Diversities of knowledge communities, their worldviews and sciences : on the challenges of their co-evolution / Bertus Haverkort and Coen Reijntjes -- Indigenous knowledge and indigenous peoples' education / Marie Battiste -- Indigenous institutions and contemporary development in Ghana : potentials and challenges / Stephen B. Kendie and Bernard Y. Guri -- Gender and traditional knowledge : seeing blind spots, redressing inequities for women / Fatima Alvarez Castillo and Maria Nadja A. Castillo / Traditional knowledge, indigenous communities and ethical values / Doris Schroeder ; Supplementary feature. Fostering "mindfulness" in traditional knowledge research : the Code of Ethics of the International Society of Ethnobiology / Kelly Bannister, Sarah A. Laird and Maui Solomon -- Making space for grandma : the emancipation of traditional knowledge and the dominance of western-style intellectual property rights regimes / Ikechi Mgbeoji -- Characteristics, current relevance and retention of traditional knowledge in agriculture / R. Rengalakshmi ; Supplementary feature. Traditional land management techniques for climate change mitigation / Oladimeji Idowu Oladele and Ademola K. Braimoh -- Traditional knowledge and health / Gerard Bodeker ; Supplementary feature. Knowledge and practitioners : is there a promotional bias? / Unnikrishnan Payyappalli -- Traditional knowledge : from environmental management to territorial development / Guillen Calvo Valderrama and Salvatore Arico -- Traditional knowledge and biodiversity : can the co-evolution of natural and social systems continue? / Suneetha M. Subramanian ; Supplementary feature 1. The complex rite of passage from invisible subjects to "subjects of rights" to attain benefit sharing in the implementation of the CBD : the case of the babassu breaker women in Brazil / Joaquim Shiraishi Neto, Noemi Miyasaka Porro and José Antonio Puppim de Oliveira -- Supplementary feature 2. Hoodia and the San / Rachel Wynberg -- Bridging formal and informal governance regimes for effective water management : the role of traditional knowledge / Alphonse Kambu ; Supplementary feature : cultural rehydration : toward sustainable water governance alternatives / Ameyali Ramos Castillo -- Integrating traditional knowledge in climate change adaptation / Agni Klintuni Boedhihartono -- Traditional knowledge and economic development : the biocultural dimension / Kabir Bavikatte, Harry Jonas and Johanna von Braun -- A practical approach to traditional knowledge and indigenous heritage management : a case study of Moriori heritage management practice / Tom Lanauze, Susan Forbes and Maui Solomon -- Conclusion / Suneetha M. Subramanian and Balakrishna Pisupati.

xviii, 373 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9789280811919 (pbk.)