The Journal of Law and Rural Development provides a forum where the link between law and rural development can be explored.

The report provides basic background, principles and key terms for ecosystem management, major considerations in the context of the HKH and the process and practical steps required for the management of ecosystems.

This booklet gives a broad overview of all the important concepts of IPRs with essential information for a busy scientist as to how to file a patent. This document is based on relevant techno-legal information from various national and international sources.

In 2003, fifteen indigenous Pagu communities of North Maluku, Indonesia, started opposing the expanding gold mining activities in their territories, as these activities were causing the contamination of water sources and the ecosystem.

Tunchai Redvers, co-founder of We Matter, a national non-profit organization committed to Indigenous youth empowerment, hope and life promotion. Tunchai makes the case that changing this reality and creating environments for Indigenous youth to both live and succeed means centering Indigenous youth voices, honouring Indigenous strengths, and challenging toxic norms and beliefs.

The objective of the present review article is to compile all the relevant published information regarding traditional uses, phytochemistry and therapeutic potential of Myrica esculenta commonly known as box berry.

Qátuw̓as explores the relationship between Indigenous knowledge and Western science through her relationship to place and work with Ocean Networks Canada. As society is attempting to drive forward with reconciliation and response to climate change, it is important to learn from evidence-based knowledge that has been built over generations.

In this study the author attempts to find out the medicinal importance and the mechanism of Moringa oleifera.

Ethnomedically survey on plants was conducted during the year 2014-2016. The findings of the present study indicates that a total of 39 medicinal plants belonging to 38 genera and 29 families were recorded which includes botanical name of the plant, prevalent local name, uses, formulations and also mode of administration.

Evaluating this assumption in the light of case studies drawn from Zimbabwe, Alaska and shamanic traditions, and in view of current debates over 'primitivism', the author mounts a defence for the scholarly use of the category 'Indigenous Religions'.