• Aotearoa New Zealand joined nearly 200 parties in adopting the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (external link) on 19 December 2022, at the COP15 meeting. (mfat.govt.nz)
  • The adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at COP 15 brings a renewed sense of hope for biodiversity conservation worldwide. (thequint.com)
  • The United Nations Biodiversity Conference (COP15) ended last December 19 in Montreal and resulted in the adoption of the "Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework" (GBF), whose goal is to withstand the loss of biodiversity, restore ecosystems and protect indigenous rights. (abpi.org.br)
  • After a wait of more than four years, marked by negotiations and tensions on several sides, the representatives of 193 countries approved an unprecedented global commitment to the maintenance and conservation of biological diversity called GBF (Global Biodiversity Framework). (abpi.org.br)
  • Preserving traditional knowledge is essential for the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, and to meeting the global commitments made under the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), the Kunming Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF), and the Paris Climate Agreement. (bvsalud.org)
  • On December 19, 2022, the COP15 presidency adopted the KunmingMontreal Global Biodiversity Framework at the 15th Conference of the Parties to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD COP15) in Montreal, Canada. (culturalsurvival.org)
  • At the same time, the programme advances the implementation of SDGs, the Aichi Targets as well as the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework adopted last December 2022. (unctad.org)
  • A Post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework is therefore one of the goals for COP15 in Montreal, 7-19 December. (lu.se)
  • Sarawak Biodiversity Centre (SBC) was established in 1997 following the enactment of the Sarawak Biodiversity Centre Ordinance by the Sarawak state government for conservation, utilization, protection and sustainable development of biodiversity in the state. (wikipedia.org)
  • It represents the only global unified agenda to tackle the ongoing biodiversity loss, including that induced by unsustainable and illegal exploitation of wild plants and animals, and aims at enhancing the benefits to biodiversity conservation and human well-being that derive from harvest and trade at sustainable levels. (traffic.org)
  • The Plant Conservation Report 2014 mirrors GBO-4 in relation to the state of and pressures on plant biodiversity, and the progress made by Parties towards achieving the targets of the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation (GSPC). (traffic.org)
  • Capacity building to aid exploration, inventorisation and documentation of the biodiversity, identification of red data list species and species rich areas needing conservation. (org.in)
  • Their knowledge of medicinal plants, agricultural practices, and conservation techniques is invaluable for biodiversity conservation and sustainable resource management. (thequint.com)
  • The Department of Conservation (DOC) is hosting a 'national conversation on nature' as it develops a new NZ Biodiversity Strategy. (scoop.co.nz)
  • Inadequate information on the geographical distribution of biodiversity hampers decision-making for conservation. (nature.com)
  • While we recognize that well-informed control of location data for highly sensitive taxa is necessary to avoid risks, such as poaching or habitat disturbance by recreational visitors, we argue that ignoring the benefits of sharing biodiversity data could unnecessarily obstruct conservation efforts for species and locations with low risks of exploitation. (nature.com)
  • Our protocol helps scientists assess the impacts of publishing biodiversity data and aims to enhance conservation opportunities, promote community engagement and reduce duplication of survey efforts. (nature.com)
  • In 1993, responding to concern among its scientists over rapid species loss and increasing habitat degradation around the world, the Museum created the interdisciplinary Center for Biodiversity and Conservation. (amnh.org)
  • It is not intended to be a complete primer on marine conservation, which incorporates other sciences (most notably the social sciences) as well as traditional knowledge. (amnh.org)
  • Biodiversity Conclave in the IISF 2020 showcases the rich biodiversity of India at ecosystem, species and genetic levels, the long tradition of bio-diversity conservation by traditional communities, and the country's efforts towards mapping the distribution of biodiversity and conservation of critical ecosystems and threatened species. (indiaeducationdiary.in)
  • India is a home of several tribal communities which has a long history of preserving traditional knowledge and biodiversity conservation, he said. (indiaeducationdiary.in)
  • Their unique cultures, knowledge and traditional practices are valuable contributions to biodiversity and are indispensable for the conservation of ecosystems. (fao.org)
