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GOVERNMENT & NGO DOCUMENTS
Australia
Canada
United States
New Zealand
United Nations
World Bank
Other NGOs
Australian Government
Department of the Environment and Heritage
“Guiding Indigenous Involvement in Natural Resource Management”
Australian Research Council
“Nature, Culture and the Challenges of Environmental Sustainability: Bridging the Science/Humanities Divide”
South Australia Aboriginal Lands Trust
“Strategy for Aboriginal Managed Lands in South Australia”
Australian Science, Technology and Engineering Council (ASTEC)
“Principles for the Assessment and Practice of Research in Protected and Environmentally Sensitive Areas”
Parliament of Australia
“Biological Diversity and Indigenous Knowledge”
"Desert Knowledge Australia"
Canadian Government
Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade
“Traditional Indigenous Knowledge and Intellectual Property Rights”
Bureau of Indian and Northern Affairs
“Intellectual Property and Aboriginal People: A Working Paper”
Environment Canada – The Science and the Environment Bulletin
“Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge and Environmental Management”
Government of Canada
Memorandum of Understanding for Cooperation on Addressing Climate Change (Nunavut)
Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency
“Interim Principles concerning Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge in Environmental Assessments”
Aboriginal Canada Portal
United States Government
Forest Service
“The Integration of Traditional Ecological Knowledge with Western Science for Sustainable Forest Management”
National Oceanic and Atmospherics Administration (NOAA)
“Changes in Arctic Sea Ice over the Past 50 Years: Bridging the Knowledge Gap between the Scientific Community and the Alaska Native Community”
NOAA Fisheries
The Local Fisheries Knowledge (LFK) Project
NOAA Office of Global Programs
“Improvement of Forecast Communication and Use between Indigenous and Governmental Groups in Australia: Managing Fire in Arid and Semi-Arid Lands under Conditions of Inter-annual Climate Variability”
USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
“Traditional Ecological Knowledge: An Important Facet of Natural Resources Conservation”
Environmental Protection Agency
“Science and American Indians: Ways of Knowing”
The Arctic Studies Center (Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History)
New Zealand Government
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment
"Kaitiakitanga and Local Government: tangata whenua participation in environmental management"
NZ Department of Conservation
“Maori Customary Use of Native Birds, Plants and other Traditional Materials: Interim Report and Discussion Paper”
The United Nations
UN Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD)
“Article 8(j): Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices”
Indigenous People´s Biodiversity Network
“Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Knowledge and Innovations and the Convention on Biological Diversity”
UNESCO
"Combating Desertification: Traditional Knowledge and Modern Technology for the Sustainable Management of Dryland Ecosystems"
“2003 International Year of Freshwater ~ Water and Indigenous Peoples”
“Combating Desertification: Traditional Knowledge and Modern Technology for the Sustainable Management of Dryland Ecosystems”
“The Report of the Global Forum of Indigenous Peoples and the Information Society” World Summit on the Information Society
Statement on behalf of the Indigenous Womens’ Biodiversity Network (IWBN)
UNEP ~ Division of Technology, Industry, and Economics
“Ecological Restoration: An Integral Link in Technology Transfer”
UNCTAD ~ Expert Meeting on Systems and National Experiences for Protecting Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices
“Traditional Knowledge, Innovations and Practices” prepared by the Secretariat of the CBD
“Development of an Integrated Traditional and Scientific Knowledge Base: A Mechanism for Accessing, Benefit-Sharing and Documenting Traditional Knowledge for Sustainable Socio-Economic Development and Poverty Alleviation” by Ataur Rahman
UN Commission on Sustainable Development Women’s Caucus
“Re-evaluating Relevance: Intellectual Property Rights and Women’s Traditional Ecological Knowledge”
UN High Commission on Human Rights
Indigenous Peoples Website
The World Bank
“Integrating Indigenous Knowledge in Project Planning and Implementation”
The World Bank Indigenous Knowledge Program
Database of Indigenous Knowledge and Practices
IK Notes Newsletter
The World Bank offers a selection of documents concerned with indigenous peoples, policies and regional approaches.
“Women & Indigenous Knowledge: a South-South Perspective” by Krishna Pidatala and Aisha Rahman Khan
“Indigenous Knowledge for Development” by Nicolas Gorjestani
“Poor People’s Knowledge: Helping Poor People to Earn from their Knowledge” by J. Michael Finger
Other NGOs
Forest Peoples Programme
“Indigenous Peoples and the World Bank: Experiences with Particiaption”
The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
“Challenges to Local Knowledge”
"LinKS Project - Gender, biodiversity and local knowledge systems for food security"
NGO Forum, World Conference Against Racism, Racial Discrimination
Xenophobia and Related Intolerance, Durban, South Africa, August 27-Sept 1, 2001
Section on Indigenous Peoples
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)
“Indigenous Peoples and Sustainable Development”
World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
“Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Folklore”
International Council for Science (ICSU) Study Group on Science and Traditional Knowledge
“Science and Traditional Knowledge” (March 2002)
Australia Conservation Foundation
Plan of Action for Indigenous Land Management
Queensland Environment Groups’ Native Title and Protected Areas Project
The Yunnan Initiative
Visions and Actions for the Enhancement of Biological and Cultural Diversity
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