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Rangelands and the pastoralists who rely on them are an overlooked and understudied part of global conservation. Tunga Ulambayar, country director for the Zoological Society of London’s Mongolia ...

August 17, 2022 — On a cool March day with low humidity and very little wind, Ali Meders-Knight did something that hadn’t been done in her city in over a century when she lit fire to deergrass for a ...

Member states of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) approved a groundbreaking new treaty relating to intellectual property, genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge on ...

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If the invention is based on genetic resources or associated traditional knowledge, patent applicants must “disclose the country of origin of the genetic resources and/or the Indigenous Peoples or ...

A memorandum of understanding between the agency and leaders of 35 U.S. tribal colleges and universities attempts to solidify efforts to blend Western scientific methods with traditional Indigenous ...

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