  • But: "We fight for the conservation of the forest and biodiversity, so that our children have a healthy life. (undp.org)
  • The aim of the Global BioTrade Facilitation programme is to synchronize and leverage results from previous phases and thus contributing to unfold the potential of the BioTrade approach for biodiversity conservation as well as poverty reduction. (unctad.org)
  • Indigenous peoples and their traditional knowledge are vital for sustainable environmental management of natural resources and biodiversity conservation, both of which are essential elements for combating climate change and fulfilling the Sustainable Development Goal 13. (lu.se)
  • Article 29 asserts their right to the conservation and protection of the environment and their lands, territories and resources, while Article 31 affirms their rights to their traditional knowledge, such as to their sciences, cultures and human and genetic resources, as well as their right to develop intellectual property over such knowledge. (lu.se)
  • Ola Olsson, associate professor and head of unit at Biodiversity and Conservation Science, handles a scythe. (lu.se)
  • The CBD's Strategic Plan, which includes 20 Aichi Biodiversity Targets to be achieved by 2020, was agreed by the world's governments in Nagoya in 2010. (traffic.org)
  • The latest CoP12 urged Parties to take comprehensive and urgent measures necessary to ensure the full implementation of the Strategic Plan for Biodiversity 2011-2020 including the corresponding NBSAPs. (traffic.org)
  • To understand how cultural burning impacts biodiversity, our research team conducted a review of over 1,000 scientific papers published globally from 1900 to 2020 (120 years). (frontiersin.org)
  • Alarmingly, none of the Aichi Biodiversity Targets for 2020 are likely to be fully met. (indepthnews.net)
  • In 2020, this tool helped us to identify on-site biodiversity improvements at our Chirnside Park and Highpoint shopping centres in Melbourne. (gpt.com.au)
  • The Program of work for Article 8(j), which is related to Traditional Knowledge, was concluded in 2020 after 20 years of development with the participation and advocacy of Indigenous Peoples and local communities. (culturalsurvival.org)
  • An Equitable Approach to Traditional Knowledge Protection NYU JILP, 2020. (lu.se)
  • In 2010, the international community adopted a strategic plan, the Aichi Targets, regarding measures to improve the biodiversity situation during the period 2011-2020. (lu.se)
  • TRAFFIC also supported capacity building to achieve the integration of these issues into national biodiversity strategies and action plans (NBSAPs) across terrestrial and marine ecosystems. (traffic.org)
  • India plays a crucial role in this global endeavour with its rich biodiversity and diverse ecosystems. (thequint.com)
  • Recognising the significance of its biodiversity heritage, India has established a network of protected areas, national parks, wildlife sanctuaries, and biosphere reserves to safeguard its unique ecosystems and species. (thequint.com)
  • Biodiversity is all the different types of life that are found in an area and it plays an important role in keeping ecosystems healthy. (frontiersin.org)
  • Fundamental knowledge of the genetic, evolutionary and ecological attributes and functions of species provides the foundation for understanding how biodiversity and ecosystems will respond to global environmental change. (edu.au)
  • Biodiversity plays an important role in the operation of ecosystems and in the many functions they provide, such as clean water, food, timber, fertile soil and climate regulation. (gpt.com.au)
  • Our ability to create value over the long term is critically dependent on resilient ecosystems and a loss of biodiversity reduces the quality of the ecosystem functions we rely on. (gpt.com.au)
  • GPT has continued our productive partnership with Greenfleet, a non-profit environmental organisation, to further offset our emissions beyond Climate Active for Buildings requirements by restoring Australian ecosystems and protecting endangered wildlife, progressing both our biodiversity and carbon neutral goals. (gpt.com.au)
  • Biodiversity entails both species and genetic variation within populations as well as habitats and the balance in and between whole ecosystems. (lu.se)
  • The Hidayatullah National Law University and Chhattisgarh State Biodiversity Board is organising a National Conference on Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Biodiversity: Problems and Prospects on 27 and 28 July, 2022. (barandbench.com)
  • The Biological Diversity Act, 2002 has created a legal framework to protect traditional knowledge and allows the community to derive benefit from sharing and commercialization of the same. (barandbench.com)
  • Importantly, the framework also reflects an understanding that climate change and biodiversity loss are inextricably linked and must be addressed together. (mfat.govt.nz)
  • biodiversity and health and illegal wildlife trade undermining the efforts to achieve the Aichi Biodiversity Targets. (traffic.org)
  • TRAFFIC stands by, ready to support CBD Parties in implementing their NBSAPs to achieve the Aichi Biodiversity Targets," said Melisch. (traffic.org)
