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Designing for Action: Principles of Effective Sustainability Measurement
2013
Author(s): Connell DO, Raison J, Dodds SH, Braid A, Cowie A, Littleboy A, Wiedmann T, Clark M
This paper provides a summary of a more detailed full Report commissioned by the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Measuring Sustainability. Its purpose is to provide a framework and guide for people engaging with the complex and evolving sustainability literature and the development and application of sustainability assessment tools.
This book looks at the experience of indigenous peoples of the Native Hawaiians.
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.
Indigenous Nations and Modern States: The Political Emergence of Nations Challenging State Power
2013
Author(s): Ryser R C
The book describes how indigenous peoples transformed themselves from anthropological curiosities into politically influential voices in domestic and international deliberations affecting everyone on the planet.
Traditional Knowledge on Medicinal Plants Used in The Treatment of Respiratory Disorders in Bellary District, Karnataka, India
2013
Author(s): Murthy SMS, Vidyasagar GM
An ethnomedicinal survey was carried out in 16 different villages of Bellary district of Karnataka with an aim to document the information regarding indigenous plant species used in the treatment of respiratory disorders.
Plants Used in Healthcare Practices by Limboo Tribe in South –West of Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve, Sikkim, India
2013
Author(s): Badola HK, Pradhan BK
The study aimed in exploring indigenous knowledge of Limboo tribe on plant use practices for local healthcare in Khangchendzonga Biosphere Reserve, Sikkim. Paper also discussed the conservation aspects.
Integrating Indigenous Knowledge of Farmers for Sustainable Organic Farming: An Assessment in Uttarakhand State of India
2013
Author(s): Subrahmanyeswari B , Chander M
This study was conducted to explore the traditional knowledge and indigenous practices being followed by farmers in agriculture and animal husbandry to assess the possibility of integrating with organic farming in Uttarakhand, which is the first state in India promoting organic farming in a systematic way.
Education, Indigenous Knowledges, and Development in the Global South: Contesting Knowledges for a Sustainable Future
2013
Author(s): Breidlid A
The book's focus is the hegemonic role of so-called modernist, Western epistemology that spread in the wake of colonialism and the capitalist economic system, and its exclusion and othering of other epistemologies.
This video talks about indigenous knowledge



