Knowledge Hub
Climate Change and Biocultural Adaptation in Mountain Communities
2016
Author(s): Swiderska K, Malmer P
This report provides a record of recent climatic changes experienced by 21 indigenous mountain communities in 10 countries, and of the solutions they have developed based on traditional knowledge and experimentation.
In this video the speaker Ms Sheree who has spent her adult life working in remote Australia, deep in sacred Aboriginal country, where the sky is blue and the earth burnt-orange. She has a deep respect for the Aboriginal communities who live within that landscape, and her current research hopes to answer some profoundly human questions – How do we define success? What makes us happy? And what can we learn from our ancient brothers and sisters.
‘Judima’ the Traditional Rice Wine of Dimasa Community of Assam: A Potential Candidate for GI Registration
2016
Author(s): Gogoi J
Amongst the Dimasa tribe in Assam, their popular alcoholic beverage is a traditional rice wine named Judima. This paper is a case study of Judima as a potential GI and includes step by step procedure for GI registration, the hurdles which might pose in the process and how it could be overcome.
Effect of Climate Change in Meghalaya as Perceived by the Scientists of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Meghalaya, India
2016
Author(s): Maisnam G, Nongtdu D, Rangad L
This study was conducted to assess the adverse effect of climate change as perceived by the scientists of Krishi Vigyan Kendra, Meghalaya.
Knowledge and Systems Science Enabling Systemic Knowledge Synthesis
2016
Author(s): Nakamori Y
Integrating ideas from the fields of systems science and knowledge science, the book shows how to create and justify various pieces of knowledge systemically. Written by one of the foremost experts in this area, the book presents approaches for the systemic integration of knowledge, which can help solve complex problems today and in the future.
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.
The book is a synthesis of changes and innovations in methodologies in Indigenous Studies, focusing on sources over a broad chronological and geographical range. It offers insight into the methodological approaches contributors take to research, and how these methods have developed in recent years.
Training tools for Curriculum Development: Reaching Out to All Learners: A Resource Pack for Supporting Inclusive Education
2016
Author(s): UNESCO International Bureau of Education
This guide provides a framework that is intended to stimulate discussion of these issues among policy- makers within a country. It presumes that the aim of inclusive education is to eliminate social exclusion that is a consequence of attitudes and responses to diversity in race, social class, ethnicity, religion, gender and ability
Comparative Study on Chemical Profiling and Antimicrobial Properties of Essential Oils from Different Parts of Eucalyptus lanceolatus
2016
Author(s): Bhagat M, Gupta S, Jamwal VS, Sharma S, Kattal M, Dawa S, Devi R, Bindu K
In this study, essential oils from stem, leaf and bud of Eucalyptus lanceolatus were analysed and chemical profiling was done by Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS).
In this video Dr. Anderson DeCoteau a Cree-Saulteaux physician speaks about mainstream systems approaches to Indigenous health in Indigenous rights, and Indigenous understandings and teachings around health, being healthy, and healing.



