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Anticaries Potential of Ethnomedicinal Plants Used by Malayali Tribals from Kolli Hills, India
2016
Author(s): Sekar K , Murugan K , Pandikumar P
The present study documents the dental caries preventing medicinal plants used by them and attempts to validate their claim.

Custodians of Culture and Biodiversity: Indigenous Peoples Take Charge of Their Challenges and Opportunities
2023
Author(s): Kelles-Viitanen A
The study provided an overall country analysis of the needs of indigenous peoples and the solutions they propose to tackle rural poverty and gender.
Handbook for ILO Tripartite Constituents: Understanding the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention,1989 (No.169)
2013
Author(s): International Labour Organization
This handbook aims to answer some of the essential questions of ILO constituents regarding the Indigenous and Tribal Peoples Convention, 1989 (No. 169).

How to Do Note: Seeking Free, Prior and Informed Consent in IFAD Investment Projects
2015
Author(s): Cordone A
This offers practical guidance for IFAD staff, consultants and in-country partners for seeking FPIC in the design and implementation of IFAD-funded projects and programmes in compliance with IFAD policies and procedures.
This study provides a preliminary analysis of boarding school policies directed at indigenous peoples globally. Because of the diversity of indigenous peoples and the nation-states in which they are situated, it is impossible to address all the myriad boarding school policies both historically and contemporary.
Minding Culture: Case Studies on Intellectual Property and Traditional Cultural Expressions
2003
Author(s): Janke T
This study presents specific and actual examples where Indigenous Australians have explored and used intellectual property laws to protect their arts and cultural expressions.
National Experiences with the Protection of Expressions of Folklore/ Traditional Cultural Expressions: India, Indonesia, the Philippines
2002
Author(s): Kutty PVVG
The study examined the effective protection of folklore so as to derive directions for future work in the field and to assess the relevance of the Model Provisions already drawn up for framing legislation.

Marketing Crafts and Visual Arts: the Role of Intellectual Property
2013
Author(s): Ballyn J, Castro JD, Verbauwhede L
The basic purpose of this guide is to empower an artisan, craft entrepreneur or visual artist to develop a meaningful framework and business perspective on marketing and on the role of IP in marketing, and to pose the right questions.

WIPO Technical Study on Disclosure Requirements in Patent Systems Related to Genetic Resources and Traditional Knowledge
2004
Author(s): WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore
The study concerns disclosure requirements in patent law that are relevant to genetic resources (GR) and traditional knowledge (TK) that are used in inventions for which patent protection is claimed.

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: A Manual for National Human Rights Institutions
2013
Author(s): Asia Pacific Forum of National Human Rights Institutions, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
This Manual aims to support and strengthen the work of national human rights institutions (NHRIs) – whether they are human rights commissions or ombudsman offices – in the promotion, protection and enjoyment of the rights of indigenous peoples, especially NHRIs that are established in accordance with the Paris Principles.