INDKNOW
Indigenous Knowledge Systems

INDKNOW is a forum for discussing issues associated with indigenous knowledge systems (IKS) and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK). It will:

• carry notices about publications, projects, ideas and questions of individuals and groups working to understand, validate and apply indigenous knowledge systems and traditional ecological knowledge;
• promote the use of indigenous knowledge as complementary to the scientific tradition;
• expedite the obligations of States to support IKS under provisions contained in Agenda 21, the Biodiversity Convention, and other international agreements and conventions applying to indigenous peoples;
• work for protection of IK and just compensation to communities for their knowledge;
• support the international Indigenous Knowledge and Development (IK&D) network consisting of more than 2500 participants in 106 countries worldwide;
• and facilitate the growing number of formally established indigenous knowledge resource centers.

• the scope of intellectual property rights or other property rights regimes concerning the protection of traditional knowledge,
• methods for compensating peoples for sharing their knowledge and for protecting them against unfair exploitation,
• the relation of traditional ecological knowledge to the preservation of cultural and biological diversity,
• failures of traditional practices to maintain ecosystem health and meet human needs,
• methods and ethics for investigating indigenous knowledge,
• the role of community involvement in using indigenous knowledge for sustainable development,
• the relationships between traditional knowledge and the Western scientific tradition (e.g.: ethnomedicine, ethnobiology, ethnobotany; ethnozoology, ethnoecology, agroecology, natural forest management; etc.) and their complementary use for planning and decision-making,
• the use of indigenous knowledge in sustainable development,
• the close involvement of local communities with development planning,
• the development of formal and non-formal education systems for the transmission of traditional knowledge, and strategies for empowering local communities and indigenous peoples to strengthen and incorporate their own belief systems into their self-determined development.

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