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Understanding How Indigenous Knowledge Contributes to Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience: A Systematic Literature Review

2024

Author(s): Dorji T, Rinchen K, Morrison-Saunders A, Blake D, Banham V, Pelden S

This systematic literature review seeks to understand how IK contributes to climate change adaptation and resilience. A total of 71 papers from Scopus were analysed using the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) method.

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The study evaluated impact of bio-herbicide to control the indigenous weed of glycin max. The importance of research work lies in the fact that a well organized and periodical survey of various leguminous crop (Glycine max) fields would bring to light many microflora which may have very high herbicidal properties directly or through biorationals.

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Extraction and Characterization of various Unconventional Natural Fibres

2023

Author(s): Devi YS, Annapoorani SG, Yuvaraj H, Prakash C

In this study, various unconventional fibres have been successfully extracted from crop residue of Canna indica, Areca catechu sheath, Caryota urens spadix petiole, and Abelmoschus esculentus, and their physical, chemical, thermal, and mechanical properties are studied.

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Traditional Knowledge System on Paddy Straw Management in North-East India

2023

Author(s): Bidyalakshmia T, Bembema K, Narsaiaha K, Singhb HJ, Singhb HD

The study revealed that the people of Northeast Region, India used paddy straw for different purposes. This traditional knowledge on the utilization of paddy straw can provide an idea for scientific exploration for better and efficient uses in various fields.

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Systematic Validation of Anti-inflammatory Activity of Raw Drug Samples in Holostemma annulare (Roxb.) K. Schum

2023

Author(s): Devi PS , Anusha P , PreethaTS

The study provides a scientific rationale in using Holostemma roots in traditional drug preparations for diseases linked with inflammation and also throw light in fortifying molecular approaches in validating elite raw drugs in order to supplement genuine samples for pharma needs.

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The Cardinal and the Cedar

2023

Author(s): Anderson M

The purpose of this paper will be to describe a narrative from the perspective of Giizik (Cedar) and I will use story work and more specifically will tailor it to a child and youth perspective. A benefit of Indigenous story work is it can become a useful method in the translation and dissemination of knowledge (Drawson, Toombs & Mushquash, 2017)

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Biodiversity Credits: Demand Analysis and Market Outlook

2023

Author(s): World Economic Forum

The report aims to capture the potential for developing the market for biodiversity credits, without being too prescriptive about how this potential might be realized.

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The study aims to explore the status of jackfruit cultivation and utilisation of locally available jackfruit and to document the value addition practices followed by ethnic tribal communities in the Garo Hills of Meghalaya, India, to augment the standardisation of the sustainable value addition practices for the region.

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Introducing the Negev–Bedouin land issue from the international indigenous land rights perspective, this comparative study suggests options for the recognition of their land. The book demonstrates that the Bedouin land dispossession, like many indigenous peoples’, progressed through several phases.

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Response of Potato Crop to Vrikshaayurveda Based Herbal kunapajala Against Black Scurf and Early Blight Disease

2023

Author(s): Adhikari S, Sharma S, Pandey ST, Singh RP, Singh V

The study found that kunapajala treated tubers were statistically at par in terms of germination per cent and tuber yield with the control treatment in which recommended dose of fertiliser was applied suggesting that kunapajala treatment as mentioned above effectively provided the nutrients required by the growing tubers.