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Opinion: Why traditional knowledge — not external tech — is the key to truly sustainable agriculture

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Times Higher Education

Traditional ecological knowledge can inspire students to take climate action

Combining ancient wisdom with modern knowledge does not just broaden perspectives, it can also prompt climate action. Discover more benefits, and read advice on how to integrate traditional ecological ...
Qatar Tribune on MSN

Education City reception showcases QF’s commitment to advancing contemporary sustainability practices and solutions through traditional knowledge

We feel at peace in (in traditional Qatari homes like Bayt Al Khater) precisely because they work with the grain of nature ...
Mongabay

Indigenous traditional knowledge revival helps conserve great apes

Deforestation and hunting continue to put Africa’s great apes at risk. National parks and other top down strategies have met with limited success. Many conservationists are trying alternative ...
Jurist

UN intellectual property agency approves first global treaty on intellectual property, genetic resources and traditional knowledge

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 ...
SciDev

Traditional knowledge and modern science

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ssir.org

The Critical Role of Traditional Knowledge in Social Innovation

Treaty 8 territory in Canada is home to the Dënesułiné and Cree people, the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo, and Canada’s largest oil deposits. The territory covered by the treaty, signed in ...
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Can traditional knowledge keep California from going up in flames?

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KQED

Traditional Knowledge Meets Science in Northern California Tribe's Environmental Planning

Here are the morning's top stories for Monday, December 29th, 2025: The Karuk Tribe in Northern California is crafting an environmental policy that unites traditional knowledge with more contemporary ...
Economic and Political Weekly

Protection of Traditional Knowledge

The new National Intellectual Property Rights Policy advocates an aggressive, neo-liberal agenda of commodification of knowledge, and extends this to traditional knowledge as well. However, there is a ...
The Conversation

Patently insufficient: a new intellectual property treaty does little to protect Māori traditional knowledge

David Jefferson is the Secretary of the Knowledge of Oceania Society. Jesse Pirini is the President of the Knowledge of Oceania Society. Jessica C Lai does not work for, consult, own shares in or ...
Science Daily

Traditional medicine: Environment change threatens indigenous know-how

Traditional medicine provides health care for more than half the world's population, but no one has really looked at how the environment affects traditional medicine. Studying 12 ethnic groups from ...