  • TRAFFIC welcomes this development that will help meet the Aichi Biodiversity Targets and would contribute significantly to broader global priorities addressed by the post-2015 development agenda, namely: reducing hunger and poverty, improving human health, and ensuring a sustainable supply of energy, food and clean water. (traffic.org)
  • I believe that all measures that stop and reverse biodiversity losses (and there were several among the 23 targets resulting from the GBF) have indirect impacts on ATK as a logical consequence, since the more preserved forests, the greater the number of protected communities (and resulting ATK). (abpi.org.br)
  • New biodiversity targets, for example, must protect indigenous cultures. (indepthnews.net)
  • Yet the role of indigenous peoples is poorly recognised in most biodiversity strategies and targets. (indepthnews.net)
  • Our carbon neutral, water neutral, and closed loop materials management targets guide our actions towards a net positive biodiversity impact. (gpt.com.au)
  • Traditional medicine can play an important and catalytic role in achieving the goal of universal health coverage and meeting global health-related targets that were off-track even before the disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic," said Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General. (bvsalud.org)
  • Sarawak Biodiversity Centre is a statutory body that was set up by the government of Sarawak in 1997 for the regulation of access and collection of biological resources for research or commercial purposes. (wikipedia.org)
  • In December 2003, the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly passed the Sarawak Biodiversity Centre (Amendment) Ordinance 2003. (wikipedia.org)
  • Following these revisions, Sarawak Biodiversity Centre was relieved of its previous role and assumed a new role of research and development of the state biological resources and documentation of indigenous knowledge of utilising biological resources. (wikipedia.org)
  • The main objective of the Traditional Knowledge Documentation Programme carried out by the Sarawak Biodiversity Centre is to facilitate the local indigenous communities in the State in preserving their Traditional Knowledge through proper recording or documenting techniques. (sbc.org.my)
  • What is your assessment of the COP15 conclusions regarding traditional knowledge? (abpi.org.br)
  • Is Brazilian legislation adequate to comply with target 13, listed in the final document of COP15, which provides that the gains obtained from biodiversity elements used by companies be shared with the place where they were extracted? (abpi.org.br)
  • Just a month after the UN climate summit in Egypt, the leaders of the world meet again, at COP15 in Montreal, to address another acute crisis facing humanity - the loss of biodiversity. (lu.se)
  • We perhaps think that we can protect islands of biodiversity through an agreement at COP15, but pollution and a changing climate will inadvertently also affect these areas. (lu.se)
  • For the first time, the conference on the Convention of Biodiversity, COP15, will have two days on Business and Biodiversity and one full day on Finance and Biodiversity. (lu.se)
  • Mountains cover roughly one quarter of the Earth's land surface but host an impressive array of natural resources - 25% of terrestrial biodiversity, 60% of all biosphere reserves, freshwater supplies for lowland irrigation and domestic use, and important raw materials such as minerals and timber. (weadapt.org)
  • At SBSTTA-2 in September 1996, the agenda covered complex technical issues such as the monitoring and assessment of biodiversity, practical approaches to taxonomy, economic valuation of biodiversity, access to genetic resources, agricultural biodiversity, terrestrial biodiversity, marine and coastal biodiversity, biosafety and the CHM. (iisd.org)
  • Regarding associated traditional knowledge ( ATK ), which is owned by indigenous peoples and traditional communities, decisions were taken with direct and indirect impacts. (abpi.org.br)
  • Free Knowledge is a welcome survey of alarming impacts of IP law and also valuable introduction to some salutary alternatives. (resilience.org)
  • We continued to include objectives across the lifecycle of our assets to assess biodiversity impacts, not to contribute to net deforestation, responsible source wood from sources such as the Forestry Stewardship Council (FSC) certified timber and support carbon and water neutral objectives. (gpt.com.au)
  • Within the project Towards more sustainable forest management - Climate mitigation potential of Fennoscandian forests under different forest management regimes (Skogssällskapet), we aim to fill these crucial knowledge gaps and contribute to informed management decisions that guarantee the long-term productivity, enhanced climate change mitigation and minimized negative environmental impacts in the future. (lu.se)
  • This programme exists to prevent the loss of traditional knowledge in indigenous communities because knowledge is passed to the next generations only through oral tradition. (wikipedia.org)
