J, Castro JD, Verbauwhede L

The basic purpose of this guide is to empower an artisan, craft entrepreneur or visual artist to develop a meaningful framework and business perspective on marketing and on the role of IP in marketing, and to pose the right questions.

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Reports
WIPO Technical Study on Disclosure Requirements in Patent Systems Related to Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge

2004

Author(s): WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore

The study concerns disclosure requirements in patent law that are relevant to genetic resources (GR) and traditional knowledge (TK) that are used in inventions for which patent protection is claimed.