This page provides a number of useful
links on indigenous knowledge in forestry. It also carries a section of links on
environmental ethics that points to information on ecological attitudes within different
local communities and systems of thinking. Links and information on this page have been
contributed by Deep Narayan Pandey , Associate
Professor , Indian Institute of Forest Management .
Ethnoforestry
Local Knowledge for
Sustainable Forestry and Livelihood Security
Indigenous
Knowledge for Development Initiative: The World Bank
Report
of the Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Panel on Forests
Submitted
to the Commission on Sustainable Development on its Fifth session, 7-25 April 1997
First Nations
Forestry Program
Short Courses on
Ethnoforestry and Ethics
Regional
Community Forestry Training Centre
Several
Courses offered every year.
Publications, Manuals and Reports
Working With Indigenous Knowledge
Working
with Indigenous Knowledge
A Guide for Researchers Louise Grenier IDRC Book
Recording and Using Indigenous Knowledge: A Manual. International
Institute of Rural Reconstruction, Silang, Cavite, Philippines.
Biodiversity Research Protocols
1996
Proposed Guidelines for Researchers and Local Communities Interested in Accessing,
Exploring and Studying Biodiversity Developed by the Biodiversity & Ethics Working
Group of Pew Conservation Fellows
National Laws and
International Agreements affecting Indigenous and Local Knowledge: Conflict or
Conciliation?
Dr.Darrell Addison Posey
Biopiracy and Indigenous Knowledge
Sustainable
Development - ONLINE
The Dilemma of Indian Forestry
by
Winona LaDuke
Sacred Groves and Sacred Trees
A
bibliography on sacred trees and tree lore
Sacred Groves of Tamil Nadu
Click on Search and type Sacred Groves . Details
on Various Sacred Groves in Tamil Nadu
Indigenous Agricultural and Environmental Knowledge Systems
University of
Minnesota Forestry Bibliography
Bibliography
of sources related to indigenous resource management, particularly indigenous agroforestry
and common property resources.
Biodiversity Convention: The concerns of indigenous peoples
Important Journals
Indigenous Knowledge and Development Monitor
Environmental
Ethics
Ethics and the Environment
Honey Bee
The Rights of Indigenous
Peoples - Taiga News
Articles
on indigenous forestry issues in Canada and Siberia.
Forest
Action Network Nairobi, Kenya FAN Newsletter
Important
Organisations
Asia Forest Network
Supporting
Natural Regeneration through community involvement in forest management
Asia
Forest Network Reports
All
the reports available at MEKONGINFO
FAO's Forests, Trees and People Programme
Forests, Trees and People Programme & Network
Food
and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Forestry Resources
SRISTI
SRISTI is a Indian
non-governmental organisation setup to strengthen the creativity of grassroots inventors,
innovators and ecopreneurs engaged in conserving biodiversity and developing eco-friendly
solutions to local problems. Here, on the official web site of sristi, you can read about
its activities and participate in them, download its newsletter , research papers and much
more.
The Rural
Advancement Foundation International
RAFI
Center
for Indigenous Knowledge for Agriculture and Rural Development
CIKARD
Indigenous Peoples Biodiversity Information
Network (IBIN)
Native
Americans and the Environment
American Indian Ethnobotany Database
Native
Forest Network
Alaska Native Knowledge Network
The International Society for Ethnobiology (ISE)
Biodiversity and Ecosystems Network (BENE)
International
Alliance of Indigenous Tribal People of Tropical Forests
Environmental Ethics
Oxford
Centre for the Environment, Ethics & Society
The
Oxford Centre for the Environment, Ethics & Society (OCEES) is a multi-disciplinary
research institute investigating the social and ethical aspects of the environment. The
purpose of OCEES is to combine academic research with social engagement and to contribute
to the current public policy debate. The work focuses on human values - on ethics in the
broadest sense of the term. The scope of the research is both domestic and international,
in recognition of the global nature of environmental problems.
Center
for Environmental Ethics
Religions of the World and Ecology
Conference
Series 1996-1998 at Harvard Divinity Schools
Center
for the Study of World Religions.
Harvard
University
Conference
Schedules & Information
A
series of international conferences designed to "identify and evaluate the
distinctive ecological attitudes, values and practices of diverse religious traditions,
making clear their links to intellectual, political, and other resources associated with
these distinctive traditions.
Buddhism and Ecology
Confucianism and Ecology
Shinto and Ecology
Hinduism and Ecology
Indigenous Traditions and
Ecology
Christianity and Ecology
Association
of Forest Service Employees for Environmental Ethics
Center
for Environmental Philosophy: University of North Texas
International Society for
Environmental Ethics
An
international group of scholars, has quarterly Newsletter,
and compiled a extensive bibliography of
articles on environmental ethics.
EEIU
Eco-Ethics
International Union , Eco-ethics: Concepts and Theses
Ethics Updates
Resource
containing a wealth of references on ethics with links on environmental ethics, animal
rights, and other relevant topics.
Forest Issues in Anthropology in the 1990s
Milton
Takei provides a link for those interested in the view from anthropology. This is a
bibliographic review by John T. Omohundro,
Best Practices Database
UNESCO MOST Best Practices Register on Indigenous Knowledge
CIRAN
selected 27 Best Practices in the
field of Indigenous Knowledge for inclusion in the UNESCO-MOST database. These best
practices are an illustration of the use of IK in cost-effective and sustainable
strategies which may help poor people in their daily struggle for survival. This database
is a co-product of Nuffic-CIRAN and UNESCO's MOST, Management of Social Transformations
Programme.
CIRAN
Questionnaire on best practices related to
Indigenous Knowledge
Traditional
Ecological Knowledge Database
The Relations Among Threatened Species, Their Protection, and Taboos
Colding,
J., and C. Folke. 1997. The relations among threatened species, their protection, and
taboos.
Other Online Resources
Native
Web Resources
Native
Web Resources for Indigenous Cultures Around the World
Native
Forestry Resources
Forest
Conservation Portal
Australia
Daintree Rainforest
Otway Ranges
Goongerah
Environment Centre
Brazil/South America
Amanaka'a
Amazon Network Archives
Tropical Rainforest
of Surinam
Amazon
Watch
Saving
the Amazon
Chico Mendes
Sustainable Rainforest Campaign
Canada
Earthroots:
Save Temagami Canada
Forest
Action Network
Lubicon Public Interest Research Group
People's
Action for Threatened Habitat
Raincoast
Conservation Society
Saskatchewan
Wildlands
League
United States of America
Rainforest
Campaign
Southeast
Alaska's Tongass National Park
Forest
Guardians
Forest
Ecology Network
Heritage
Forests
Lands
Alliance
Non-Timber Forest Products
Tongass
Clearinghouse
American
Forests
Environmental
Protection Information Center
Save America's Forests
Science Findings
Eastern Old Growth
Research and Conservation Foundation
Others
Galapagos
Finland & Russia
Indonesian
Nature Conservation
Native
Forest Action
Woodland
Trust
Other Indigenous
Web Sources
NativeWeb
Cultural
Survival
Center for
World Indigeneous Study