  • This programme aims to provide an integrated database storage and maintenance system on biological resources in the state and traditional knowledge on growing indigenous plants. (wikipedia.org)
  • From indigenous traditional knowledge documentation programme, Litsea cubeba tree found at Bario, Lawas, and Padawan municipality was used for essential oil extraction with the support from Global Environment Facility (GEF) grant and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). (wikipedia.org)
  • The programme supports private companies and other partners to increase their knowledge on BioTrade as well as their capacity to raise awareness of BioTrade. (unctad.org)
  • Choose the Nordic Master's programme in Biodiversity and Systematics (NABIS) as a specialisation within General Biology, see information below. (lu.se)
  • She is also the director of a large research programme on biodiversity and the financial sector. (lu.se)
  • The relatively lesser known Ecological Garden (EG) in Bhopal, spread over around 1,700 hecatres at Katara hills, is a hub of biodiversity and has a range of features: Hillocks, water bodies, a multitude of vegetation, grasslands and geological formations. (org.in)
  • India's remarkable biodiversity faces numerous challenges and threats that endanger its survival and ecological balance. (thequint.com)
  • Fragmentation of habitats also disrupts ecological connectivity and hampers the movement of wildlife, leading to genetic isolation and reduced biodiversity. (thequint.com)
  • She uses ecological methods to study how people (past and present) affect plant communities and biodiversity. (frontiersin.org)
  • According to several studies , traditional ecological knowledge is effective in conserving biodiversity and regulating sustainable resource use, including hunting, wild harvesting, fishing, farming and pastoralism, a form of animal husbandry. (indepthnews.net)
  • In Mountain Biodiversity, Land Use Dynamics, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (eds. (edu.in)
  • The camp will begin with students embarking on a Cultural Ecological Walk to learn about traditional medicines and tools used by Dharawal people. (www.csiro.au)
  • 2014) that illustrate tribally driven solutions, built on traditional ecological knowledge, to reclaim foods systems for health promotion and prevention of chronic illnesses, including diabetes. (cdc.gov)
  • Even as crop yields decrease by 50% in some regions because of land degradation, climate change and biodiversity loss? (unccd.int)
  • Practices such as applying compost, keeping soil covered, and growing a diversity of crops help to restore soil health, improve biodiversity, grow better food and solve climate change through carbon sequestration. (thesra.org)
  • The Solutions Portal shares detailed information about tried and tested climate change adaptation solutions for mountain regions, encourages knowledge exchange, and supports collaborations. (weadapt.org)
  • T he A@A Knowledge Network seeks t o encourage communication between stakeholders working on and experiencing climate change adaptation in mountainous regions across the globe and support the sharing of successful solutions for adaptation in mountains, and their translation and uptake for use in other locations. (weadapt.org)
  • Use the category buttons below to explore knowledge shared by peers working on climate change adaptation in mountains. (weadapt.org)
  • Impact of climate change on biodiversity is one of the focus areas. (indiaeducationdiary.in)
  • He said that we are facing the challenges of biodiversity degradation due to deforestation, mining, climate change and other factors. (indiaeducationdiary.in)
  • While not necessarily recorded in writing, indigenous oral traditions have ensured the transmission of knowledge through indigenous peoples own institutions for many generations, and this has ensured their ability to adapt to local changes in climate. (lu.se)
  • At the same time, Indigenous communities are leading the way in innovative health-related climate change adaptation work, using traditional knowledges and novel approaches. (cdc.gov)
  • Climate change–related damage to land, water, and life can negatively affect traditional practices and ways of life, causing deep distress. (cdc.gov)
  • Today, the tools are inadequate, and we must also take into account the interactions between climate and biodiversity. (lu.se)
  • This Biodiversity HiveMind is one way for you to take part in the DOC-led public consultation on proposals for a new Biodiversity Strategy for Aotearoa New Zealand. (scoop.co.nz)
  • Beyond crafting dishes, chefs have a broader role in promoting food sovereignty advocating for sustainable farming practices, reducing food waste in the kitchen and highlighting the importance of dietary biodiversity. (thesra.org)
  • However, it is not known how that knowledge and practices are acquired by children and transferred across generations. (mdpi.com)
  • In 2021 we further refined the tool and expanded the reviews to an additional shopping centre with feedback provided into asset greening plans, in addition to continuing our regular reviews of management practices that could impact biodiversity across the portfolio. (gpt.com.au)
