JD Supra

USPTO Seeks Comments From Tribes on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge, and Cultural Expressions

On October 24, 2023, the US Patent and Trademark Office (“USPTO”), which is a component of the Department of Commerce, published two notices in the Federal Register seeking input from Tribal Nations ...
Mongabay

Traditional ecological knowledge isn’t dying — it’s adapting and transforming (Commentary)

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Several years ago, I took a solo trip to the Huánuco region of the central Peruvian Amazon. After traveling five hours from the nearest town by car ...
Grist

For Indigenous communities, protecting traditional knowledge means reimagining how it is preserved

This story is part of Fix’s Mentorship Issue exploring the unique ways climate leaders found their calling, and how new approaches to mentorship are upending old power structures. Check out the full ...
The Conversation

Patents based on traditional knowledge are often ‘biopiracy’. A new international treaty will finally combat this

Margaret Raven receives funding from Australian Research Council. She is affiliated with NSW Government as a member of an Indigenous Advisory Group and a grant to examine co-governance. Daniel ...
The Conversation

Traditional farming knowledge should be stored for future use: the technology to do this is available

Mourine Sarah Achieng does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations ...