http://www.scidev.net/ Latest news on indigenous knowledge and the developing world. en http://rss.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/indigenous-knowledge/news/ Peru has modified its intellectual property laws to bolster a trade deal with the US — but critics say the move could encourage biopiracy.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/indigenous-knowledge/revised-laws-could-promote-biopiracy-in-peru.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_indigenousknowledgeThu, 19 Feb 2009 02:00:00 GMTBiodiversity negotiations will greatly impact academics, and scientists must speak up before it is too late, warn Sikina Jinnah and Stefan Jungcurt.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/indigenous-knowledge/could-biodiversity-negotiations-stifle-research-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_indigenousknowledgeFri, 30 Jan 2009 02:30:45 GMTThe region of Cusco in Peru has enacted a law banning the use and patenting of natural resources without local permission.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/indigenous-knowledge/peruvian-region-outlaws-biopiracy.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_indigenousknowledgeWed, 21 Jan 2009 06:00:27 GMTAlmost a third of medicinal plants could become extinct, risking lives and highlighting the need to provide incentives for protecting them.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/indigenous-knowledge/medicinal-plant-extinction-a-quiet-disaster-.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_indigenousknowledgeMon, 12 Jan 2009 02:33:14 GMTResearchers have found that more than half the plants in west Nepal have medicinal use — higher than that reported in previous studies.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/indigenous-knowledge/nepal-himalayas-lush-with-plants-of-medicinal-valu.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_indigenousknowledgeMon, 05 Jan 2009 05:00:00 GMTAfrican science leaders say an intellectual property blueprint will not work in its current form.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/indigenous-knowledge/delay-to-intellectual-property-plan-for-africa.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_indigenousknowledgeThu, 04 Dec 2008 05:25:44 GMTNative populations know a trick or two when it comes to climate change, and this should contribute to policymaking, urges a new report.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/indigenous-knowledge/involve-indigenous-people-in-climate-policy-says-r.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_indigenousknowledgeFri, 04 Apr 2008 04:28:02 GMTA round-up of news from or about South Asia for the period 1–15 March 2008.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/indigenous-knowledge/south-asia-news-in-brief-1-15-march-2008.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_indigenousknowledgeThu, 20 Mar 2008 03:58:03 GMTA round up of news from or about Sub-Saharan Africa for the period 25 February–12 March 2008.  http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/indigenous-knowledge/sub-saharan-africa-news-in-brief-25-feb-12-mar-200.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_indigenousknowledgeThu, 13 Mar 2008 06:13:06 GMTTraditional healers are joining forces with plant chemists in Kenya to develop antimalarials isolated from plants, reports Tatum Anderson.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/indigenous-knowledge/turning-plants-into-pills-in-kenya.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_indigenousknowledgeThu, 13 Dec 2007 12:00:00 GMTTwo centuries ago the Ottoman rulers of Turkey adopted technology, management and methods of learning from Europe. That experience has lessons for today's developing countries, says Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/indigenous-knowledge/lessons-from-the-ottoman-empire.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_indigenousknowledgeWed, 03 Oct 2007 12:00:00 GMTArguments over ownership of animal genetic resources are delaying vital conservation efforts, say experts.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/indigenous-knowledge/ownership-squabbles-hindering-conservation.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_indigenousknowledgeFri, 07 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMTA research and development centre for Arab Bedouins has been reopened in southern Israel's Negev desert.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/indigenous-knowledge/israeli-bedouin-research-centre-gets-second-chance.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_indigenousknowledgeFri, 07 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMTDeveloping countries should create legislation on indigenous genetic resources or risk losing out to developed nations, say experts.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/indigenous-knowledge/developing-nations-need-genetic-resources-rules.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_indigenousknowledgeThu, 06 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMTClinical trials of a traditional medicine to treat HIV are set to begin this month in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/indigenous-knowledge/traditional-medicine-for-hiv-to-go-on-trial.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_indigenousknowledgeTue, 04 Sep 2007 12:00:00 GMTClimate change means Nicaragua's Miskito Indians can no longer rely on the weather to survive, reports Annie Kelly.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/indigenous-knowledge/frontline-nicaraguans-hit-hard-by-climate-change.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_indigenousknowledgeWed, 30 May 2007 12:00:00 GMTTraditional healers can help deliver key health services in Ghana, argues Kofi Akosah-Sarpong.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/indigenous-knowledge/room-for-traditional-medicine-in-ghana.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_indigenousknowledgeWed, 16 May 2007 12:00:00 GMTThe debate goes on over China's ongoing production of malaria monotherapy, which is thought to promote drug resistance. Jane Wu reports.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/indigenous-knowledge/chinas-malaria-wars-the-battle-over-monotherapy.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_indigenousknowledgeTue, 01 May 2007 12:00:00 GMTAn increase in the use of traditional medicine has prompted Southern African countries to resolve to develop safety guidelines.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/indigenous-knowledge/african-nations-to-make-traditional-medicine-safer.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_indigenousknowledgeTue, 03 Apr 2007 12:00:00 GMTChina has launched a long-term development plan to boost research and innovation in traditional Chinese medicine.http://www.scidev.net/en/agriculture-and-environment/indigenous-knowledge/china-seeks-innovation-in-traditional-medicine.html?utm_source=link&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=en_agricultureandenvironment_indigenousknowledgeFri, 23 Mar 2007 12:00:00 GMT http://www.scidev.net/images/logo_small.gif http://www.scidev.net/