  • perceives health as a right, and implies the capacity of health workers to integrate their own knowledge with traditional beliefs and practices not only in relation to disease care, but also with regard to health promotion and death monitoring. (bvsalud.org)
  • Led by knowledgeable guides, students will explore the region's biodiversity while gaining insights into sustainable practices. (www.csiro.au)
  • Traditional medicine is easily available and affordable in low-income countries, but with increasing globalization, knowledge holders are concerned about the erosion of traditional lifestyles and cultures through external pressures, including loss of their knowledge and reluctance of younger members of the community to maintain traditional practices. (who.int)
  • Major research gaps remain in the understanding of indigenous knowledge and in particular, the human rights implications of the failure to appreciate and respect indigenous peoples' knowledge and their traditional practices related to mitigation and adaptation measures. (lu.se)
  • CSRD, a new directive for accounting that entails biodiversity, comes into effect in 2023. (lu.se)
  • The country's rich biodiversity is reflected in its staggering number of species. (thequint.com)
  • Recognising and addressing these threats is essential to protect India's rich biodiversity heritage. (thequint.com)
  • There is no way to explain that cities like Belém do Pará and Manaus, which are in the heart of the Amazon and hold a rich biodiversity combined with very advanced research laboratories, suffer from terrible basic sanitation and other indices of accentuated poverty. (abpi.org.br)
  • The financial sector is looking for tools and guidance on how to work to halt and reverse biodiversity loss. (lu.se)
  • When cultural burning is used regularly, and under the right conditions, it can support and increase biodiversity and ecosystem health worldwide. (frontiersin.org)
  • This symbiotic relationship between soil microbes and plant health is what helps to increase biodiversity on the farms, as well as biodiversity in our guts when we choose to consume a larger variety of crops. (thesra.org)
  • In Aotearoa, our commitments will be implemented through Te Mana o te Taiao, our national biodiversity strategy, wherever possible. (mfat.govt.nz)
  • This paper examines the critical issues involved in operationalising the National Biodiversity Legislation in India. (epw.in)
  • Another decade of deforestation means more biodiversity lost, greenhouse gas emissions and forest degradation, fragmentation and conversion to other land-uses. (lu.se)
  • India has an extraordinary wealth of biodiversity, making it one of the world's mega-diverse countries. (thequint.com)
  • By valuing and safeguarding its biodiversity, India can contribute to global efforts to build a sustainable future and ensure the survival of diverse life forms for generations to come. (thequint.com)
  • Our research with 11 indigenous groups in Peru, Panama, Kenya, India and China has revealed multiple interlinkages and interdependence between indigenous knowledge, biodiversity, landscapes, cultural and spiritual values and customary laws. (indepthnews.net)
  • Central India is covered with tropical forests, which are supposed to be rich in biodiversity. (selfgrowth.com)
  • The cutting-edge research being undertaken in diverse fields of biodiversity, particularly on bio-prospection for novel genes and molecules and their utilization for building a self-sustainable bio-economy for a self-reliant India, are a few major discussion agenda of the Conclave. (indiaeducationdiary.in)
  • On this occasion, ShriGoel said that earlier India was considered as a poor country but it has always been a rich country in terms of its biodiversity. (indiaeducationdiary.in)
  • ShriGoel also talked about Convention of Biological Diversity (CBD) which led to changes in administrative and legislative levels and paved the path for Biodiversity Act of India 2002. (indiaeducationdiary.in)
  • In India, 65% of the population in rural areas use traditional medicine to help meet their primary health care needs. (who.int)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) is convening the Traditional Medicine Global Summit on 17 and 18 August 2023​ in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India. (bvsalud.org)
  • Co-hosted by the Government of India, the Summit will explore the role of traditional, complementary, and integrative medicine in addressing pressing health challenges and driving progress in global health and sustainable development. (bvsalud.org)
  • You can vote on other people's statements and add your own statements in the Biodiversity HiveMind Engagement window below until 11 September 2019. (scoop.co.nz)
  • GPT re-developed its practical biodiversity tool in 2019 to establish a baseline for on-site biodiversity, and to track our performance. (gpt.com.au)
  • Heads of State and government at the 2019 UN high-level meeting on universal health coverage acknowledged the need to include evidence-based traditional and complementary medicine services particularly in primary health care, a cornerstone of health systems, in pursuit of health for all. (bvsalud.org)
  • During this period, UNCTAD will focus on enhancing the sustainability of the BioTrade concept and work while expanding its scope of work to other emerging trade and biodiversity related issues. (unctad.org)
  • And, according to a 2014 paper , most of the knowledge that has been collected comes from Indigenous communities in the Amazon, excluding Afro-Colombian communities on the Pacific Coast and Andean farmers, including those who sell their herbs and other plants at Samper Mendoza. (atlasobscura.com)
  • From animals to insects and plants, biodiversity loss cannot be effectively addressed without tackling the rapid disappearance of indigenous cultures. (indepthnews.net)
  • We assessed children's knowledge of medicinal plants and their uses, methods of knowledge acquisition and transfer, and how that process is influenced by demographic attributes such as gender, level of education, and age. (mdpi.com)
  • It is intricately linked to biodiversity and natural resource management, as indigenous communities have often developed a deep understanding of their natural surroundings, the medicinal properties of various plants and of components of biodiversity that also support food security, livelihoods, nutrition, biocultural diversity and other dimensions of health and well-being. (bvsalud.org)
  • She is a repository of traditional knowledge on plants both for food and medicinal properties. (ipsnews.net)
  • Here, I explore India's role in building back biodiversity and highlight the importance of concerted efforts to protect and restore nature. (thequint.com)
  • India's biodiversity heritage extends beyond charismatic megafauna. (thequint.com)
  • Preserving India's biodiversity heritage is crucial not only for the nation but also for the global community. (thequint.com)
  • A dated photo of an ethnic matriarch in India's biodiversity-rich Sikkim State in the Himalayan foothills. (ipsnews.net)
  • Knowledge and practice of medicinal plant use is embedded in the Maasai culture. (mdpi.com)
  • Other causes of concern are misappropriation of natural resources, preservation of biodiversity and protection of medicinal plant resources for the sustainable development of traditional medicine. (who.int)
  • The two-day event will be entirely on a virtual environment and will include webinars by invited talks from globally recognized experts, E-poster gallery, Biodiversity Innovation Expo, Indigenous Communities- S&T Experts Meet, Entrepreneurs- Industry Meet and Short films and nature wildlife photo exhibition. (indiaeducationdiary.in)
  • It features biological resources databases, a natural product library, and traditional knowledge databases. (wikipedia.org)
  • Paragraph 19 of the 2001 Doha Declaration says the TRIPS Council should also look at the relationship between the TRIPS Agreement and the UN Convention on Biological Diversity and at the protection of traditional knowledge and folklore. (iitrade.ac.in)
  • Most recently discussed are proposals on disclosing the source of biological material and associated traditional knowledge. (iitrade.ac.in)
  • The concept of EG is of a later origin, and is different from botanical garden, biological garden, biodiversity park, etc. (org.in)
  • Limited progress has been made on the Convention on Biological Diversity's Aichi Target 18 since it was agreed in 2010, calling for traditional knowledge and customary use to be fully integrated into the convention's implementation. (indepthnews.net)
  • Two protocols were subsequently added to the Convention, the Cartagena Protocol (concerning how to protect biodiversity from risks associated with genetically modified crops) and the Nagoya Protocol (concerning access to genetic resources and an equitable sharing of income and benefits arising from the use them). (lu.se)
  • While many of the older generations in these communities still retain traditional knowledge, there is a concern about the loss of knowledge as a result of changing lifestyles, priorities, the availability of modern amenities, and the diminishing dependence of indigenous communities on natural resources. (sbc.org.my)
  • This has made it increasingly important that Traditional Knowledge is documented by the respective indigenous communities and retained as heritage so that it will not be lost. (sbc.org.my)
  • With the rush for natural products development and bioprospecting from the world's natural resources, it has become even more important to document Traditional Knowledge to ensure that the indigenous communities who have practiced such knowledge over the centuries are duly acknowledged should their knowledge be used in the development of natural products or bioprospecting. (sbc.org.my)
  • Combining more traditional knowledge, faith communities and technology in that way, that could restore 150 million hectares of farmland by 2030. (unccd.int)
  • The global south, rich in traditional knowledge, has communities that have thrived for generations, underscoring the importance of these systems. (thesra.org)
