The intersection of traditional knowledge and intellectual property (IP) presents a challenging dichotomy for global legal systems. On one side lies the enormous economic potential inherent in ...
Traditional knowledge (TK), indigenous knowledge (IK) and local knowledge generally refer to knowledge systems embedded in the cultural traditions of regional, indigenous, or local communities.
Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) approved a groundbreaking new treaty relating to intellectual property, genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge on ...
“Our human relationship with fire goes back thousands and thousands of years,” says Damon Panek, wildland fires operations specialist for the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa and enrolled ...
August 17, 2022 — On a cool March day with low humidity and very little wind, Ali Meders-Knight did something that hadn’t been done in her city in over a century when she lit fire to deergrass for a ...
The problem of “biopiracy” – the misappropriation and patenting for profit of Indigenous knowledge – has been on the rise for some time. So a global treaty aimed at protecting traditional knowledge ...
All over Australia, Songlines, or Dreaming tracks, connected First Nations people in one place with those in another through ritual, song and storytelling, which told of their shared beliefs. In our ...
Rangelands and the pastoralists who rely on them are an overlooked and understudied part of global conservation. Tunga Ulambayar, country director for the Zoological Society of London’s Mongolia ...
Generative AI is redefining how we gain knowledge and the role of Experts. I want to ask you a question, just between the two of us. Imagine it's 9 PM, and an urgent email lands in your inbox. You ...