“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 ...

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After nearly a quarter of a century, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) has approved the passage of a new IP treaty: the WIPO Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and ...

Native study of the natural world is exceptionally deep and nuanced at understanding and protecting ecosystems. Take a swim through Clear Lake, North America’s oldest (and California’s largest) ...

A new global study published with the defining authorship of HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Ecology and ...

Susan Janicki, Ph.D., Agnes Juang, Ph.D. The treaty aims to address concerns about “biopiracy,” or the use of traditional knowledge and genetic resources without consent from and benefit sharing with ...

A memorandum of understanding between the agency and leaders of 35 U.S. tribal colleges and universities attempts to solidify efforts to blend Western scientific methods with traditional Indigenous ...

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Ayush tableau to showcase blend of traditional knowledge with modern healthcare ...

Traditional Plant Knowledge Is Not A Quick Fix : Short Wave Regina G. Barber talks with Dr. Rosalyn LaPier about ethnobotany--what it is and how traditional plant knowledge is frequently misunderstood ...