Links to other information resources

14/10 2006

Center for Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge

CBIK is a participatory learning organization, dedicated to biodiversity conservation and community livelihood development, as well as documentation of indigenous knowledge and technical innovations related to resource governance at community and watershed levels. Its more than 100 members include research professionals, development practitioners and resource managers. Website: http://www.cbik.ac.cn/

Forest Peoples Programme (FPP)

Advocates an alternative vision of how forests should be managed and controlled, based on respect for the rights of the peoples who know them best. The Programme works with forest peoples in South America, Central Africa, South and South East Asia, and Central Siberia to help these communities secure their rights, build up their own organisations and negotiate with governments and companies as to how economic development and conservation is best achieved on their lands. Website: http://www.forestpeoples.org

Global Caucus on Community Based Forest Management

A global movement that advocates for the rights of local communities and Indigenous Peoples. It promotes forest management that is socially just, ecologically sound, economically viable, and culturally respectful. Website: http://www.gccbfm.org

International Alliance of Indigenous and Tribal Peoples of Tropical Forests (IAITPTF)

A worldwide network of organisations representing indigenous and tribal peoples living in tropical forest regions (Africa, the Asia-Pacific and the Americas). The Alliance was founded in 1992 during an indigenous conference in Malaysia, where the Charter of the Alliance was adopted, and has been fighting continuously for the rights of indigenous and tribal peoples ever since. Website: http://www.international-alliance.org

Italian Research Center on Traditional and Local Knowledge (IPOGEA)

Ipogea carries out activities concerning the safeguarding, enhancement, research and training in historic centres, archaeological and environment restoration as well as ecosystem protection. Ipogea is recognised by the European Union as the body par excellence for the safeguard and the enhancement of European Cultural Heritage. It is also the home of the newly established Traditional Knowledge World Bank. Websites: http://www.ipogea.org/indexing.htm & http://www.tkwb.org

Russian Association of Indigenous Peoples of the North

Website: http://www.ripon.org

Snowchange.org

Northern indigenous views on climate change and ecology. Website: http://www.snowchange.org/

Society for Ecological Restoration (SERI) – Indigenous Peoples’ Restoration Network.

The Indigenous Peoples' Restoration Network's (IPRN) mission is: to support native and tribal communities in need of technical assistance for environmental restoration and cultural rehabilitation, and to assist leaders and practitioners in their efforts to apply traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) within  their own vision of political, economic, and cultural sovereignty. Website: http://www.ser.org/iprn/default.asp

College of Menominee Nation – Sustainable Development Institute (SDI)

SDI is dedicated to examining sustainability issues and applying them to the Menominee model of sustainable development. The Institute has a tandem mission and serves as the mechanism by which the Menominee reflect on their own relationship to their forested homelands and disseminate their expertise, experience, and knowledge of sustainability into new sectors of the economy. Website: http://www.sustainabledevelopmentinstitute.org

UNESCO – Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS)

The LINKS project builds dialogue amongst traditional knowledge holders, natural and social scientists, resource managers and decision-makers to enhance biodiversity conservation and secure an active and equitable role for local communities in resource governance. It seeks to strengthen knowledge transmission between elders and youth, and explores pathways to balance community-based knowledge with global knowledge in formal and non-formal education. Website: http://portal.unesco.org/sc_nat/ev.php?URL_ID=1945&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201&reload=1160686084

The United Nations University – Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) – Pilot Research Programme on Traditional Knowledge                                               
                                                                                                
The UNU-IAS conducts research, postgraduate education and capacity development, both in-house and in cooperation with an interactive network of academic institutions and international organizations. Its pilot research programme on traditional knowledge (TK) is being led by UNU-IAS as part of the process towards establishment of a permanent UNU Research and Training Centre on TK. The UNU TK Institute will explore the threats to TK, methods to maintain TK, the resilience of TK systems, consider the links between conventional and indigenous scientific systems and some of the important questions this raises both in terms of research and capacity development.  Website:http://www.ias.unu.edu/sub_page.aspx?catID=107&ddlID=302