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Traditional knowledge

Traditional knowledge (TK), indigenous knowledge (IK), folk knowledge, and local knowledge generally refers to knowledge systems embedded in the cultural traditions of regional, indigenous, or local communities.

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Property rights

Indigenous intellectual property

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In science and education

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Traditional knowledge

Nodes116
Edges115
Triples154
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.017241
Components1

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related to India · 34
Traditional knowledge → Act, Ayurveda, English, EPO, European Patent Office, Farmers' Rights Act, French, German, Goods, Government, In, India, Indian, International Patent Offices, Japanese, Office, Plant Varieties, Registration And Protection, Siddha, Some
related to External links · 22
Traditional knowledge → Alaska State Publications Program, Bony Forest, CBD Article, Developing CountriesAnti-colonial, Folklore, Hosted, Ijara District, Indigenous Knowledge, Innovations, July, Miraglia, Open Source Methods, PracticesWTO, Preservation, Property Rights, Public Domain, Research, Rita, Terra Nuova, TRIPs Article
related to Property rights · 20
Traditional knowledge → Biological Diversity, CBD, Considering, Convention, Folklore, Genetic Resources, IGC-GRTKF, In, Intellectual Property, Intellectual Property Rights, Intergovernmental Committee, International, It, This, Trade-Related Aspects, TRIPs, WIPO, WIPO Lex, World Intellectual Property Organization, World Trade Organization Agreement
related to The Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) · 18
Traditional knowledge → Access, Benefit Sharing, Biological Diversity, Biological Diversity Handbook, By, CBD, Convention, Development, Environment, Nevertheless, Secretariat, Significant, The, The Convention, UNCED, United Nations Conference, United States, WIPO
related to Terminology · 15
Traditional knowledge → IK, Indigenous Knowledge, Indigenous Peoples, LK, Rights, TCE, The, They, TK, Traditional Cultural Expressions, UN Declaration, UNDRIP, While, WIPO, World Intellectual Property Organization
related to Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs) · 13
Traditional knowledge → Agreement, Article, Biological Diversity, CBD, Convention, In, Intellectual Property Rights, Paragraph, The Article, Trade-Related Aspects, TRIPs, TRIPS Agreement, TRIPs-related Doha Declaration
related to Characteristics and related concepts · 12
Traditional knowledge → Amazonian, As, ICSU, In, International Council, Science, Some, South American Kayapo, Study Group, TEK, This, Traditional
related to Africa · 8
Traditional knowledge → Africa, African, Diminishment, Eurocentric, Grounded, It, There, Western
see also · 6
Traditional knowledge → AgroecologyBiopiracyEnvironmental, Arctic Canada, GISTraditional, Knowledge SystemsIndigenous, Qaujimajatuqangit, Sui
related to Australia · 5
Traditional knowledge → Biodiscovery, First Nations, In September, Other Legislation Amendment Act, Queensland

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knowledge traditional indigenous cultural intellectual property local communities use rights peoples nations protection systems biological diversity international may wipo expressions

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
subsistenceinstance ofor local communities.Traditional knowledge includes types of knowledge about traditional technologies of areas0.80text
Traditional knowledgerelated to AfricaAfrican0.60section
Traditional knowledgerelated to AfricaGrounded0.60section
Traditional knowledgerelated to AfricaIt0.60section
Traditional knowledgerelated to AfricaDiminishment0.60section
Traditional knowledgerelated to AfricaWestern0.60section
Traditional knowledgerelated to AfricaAfrica0.60section
Traditional knowledgerelated to AfricaThere0.60section
Traditional knowledgerelated to AfricaEurocentric0.60section
Traditional knowledgerelated to Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs)Article0.60section
Traditional knowledgerelated to Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs)Agreement0.60section
Traditional knowledgerelated to Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPs)Trade-Related Aspects0.60section

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