Story | 02 May, 2011
Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative 2010 Annual Report
On behalf of the Pacific Islands Climate Change Cooperative (PICCC) I'm pleased to announce the publication of our first Annual Report. The PICCC is a collaborative of federal and state agencies, indigenous organizations, research institutions and non-governmental organizations working together…
Story | 02 May, 2011
Community Conservation in Practice
While Indigenous Community Conserved Areas (ICCAs) remain the least understood and recognized of all protected areas, they are gaining national and international recognition as important areas for the conservation of biological and cultural diversity.
Story | 02 May, 2011
Sui Generis model laws created for the protection of TK
The Pacific Islands region has developed two sui generis model laws for the protection of traditional knowledge.
Story | 02 May, 2011
New Organization blends conservation and anthropology with inspirational results: Izilwane
Izilwane promotes biodiversity conservation through shared knowledge and experience. The non-profit online magazine takes an anthropological approach to biodiversity loss, exploring the place of humans in the global ecosystem. The goal of the writers and editors of Izilwane is to educate…
Story | 01 May, 2011
Following Flex - the western gray whale
Meet Flex. Flex belongs to the highly threatened population of western gray whales. He has been tagged by satellite and tracked by scientists in the hope to discover the migration routes of the species and ways to better protect it from threats such as accidental entanglement in fishing gear,…
Story | 01 May, 2011
ICCM's Good Practice Guide on Indigenous Peoples and Mining now available in French and Spanish
ICMM's Good Practice Guide on Indigenous Peoples and Mining is now available in French and Spanish.
Story | 01 May, 2011
New TGER Case Registry project
The Theme on Governance, Equity and Rights is setting up a webpage that includes a public registry of cases of good practice and bad practice of conservation attention to governance, equity and rights. Everyone is invited to contribute cases, using a standardized form and criteria to be…
Story | 01 May, 2011
The WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC) has been held in Geneva, Switzerland since 2001.
Story | 01 May, 2011
Smoke and Mirrors. A critical assessment of the Forest Carbon Partnership Facility
This new Forest Peoples Programme report exposes ongoing serious problems in the World Bank's forest carbon fund, which is still failing to uphold the rights of forest peoples.