This article attempts to look at the role of various aspects of the issue - such as the distinction between invention and discovery, the question of patents over genes, and the non-recognition of indigenous knowledge about the use of medicinal plants that has led to pillaging of bio-resources...

This essay is written to address conversations about the best ways to engage in knowledge exchange on important sustainability issues between Indigenous knowledges and fields of climate, environmental and sustainability sciences. In terms of sustainability, a crucial facet of the...

The note identifies how an informal partnership between indigenous healers - with their ritualistic therapies - and donor-assisted programs - with emphasis on the family, and social adjustment - can provide a model of how indigenous, and Western scientific approaches can be pursued to provide...