New film highlights mountain communities' climate workshop
19 May 2015
IIED has released a film showcasing an event where mountain communities discussed the impacts of climate change and how to respond using their biocultural heritage
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'Guardians of Diversity' film in Spanish and Chinese
13 Feb 2015
A film documenting an international meeting of indigenous farmers in Peru's Potato Park to discuss adaptation to climate change is now available in Spanish and Chinese.
New photofilm profiles biocultural heritage territories
13 Nov 2014
The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) has released a new photofilm profiling indigenous biocultural heritage territories and the role they play in development, conservation and adaptation.
Film documents visit to "Guardians of Diversity" in the Potato Park
11 Nov 2014
A new 15 minute film documents a gathering of indigenous farmers from mountain communities around the world to exchange knowledge and ideas about protecting biodiversity and culture as the basis for adapting to climate change.
Community Well-being in Biocultural Landscapes
16 Oct 2014
There is a growing recognition that living well must go beyond economic and material plenty to encompass social and spiritual well-being. But what do we understand by these wider aspects of well-being?
China’s declining crop diversity threatens its food sovereignty
10 Apr 2014
Modern breeding techniques, GM crop imports and commercial seeds mean that many of China’s local varieties are under threat
Small-Scale Farmers' Innovation Overlooked In WIPO Negotiations, Panellists Say
07 Feb 2014
A side event hosted by the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) this week called on negotiators at the World Intellectual Property Organization to include innovation by small-scale farmers and asked for complementarity of several international instruments dealing with this issue.
Smallholder innovations support adaptation in coastal Kenya
03 Dec 2013
Local newspaper reports on the innovations identified by SIFOR project communities in Kilifi and Kwale counties.
Biodiversity meeting affirms key role of traditional knowledge in implementing UN biodiversity convention
31 Oct 2013
The meeting of the Working Group on Article 8(j) in Montreal (7-11 October), reaffirmed the need to recognize and integrate traditional knowledge systems of indigenous and local communities into the work of the Convention on Biological Diversity.
Patent-like claims on native potatoes spark protest by Peru's indigenous farmers
26 Sep 2013
Peruvian indigenous farmers have been angered by a government research agency that has claimed it owns intellectual property (IP) rights over more than fifty traditional varieties of potatoes bred in the Peruvian Andes.
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