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The Invention of Traditional Knowledge [PDF]

open access: yesSSRN Electronic Journal, 2006
James Boyle's cultural environmentalism metaphor laid the foundation for the recognition and protection of traditional knowledge and natural resources found in the developing world. The theory underlying the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) was that while traditional communities may not have invented knowledge about the medicinal properties of ...
openaire   +2 more sources

Ethnobotanical contributions to global fishing communities: a review

open access: yesJournal of Ethnobiology and Ethnomedicine, 2023
Background Ethnobotanical knowledge about the role of plants in fisheries provides valuable ecological information vital for sustainable management of local resources; however, it is diluted and understudied globally.
Jimlea Nadezhda Mendoza   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Property Rights And Traditional Knowledge

open access: yesPotchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2011
For the past several decades, there has been a push to provide some sort of right akin to an intellectual property right in traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expression. This push has encountered staunch resistance from a number of different quarters. Many of the objections are practical.
openaire   +8 more sources

Can Traditional Knowledge be effectively covered under a single "umbrella"? [PDF]

open access: yesPotchefstroom Electronic Law Journal, 2010
The author delivered a key-note address (here published as an oratio), posing the question whether traditional knowledge, for which there is no unambiguous definition, can effectively be protected under a single umbrella." After considering the matter ...
A van der Merwe
doaj  

Reinterpreting Change in Traditional Ecological Knowledge [PDF]

open access: yesHuman Ecology, 2013
Much of the previous research on Traditional Ecological Knowledge (herefater TEK) has centred in 1) documenting fading knowledge (eg. Ferguson and Messier 1997; Pieroni et al. 2004), 2) understanding the parallel decrease of biological and cultural diversity (Maffi 2005; Harmon and Loh 2010), and 3) assessing the processes and drivers of change that ...
Victoria Reyes-García   +2 more
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Aboriginal talking circle: Aboriginal perspectives on caribou conservation - Overview by the Aboriginal Talking Circle Coordinating Team

open access: yesRangifer, 2012
The 13th North American Caribou Workshop in 2010 was the venue for a remarkable forum of Aboriginal knowledge holders in which experiences and ideas about caribou research and stewardship were shared in a Talking Circle format.
Deborah Simmons   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mobilizing Indigenous Knowledge through the Caribou Hunter Success Working Group

open access: yesLand, 2020
The caribou stewardship practices of the Iñupiat have persisted through cycles of abundance and decline for the Western Arctic Caribou Herd (WACH). This research seeks to address the challenges and opportunities faced when mobilizing Indigenous Knowledge
Hannah Atkinson
doaj   +1 more source

The Invention of Traditional Knowledge [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Sunder argues that the failure of intellectual property to recognize the contributions of traditional and natural sources cannot be rectified by mere payment and she posits a non-monetizable, non-utilitarian benefit in terms of worth or dignity in having
Sunder, Madhavi
core   +1 more source

Testing devices under different source impedances: a novel technique for on-line measurement of source and device reflection coefficients [PDF]

open access: yes, 1999
This paper describes a new approach for fast and accurate determination of the source reflection coefficient in microwave source-pull measurements. To the authors' knowledge, this is the only technique that allows the simultaneous measurement of the ...
Ferrero, Andrea Pierenrico   +3 more
core   +2 more sources

B cell mechanobiology in health and disease: emerging techniques and insights into therapeutic responses

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
B cells sense external mechanical forces and convert them into biochemical signals through mechanotransduction. Understanding how malignant B cells respond to physical stimuli represents a groundbreaking area of research. This review examines the key mechano‐related molecules and pathways in B lymphocytes, highlights the most relevant techniques to ...
Marta Sampietro   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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