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This article explores the relationship between a system of traditional and indigenous knowledge called subawe, social capital, and disaster risk reduction.

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This qualitative study explores the geographies of knowledge creation in forest rights claims-making processes in three Indigenous communities in Madhya Pradesh, India.

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The present study deals with documentation of medicinal importance of plants and traditional knowledge set harboring among the ethnic communities to utilize various plant parts for various health care practices. Twelve villages were surveyed primarily targeting the Rajbangshi communities of Raiganj Block, Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal, India.

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The study was carried out to document and create a link between the available oral tradition and the scientific knowledge in Peren district of Nagaland. It aims to harness indigenous knowledge of the tribals on the diverse medicinal plants of the region for their use in pharmacognosy through in-depth research.

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Fishing in the Siang Belt of Arunachal Pradesh, India: Learning Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Adi and Galo Communities

2015

Author(s): Hussain SM, Sen D, Riba T, Pathak M, Singh RK

The study discusses the traditional knowledge based fishing technology, Lipum practiced by the Adi and Galo tribes of the East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh.

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Medicinal Importance of Moringa Oleifera: Drumstick Plant

2017

Author(s): Kumar S

In this study the author attempts to find out the medicinal importance and the mechanism of Moringa oleifera.

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Collating and Validating Indigenous and Local Knowledge to Apply Multiple Knowledge Systems to an Environmental Challenge: a Case-Study of Pollinators in India

2017

Author(s): Smith BM, Chakrabarti P, Chatterjee A, Chatterjee S, Dey UK, Dicks LV, Giri B, Laha S, Majhi RK, Basu P

The study present a novel method to gather evidence in which we used a peer-to-peer validation process among farmers that we suggest is analogous to scientific peer review.

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Environment, Religion and Culture in the Context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

2016

Author(s): United Nations Environment Programme

The publication gives a brief outline of the integrated approach and the inter-linkages of the different religions; of religion, culture and the environment; and of the environment and socioeconomic dimensions of sustainable development.

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Engagement with Indigenous People Preserves Local Knowledge and Biodiversity Alike

2022

Author(s): Gardner EM, Puad ASA, Pereira JT, Tagi J, Nyegang S, Miun P, Jumian J, Pokorny L, Zerega NJC

This study illustrates how meaningful engagement with indigenous knowledge throughout the scientific process can improve biodiversity science and promote conservation, particularly in studies of crop wild relatives, an international priority for food security in the face of climate change.

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The study conducted a systematic literature review, identifying 325 articles that were qualitatively coded to identify what practices constitute Local Indigenous Knowledge (LIK), patterns in how it has been studied, and how current understanding of LIK fits to the Sendai Framework.