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Item Adding value to shifting cultivation in Nagaland, India(NEPED, Nagaland, IN, 2007) Nagaland Empowerment of People throught Economic Development (NEPED)Phase II of NEPED (Nagaland Empowerment of People through Economic Development, 2001-2006) aimed to reinforce, assist and empower traditional institutions as agents, to engage communities in agro-based income generation activities through micro credit, while supportive of community-based natural resource management.This detailed compendium/manual of experiences of the project members and researchers of State Agriculture Research Station, Yisemyong takes into consideration lessons learnt from knowledgeable farmers, innovators and ardent experimenters, and case studies conducted on identified issues. The selection of crops compatible with planted tree species was made in close consultation with villagers. The book is strong on documentation of traditional knowledge.Item Agro-biodiversity in Nepal : wise insurance(IDRC, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2007) Logan, MartyItem Agrobiodiversité au Nepal : une assurance judicieuse(CRDI, Ottawa, ON, CA, 2007) Logan, MartyItem Analysis of household livelihoods in Tuomunan village, Xianggelila county, NW, Yunnan(CBIK, Kunming, Yunnan, CN, 2004) Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge; Lisia ZhengItem Ancestral domain and natural resource management in Sagada, Mountain Province, Northern Philippines (NRMP2) : reports(University of the Philippines College Baguio, Baguio, PH, 2001) University of the Philippines College Baguio, Cordillera Studies CenterItem Asian case study - Miao : Miao, Sichuan, China; community food system datatables(CINE, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, CA, 2007) Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment (CINE), McGill UniversityInformation on various foods consumed by Miao people was gathered in the Sichuan province, one of seven provinces where 8 million Miao minority nationalists have now migrated to. Sampling and nutrient analysis was limited due to financial constraints. Food groups presented with detailed information on local consumption are: Cereals and millets; Local vegetables; Local fruit; Nuts; Meats; Fish). Nutrient analysis was carried out by the Department of Food Chemistry at the National Institute of Nutrition and Food Hygiene (INFH) in Beijing. The Miao are one of the most ancient and largest nationalities of China.Item Asian case study - Nayakrishi and Mog : Nayakrishi and Mog, Bangladesh; community food system data tables(CINE, McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, CA, 2007) Centre for Indigenous Peoples' Nutrition and Environment (CINE), McGill UniversityThe field study was carried out within the Badarkhali union (the Nayakrishi community) and within the Shaplapur union (the Mog (Rakhine) community). This is a living document; nutrient information will be added and/or updated when available. Due to financial constraints, the nutrient analyses of only 30 foods were carried out by the Institute of Nutrition and Food Science laboratory (INFS), University of Dhaka. Other foods items were analyzed by the National Nutrition Program of Bangladesh or obtained from other published data. Details include scientific names of selected foods as well as photographs and nutrient tables.Item Assessiment of Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK) of ethnic minorities on sloping agriculture land in Vietnam : final narrative report, may 1999 - June 20(Research Center for Forest Ecology and Environment, Hanoi, VN, 2001) Forest Science Institute of Vietnam, Research Center for Forest Ecology and Environment; Hoang Xuan TyItem Assessment of EST-microsatellites markers for discrimination and genetic diversity in bread and durum wheat landraces from Afghanistan(Springer, Dordrecht, NL, 2007) Chabane, K.; Abdalla, O.; Sayed, H.; Valkoun, J.Abstract Accurate and reliable means for identification are necessary to assess the discrimination between landraces of tetraploid wheat [T. turgidum L. subsp. durum (Desf.) Husn.] and hexaploid wheat (T. aestivum L. em. Thell.). In Afghanistan, farmers usually cultivate mixed landraces, and thus distinction between bread and durum is difficult. A set of 18 microsatellites derived from the DuPont ESTdatabase were used to describe genetic diversity in a sample of 82 Afghan wheat landraces. A total of 101 alleles were detected, with allele number per locus ranging from 2 to 13, and a mean allele number of 6.31. The percentage of polymorphic loci was 89%. The EST-SSRs