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• This week in review … Indigenous innovation at vanguard of climate change

  
  Traditional Knowledge Bulletin — Authority: 129
  Indigenous innovation at vanguard of climate change Kirsty Galloway McLean, UNU-IAS Traditional Knowledge Initiative , 10 December 2009 In this article, Kirsty Galloway McLean reviews how Indigenous Peoples at the vanguard of climate change are actively using their traditional knowledge and survival skills to test ...
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• TK at Copenhagen: Inuit TK crucial for understanding climate change

  
  Traditional Knowledge Bulletin — Authority: 129
  Scientists Turn to Inuit for Clues IPS , 13 December 2009 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK: The Inuit people who live in and around the Arctic are among the worst victims of global warming, and scientists are now turning to their experience and indigenous knowledge to understand the staggering effects of climate change. Inuit ...
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• This week in review … Indigenous innovation at vanguard of climate change

  
  Traditional Knowledge Bulletin — Authority: 129
  Indigenous innovation at vanguard of climate change Kirsty Galloway McLean, UNU-IAS Traditional Knowledge Initiative , 10 December 2009 In this article, Kirsty Galloway McLean reviews how Indigenous Peoples at the vanguard of climate change are actively using their traditional knowledge and survival skills to test ...
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• TK at Copenhagen: Indigenous Voices on Climate Change film festival

  
  Traditional Knowledge Bulletin — Authority: 129
  Bringing the Rainforest to Copenhagen IPS , 12 December 2009 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK: In order to showcase the issues facing native people, the Indigenous Voices on Climate Change film festival is focusing a critical lens on global warming, with the assistance of some of the world’s most vulnerable people struggling ...
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• TK at Copenhagen: Indigenous Peoples raise their voice

  
  Traditional Knowledge Bulletin — Authority: 129
  Indigenous Peoples Raise Their Voice IPS , 10 December 2009 COPENHAGEN, DENMARK: Indigenous Peoples from many parts of the world, who are losing their lands and cultures due to climate change, are making their voices heard at Copenhagen. “This climate crisis threatens the very survival of indigenous peoples, ...
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• Resource: Local responses to climate change in the Himalayas

  
  Traditional Knowledge Bulletin — Authority: 129
  Too Much or Too Little Water in the Himalayas ICIMOD , 11 December 2009 Hundreds of millions of people in the Hindu Kush-Himalayan region and in the river basins downstream are being forced to adapt to a new reality: climate change. Climate change is increasing uncertainty and the risk for extreme droughts ...
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• This week in review … Indian languages struggle to survive

  
  Traditional Knowledge Bulletin — Authority: 129
  Hundreds of Indian languages struggle to survive AFP , 13 December 2009 NEW DELHI, INDIA: Kukna, Panchmahali and Rathvi are just three of dozens of tribal Indian tongues taught at the Adivasi Academy in western India, which was set up in 1996 in an attempt to preserve the country’s indigenous cultures. The ...
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• This week in review … India’s TK Digital Library to prevent wrong patents

  
  Traditional Knowledge Bulletin — Authority: 129
  Patenting melon juice? Not if India gets its way … AFP , 11 December 2009 NEW DELHI, INDIA: Fed up with foreign companies patenting traditional medicine from India, the country’s top scientific body is compiling a giant database of everything from yoga positions to medicinal fruit juice. The initiative has had ...
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• Editorial: TK and Climate Change

  
  Traditional Knowledge Bulletin — Authority: 129
  Traditional knowledge and climate change: from Anchorage to Copenhagen Elsa Tsioumani, UNU-IAS Traditional Knowledge Initiative There are still major gaps in climate science and policy around the role of traditional knowledge (TK), including what type of contribution it can make, how it can be presented in a form ...
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• Resource: Climate Change Compendium

  
  Traditional Knowledge Bulletin — Authority: 129
  Advance Guard: Climate Change Impacts, Adaptation, Mitigation and Indigenous Peoples – A Compendium of Case Studies (Advance Reading Copy) Kirsty Galloway McLean, UNU-IAS Traditional Knowledge Initiative , December 2009 This compendium presents a wide-ranging overview of more than 400 projects, case studies and ...
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• Meeting prep: Indigenous Peoples’ Day at UNFCCC COP 15