  • Today, traditional and complementary medicine is well established in many parts of the world, where it plays an important role in the culture, health and well-being of many communities. (bvsalud.org)
  • The Policy includes our commitment to have a net positive impact on biodiversity, such as through reforestation and no net deforestation approaches, and our commitment not operate or develop in areas of World Heritage and other similar significance. (gpt.com.au)
  • His research focuses on, among other things, Amazon deforestation and policy issues relating to biodiversity. (lu.se)
  • Such utilization and management of natural resources by indigenous people, perfected over a period of time is known as traditional knowledge. (sbc.org.my)
  • Under the CBD there is a concept of equitable sharing of knowledge and benefits arising from the sustainable utilization of biodiversity. (indiaeducationdiary.in)
  • This crisis of biodiversity loss is finally receiving some attention. (indepthnews.net)
  • Only a few will see significant progress, largely due to the continuation of economic policies that drive biodiversity loss. (indepthnews.net)
  • As a NABIS student you are trained to gain the systematic and taxonomic expertise needed in our society to be able to take action against loss of biodiversity. (lu.se)
  • We notice that it is important to industry and the financial actors to get involved and face the challenges related to biodiversity loss today. (lu.se)
  • The coming years will show if all the good intentions and joint efforts by experts in biodiversity and the financial sector are sufficient to halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity. (lu.se)
  • ABS aims to equitably share the benefits of science between providers and users of genetic resources by making access to genetic resources and traditional knowledge subject to authorisations and benefit-sharing agreements. (lu.se)
  • This clearly shows that the world's 370-500 million indigenous people play a critical role in conserving biodiversity. (indepthnews.net)
  • Disclosure through WIPO: Switzerland has proposed an amendment to the regulations of WIPO's Patent Cooperation Treaty (and, by reference, WIPO's Patent Law Treaty) so that domestic laws may ask inventors to disclose the source of genetic resources and traditional knowledge when they apply for patents. (iitrade.ac.in)
  • Research on genetic resources and traditional knowledge results in innovations and advances in science that today define the resilience of our species. (lu.se)
  • and consideration of its first substantive issue, marine and coastal biodiversity. (iisd.org)
  • Some community members have become certified divers or marine biologists, creating jobs in marine science and tourism to bridge the gap between science and Indigenous knowledge. (undp.org)
  • In the Gangwon Declaration,(3) the high-level Ministerial Statement from CBD CoP12, the world's governments unanimously called for the new development agenda to integrate biodiversity into the forthcoming new sustainable development goals. (traffic.org)
  • They have created much of the world's agricultural biodiversity, including thousands of crop varieties, livestock breeds and unique landscapes. (indepthnews.net)
  • Traditional indigenous territories encompass over 20 per cent of the world's land surface and overlap with areas that hold around 80 per cent of the planet's biodiversity. (lu.se)
  • Major efforts are underway to fill knowledge gaps, but there are increasing concerns that publishing the locations of species is dangerous, particularly for species at risk of exploitation. (nature.com)
  • Filling in biodiversity threat gaps. (nature.com)
  • Bringing traditional medicine into the mainstream of health care - appropriately, effectively, and above all, safely based on the latest scientific evidence - can help bridge access gaps for millions of people around the world. (bvsalud.org)
  • He wished that the conclave will do the needful to bring the common people, administration and policymakers on one platform to provide crucial outputs to conserve our invaluable biodiversity. (indiaeducationdiary.in)
  • Darrell A. Posey (editor), Cultural and Spiritual Values of Biodiversity: A Complementary Contribution to the Global Biodiversity Assessment . (sacredland.org)
  • On the lands that we study, we walk, and we live, we acknowledge and respect the traditional custodians and cultural knowledge holders of these lands. (edu.au)
  • Led by Cultural Knowledge Holders, local STEM professionals, and mentors, participants will delve into a range of hands-on activities grounded in the theme of 'Caring for Country. (www.csiro.au)
  • Scoop and PEP invite you to help decide how we should protect and restore our biodiversity over the next 50 years using Scoop's online engagement platform, HiveMind. (scoop.co.nz)
  • There is also a lack of organized networks of traditional practitioners. (who.int)
  • Scientists, practitioners of traditional medicine, health workers and members of the civil society organizations will also take part. (bvsalud.org)