In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Nixiwaka yawanawa from Yawanaka tribe explained how nature is so important and interconnected for indigenous people especially tribespeople,but also for everyone in this world.

The study shows that medicinal uses are most similar when cultures are found in similar floristic environments. The correlation between medicinal flora and floristic environment was positive and strongly significant, in contrast to the effects of shared ancestry and geographical proximity.

The main objective of Indigenous Knowledge is to provide an intellectual platform for national and international researchers to discuss their most recent findings related to different types of indigenous knowledge. By doing so, the journal hopes to improve the status of the field in Iran and in the world and to find solutions to theoretical and practical problems the profession is faced with.

The report provides a series of snapshots of UNIPP activity and achievements, grouped by strategic area of activity. While far from comprehensive, they illustrate the breadth of initiatives and partnerships with which UNIPP is involved, and the concrete steps it has already taken to ensure indigenous peoples benefit from their due rights.

This study describes the method of preparation of the medicine and its applications along with an objective to conserve the practices of traditional knowledge of plant and plant’s products.

The report analyses family farms and the role of innovation in ensuring global food security, poverty reduction and environmental sustainability. It argues that family farms must be supported to innovate in ways that promote sustainable intensification of production and improvements in rural livelihoods. Innovation is a process through which farmers improve their production and farm management practices.

The book offers a deep insight into Indigenous Australian ways of working with people, in the context of a decolonisation framework. It is an invaluable resource for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous practitioners and researchers in health, social work, community work, education and related fields.

Shifting cultivation commonly known as slash and burn agriculture is an age-old traditional agricultural practice in Nagaland.

In the present study, an attempt was made to inventorise the traditional rice varieties cultivated in a village in Barak Valley, North east India. A total of 18 rice landraces were collected from the study site retained by the farmers because of their dietary, cultural and social value.

The nutritional potential of five wild edible fruits of the plant e.g. Artocarpus gomezianus Wall. ex Trécul, Baccaurea sapida Muell.-Arg., Gomphogyne cissiformis Griff., Gymnopetalum cochinchinense Kurz and Zanthoxylum armatum DC., collected from Meghalaya state in India were evaluated by determining proximate and phytochemical composition. These plants are used by the local people of Meghalaya state in India as their food.