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This week in review... TK and Climate Change at 5SCWC

Renowned experts say Science Centres can inspire a better understanding of Global Warming and Sustainability Issues CNW Group Press Release - 19 June 2008 TORONTO, CANADA: Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Inuit … more »

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This week in review... TK and Climate Change at 5SCWC

Kirsty Galloway McLean wrote 1 week ago: Renowned experts say Science Centres can inspire a better understanding of Global Warming and Sustai … more »

Tags: climate change, Indigenous and local communities, News Alerts, Public awareness, traditional knowledge

This week in review... disclosure and parallelism at TRIPS

Kirsty Galloway McLean wrote 1 week ago: Divisions over disclosure and parallelism remain unresolved at TRIPS Council meeting Bridges Weekly … more »

Tags: Biodiversity, CBD, Indigenous and local communities, Intellectual Property, News Alerts, traditional knowledge, trips

WIPO Draft Gap Analyses on TK and TCE

Kirsty Galloway McLean wrote 3 weeks ago: WIPO Secretariat release two gap analyses on the protection of traditional cultural expressions/expr … more »

Tags: Indigenous and local communities, Intellectual Property, News Alerts, publications, traditional knowledge, WIPO

This week in review: TRIPS talks on patents, biodiversity and disclosure

Kirsty Galloway McLean wrote 3 weeks ago: WTO Releases report on consultations on patents and biodiversity WTO News - 9 June 2008 GENEVA, SWIT … more »

Tags: Biodiversity, CBD, Indigenous and local communities, Intellectual Property, News Alerts, traditional knowledge, trips, WIPO, WTO

TK at CESCR Meeting Review - IP and the Right to Participate in Cultural Life

Kirsty Galloway McLean wrote 1 month ago: UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: Day of General Discussion on article 15 (1a) o … more »

Tags: Intellectual Property, Culture, traditional knowledge, Indigenous and local communities, UNHCRC

TK at the Permanent Forum - Meeting Review

Kirsty Galloway McLean wrote 2 months ago: United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) - Seventh Session Special theme: Clima … more »

Tags: climate change, Indigenous and local communities, ipcc, language, traditional knowledge, UNESCO, UNFCCC, UNPFII

Life Science Patent Landscaping at WIPO - Meeting Review

Kirsty Galloway McLean wrote 2 months ago: Symposium on Public Policy Patent Landscaping in the Life Sciences WIPO in collaboration with FAO 7 … more »

Tags: Intellectual Property, traditional knowledge, Indigenous and local communities

This week in review... UNPFII on Climate Change Opens

Kirsty Galloway McLean wrote 2 months ago: Thousands gather as annual indigenous forum kicks off at UN Headquarters UN News Centre - 21 April 2 … more »

Tags: Biodiversity, climate change, Indigenous and local communities, News Alerts, traditional knowledge, UNPFII

Expert Group on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change - Meeting review

Kirsty Galloway McLean wrote 2 months ago: International Expert Group Meeting on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change UNPFII, UNU-IAS, NAILSMA … more »

Tags: climate change, Indigenous and local communities, traditional knowledge, UNPFII, unu

Public Forum on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change [Australia] - Meeting review

Kirsty Galloway McLean wrote 2 months ago: International Public Forum on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: The Tropical Australian Experie … more »

Tags: Indigenous and local communities, News Alerts, traditional knowledge, unu

Upcoming conference: Traditional Knowledge 2008

Kirsty Galloway McLean wrote 3 months ago: Te Tatau Pounamu - The Greenstone Door: Traditional knowledge and gateways to balanced relationships … more »

Tags: News Alerts, traditional knowledge, Indigenous and local communities

Upcoming conference: Language Documentation and Tradition

Kirsty Galloway McLean wrote 3 months ago: International Conference on Language Documentation and Tradition 7 November – 9 November 2008 (The … more »

Tags: News Alerts, language, traditional knowledge, Indigenous and local communities

This week in review... Half Of WTO Membership Backs Biodiv Amendment (TRIPS)

Kirsty Galloway McLean wrote 3 months ago: TRIPS Council: Half Of WTO Membership Backs Biodiversity Amendment Intellectual Property Watch - 14 … more »

Tags: Biodiversity, Intellectual Property, WTO, News Alerts, trips, traditional knowledge, Indigenous and local communities

Meeting announcement: Public Forum on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change

Kirsty Galloway McLean wrote 3 months ago: International Public Forum on Indigenous Peoples and Climate Change: The Tropical Australian Experie … more »

Tags: climate change, Indigenous and local communities, traditional knowledge, UNPFII, unu

Meeting announcement: IUFRO TFK "Traditional Forest-related Knowledge and Sustainable Forest Management in Africa

Kirsty Galloway McLean wrote 3 months ago: International Conference on Traditional Forest-related Knowledge and Sustainable Forest Management i … more »

Tags: traditional knowledge, Indigenous and local communities, forests, MDGs

TK at WIPO IGC - Meeting review

Kirsty Galloway McLean wrote 4 months ago: Intergovernmental Committee on Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore (IGC), WIPO 25 … more »

Tags: Intellectual Property, WIPO, traditional knowledge, Indigenous and local communities

MDG Reports and Indigenous Peoples, vol. 3 - New resource

Kirsty Galloway McLean wrote 4 months ago: MDG Reports and Indigenous Peoples: A Desk Review, Volume 3, February 2008 Bonney Hartley, Secretari … more »

Tags: Biodiversity, UNPFII, Indigenous and local communities, MDGs

TK at SBSTTA-13 and WGPA-2 - Meeting review

Kirsty Galloway McLean wrote 4 months ago: Second meeting of the Ad hoc Open-ended Working Group on Protected Areas (WGPA-2) and Thirteenth mee … more »

Tags: Biodiversity, CBD, Indigenous and local communities, traditional knowledge

This week in review... Biosphere reserves play major role in combating climate change – UNESCO

Kirsty Galloway McLean wrote 4 months ago: Biosphere reserves play major role in combating climate change – UNESCO UN News Centre - 11 Februa … more »

Tags: Biodiversity, UNESCO, News Alerts, climate change, traditional knowledge, Indigenous and local communities