Mayans may lose traditional knowledge to a Us funded project

The Patent Bill gives oral traditions document status

A civil engineer revives an age old system of farmers managing irrigation tanks in Tamil Nadu

How the efforts of an individual brought prosperity to a remote town in the Northeast

A unique aquaculture-agriculture farming system has been developed by farmers at the Fulpur Thana in Mymensingh district of Bangladesh. They have developed this technique through their age-old

There are certain plants, vegetables and fruits indigenous to India having medicinal properties. The knowledge of these properties rests with local communities who still rely on it. However, the issue of patenting Indian biological and traditional mate

A Rajasthan village has developed an ingenious rainwater harvesting system that has regenerated degraded pastures

Sosobala Mbatha, South Africa's most famous traditional healer, will share his knowledge of Zulu indigenous medicine with his counterparts in the us . Mbatha has been invited to New York by

At the root of the tragedy of commons lies not the inherent selfishness of people, but the imposition of practices and projects alien to the shared resources

The Kani tribals finally get their dues

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