markers showed different level of gene diversity: the highest Polymorphism Information Content value (0.921) was observed with DuPw 221. Our results demonstrated that with a reasonable number of expressed sequences target microsatellites (EST-SSRs) it is possible to discriminate between T. durum and T. aestivum species of wheat germplasm. Our results showed that ESTdatabases could be a useful source for speciesspecific markers and have the potential for new genic microsatellites markers that could enhance screening germplasm in gene banks.Item Assessment of Indigenous Technical Knowledge (ITK) of Ethnic Minorities on Sloping Agricultural Land (Vietnam) Workshop, Nov. 25-29, 1996, Hanoi, Vietnam(Forest Science Institute of Vietnam?, Hanoi, VN, 1996) Forest Science Institute of Vietnam; Grenier, L.Item Balancing the change : experiences in natural resource management decentralization in Ratanakiri, Cambodia(CBNRM Learning Institute, Phnom Penh, KH, 2005) Community Based Natural Resource Management Learning Institute (CBNRM LI); Kinakin, RebeccaItem Banishing the biopirates : a new approach to protecting traditional knowledge(IIED, London, GB, 2006) Swiderska, KrystynaThe livelihoods of indigenous peoples and the conservation of biodiversity worldwide depend on conserving and protecting traditional knowledge of the use and functioning of biological and natural resources. This traditional knowledge (TK) has helped develop the millions of farmers’ food crop varieties in use today, as well as a wealth of traditional medicines and techniques for sustainable agriculture and resource use. Yet this knowledge is rapidly disappearing. It is under increasing threat from both intellectual property regimes and economic globalisation processes which undermine traditional rural livelihoods. This loss is occurring despite the fact that the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) requires member countries to respect, preserve and maintain traditional knowledge, innovations and practices and encourage the fair and equitable sharing of benefits from their use. International and national policies have so far proved inadequate to protect traditional knowledge. The dominant paradigms of access and benefit-sharing and intellectual property rights fail to adequately protect TK because they reflect western norms and laws, and focus narrowly on protecting intellectual rights. This paper describes how indigenous and farmers’ organisations are calling for more holistic approaches to protecting their rights to TK, bio-genetic resources, territories, culture and customary laws. These components of indigenous knowledge systems and heritage cannot be separated. A new framework for protecting TK, known as collective bio-cultural heritage, addresses biodiversity and culture together, rather than separating them; recognises collective as opposed to individual rights; and places them in the framework of ‘heritage’ as opposed to ‘property’. This approach means: Acknowledging that a state’s sovereign right over natural resources (as recognised by the CBD) is conditioned by indigenous and local communities’ customary rights over their traditional resources and territories. These rights must also be recognised. Strengthening community natural resource management, customary laws and institutions, and collective land tenure as the basis for local control over traditional knowledge and resources. For example, the establishment of Indigenous managed Bio-cultural Heritage Areas can enhance rights over TK, traditional livelihoods and biodiversity conservation. Facilitating access by communities, not just scientists and companies, to genetic resources held ex situ. With genetic erosion caused by modern agriculture, development etc, many communities need access to this material if they are to restore diversity to cope with phenomena such as climate change.Item Brief introduction to integrated community and natural resource based planning (IPP)(IDRC, [Ratanakiri], KH, 1999) Srey, KimItem Building upon traditional agriculture in Nagaland, India(NEPED, New Delhi, IN, 1999) Nagaland Environment Protection and Economic Development Project; International Institute of Rural ReconstructionItem Cambodia : the SEILA program and the CARERE project(IDRC, Ottawa, On, CA, 2001)Item Cambodia's community forestry research project : selected experiences and lessons learned(Department ot Nature Conservation and Protection (DNCP) / Ministry of Environment (MoE), Phnom Penh, KH, 2006) CFRP Management Team and Field Research Teams; CBNRM Learning Institute (LI); Irwin, Ken; Ramony, Sy; Carson, Toby; Serey Rotha, Ken