  
  Traditional Knowledge Bulletin — Authority: 129
  Indigenous Peoples’ Day 12 December 2009 (Copenhagen, Denmark) Organized by the International Work Group for Indigenous Affairs and Tebtebba, the Indigenous Peoples’ Day will be held at the National Museum in Copenhagen. It aims at drawing wider attention to indigenous peoples’ rights and their perspectives ...
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• Meeting report: Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change

  
  Traditional Knowledge Bulletin — Authority: 129
  Report of the Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change 20 April – 24 April 2009 (Anchorage, Alaska) This report contains the proceedings of the Indigenous Peoples’ Global Summit on Climate Change, hosted by the Inuit Circumpolar Council in collaboration with the UNU-IAS Traditional Knowledge ...
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• This week in review … Native American experts address environmental issues, impacts to culture and TK

  
  Traditional Knowledge Bulletin — Authority: 129
  We All Breathe the Same Air and Drink the Same Water IPS , 5 December 2009 NEW MEXICO, USA: Native American environmental experts from 66 tribes came together at a summit held from 2-4 December 2009 in Santa Ana, USA, to address environmental problems including water and air pollution and the impacts of climate ...
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• Meeting review: International Healers Exchange and Conference

  
  Traditional Knowledge Bulletin — Authority: 129
  International Traditional Healers Exchange & Conference on Promotion of Traditional Medicine for Sustainable Healthcare 8 November – 20 November 2009 (Bangalore, India) According to a draft brief emerging out of this event, more than 400 million traditional healers across the world are providing access ...
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• This week in review … India moves towards recognizing traditional healers

  
  Traditional Knowledge Bulletin — Authority: 129
  Traditional healing gets a big boost The Times of India , 30 November 2009 BANGALORE, INDIA: Traditional healers in India will be recognized as healthcare practitioners. Acknowledging the rich contribution of traditional medicine, India’s health ministry’s AYUSH department will set up a task force to provide ...
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• This week in review … CBD workshops for indigenous and local community representatives in Latin America and the Caribbean

  
  Traditional Knowledge Bulletin — Authority: 129
  2010 Calendar for the Latin American and Caribbean sub-regional workshops organized in collaboration with the Indigenous Women’s Biodiversity Network (IWBN) in the region and with the financial support of the Government of Spain CBD notification , 2 December 2009 MONTREAL, CANADA: As part of its work in the ...
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• Restaurant Compost: A Green Opportunity for Local Development and Sustainable Business

  
  OppGreen Insights — Authority: 115
  One of the biggest challenges facing the sustainability movement is developing a sustainable culture of sustainability, backed by green institutions, systems, and models that can be tapped into by citizens, business leaders, and government officials.  Successful models at the local level can translate to city-wide, ...
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• Meeting prep: UNFCCC COP 15 and Indigenous voices film festival

  
  Traditional Knowledge Bulletin — Authority: 129
  “Indigenous Voices on Climate Change” Film Festival 9 December – 13 December 2009 (Copenhagen, Denmark) As part of the UNU contribution to the UNFCCC COP 15 climate negotiations in Copenhagen, to be held from 7-18 December 2009, the “Indigenous Voices on Climate Change” film festival includes a ...
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• This week in review … Traditional fire management techniques against climate change

  
  Traditional Knowledge Bulletin — Authority: 129
  Traditional indigenous fire management techniques deployed against climate change EurekAlert , 29 November 2009 CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA: A landmark Australian project that mitigates the extent and severity of natural savannah blazes by deploying traditional Indigenous fire management techniques is being hailed as a ...
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• This week in review … Ethnographic mapping and REDD

  
  Traditional Knowledge Bulletin — Authority: 129
  Ethnographic maps built using cutting-edge technology may help Amazon tribes win forest carbon payments Mongabay.com , 29 November 2009 CALIFORNIA, USA: A new handbook lays out the methodology for cultural mapping, providing indigenous groups with a powerful tool for defending their land and culture, while ...
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