1. Traditional Knowledge Collection, Preservation, Protection and Access Dr. H. K. Kaul Director, DELNET, New Delhi Email: hkkaul@gmail.com

3. Federico Mayor. Director General, Unesco: “ The indigenous people of the world possess an immense knowledge of their environments, based on centuries of living close to nature. Living in and from the richness and variety of complex ecosystems, they have an understanding of the properties of plants and animals, the functioning of ecosystems and the techniques for using and managing them that is particular and often detailed. In rural communities in developing countries, locally occurring species are relied on for many - sometimes all - foods, medicines, fuel, building materials and other products. Equally, peoples knowledge and perceptions of the environment, and their relationships with it, are often important elements of cultural identity.”

7. The Example from Kyrgystan For collecting traditional knowledge in Kyrgystan, Aigine Cultural Research Center collected materials between 2005 and 2009. Methods used : interviews, transcribed and then shown to the informants and got the details confirmed . Information about spiritual practices was first collected from books previously published and then updated

8. The Example from India In 2003 a study was conducted to verify traditional methods of mollusc shell collection in Ganjam District, Orissa. The methodology for collection of data included laboratory work and survey which was carried out using a special questionnaire for interviewing people

11. Archiving The archiving of traditional knowledge in the digital form or in other forms, such as display in museums, maintenance of documents, preserving through sound-recordings, video-recordings etc. are specialised jobs, for which the facilities are not generally available in small libraries. At national and international levels very elaborate programmes need to get established and executed.

13. Preservation Method: University of Cambridge University of Cambridge Central Asia Forum (CCAF) undertook a project from April 2006 to February 2007 for locating and mapping of bio-diversity issues in selected areas of Central Asia and Ferghana Valley Field trips The data collection through field trips resulted in finding solutions to the depletion of the bio-diversity

18. Protection National But the Patents Act, Plant Variety Protection and Farmers Rights Act, Biological Diversity Act, 2002 and Geographical Indication of Goods (Registration and Protection) Act, 1999 have provisions that can be utilized for protecting traditional knowledge Institutional At the institutional level, both governmental and non-governmental, suitable steps can be taken

19. Role of Knowledge Centres In order to provide library services to aboriginal tribes in Queensland (Australia) and islanders in Torres Strait, the State Library of Quuensland established kuril dhagun, the Indigeneous Knowledge Centres. These centres also record the history and culture of the people, offer programmes on historical events. These centres cover both intangible and tangible knowledge. The knowledge centres offer exhibitions online, language listening programmes, watch a video etc.

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