The programme objective is to teach traditional Sami cultural values and knowledge.

The Committee had contributed to a greater understanding of the need for recognition and protection of traditional knowledge and the cultural expressions of traditional knowledge.

Increased knowledge of cross cultural matters and international management issues can mitigate the risk of failure.

Drawing on local knowledge could help in choosing technologies that are suitable from both an environmental and cultural perspective.

8. Recognizes that respect for cultural diversity and the cultural rights of all enhances cultural pluralism, contributing to a wider exchange of knowledge and understanding of cultural background, advancing the application and enjoyment of universally accepted human rights throughout the world and fostering stable, friendly relations among peoples and nations worldwide

5. Recognizes that respect for cultural diversity and the cultural rights of all enhances cultural pluralism, contributing to a wider exchange of knowledge and understanding of cultural background, advancing the application and enjoyment of universally accepted human rights throughout the world and fostering stable friendly relations among peoples and nations worldwide

(j) Respect for cultural diversity and the cultural rights of all, since this enhances cultural pluralism, contributes to a wider exchange of knowledge and understanding of cultural backgrounds, advances the application and enjoyment of universally accepted human rights across the world and fosters stable, friendly relations among peoples and nations worldwide

7. Recognizes that respect for cultural diversity and the cultural rights of all enhances cultural pluralism, contributing to a wider exchange of knowledge and understanding of cultural background, advancing the application and enjoyment of universally accepted human rights throughout the world and fostering stable friendly relations among peoples and nations worldwide

8. Recognizes that respect for cultural diversity and the cultural rights of all enhances cultural pluralism, contributing to a wider exchange of knowledge and understanding of cultural background, advancing the application and enjoyment of universally accepted human rights throughout the world and fostering stable, friendly relations among peoples and nations worldwide

(k) Respect for cultural diversity and the cultural rights of all, since this enhances cultural pluralism, contributes to a wider exchange of knowledge and understanding of cultural backgrounds, advances the application and enjoyment of universally accepted human rights across the world and fosters stable, friendly relations among peoples and nations worldwide

8. Recognizes that respect for cultural diversity and the cultural rights of all enhances cultural pluralism, contributing to a wider exchange of knowledge and understanding of cultural background, advancing the application and enjoyment of universally accepted human rights throughout the world and fostering stable, friendly relations among peoples and nations worldwide

To enhance dialogue with holders of traditional knowledge, scientists are asked to acknowledge that all knowledge systems have historical and cultural foundations and that scientists possess their own specific world views.

(j) The respect for cultural diversity and the cultural rights of all, since this enhances cultural pluralism, contributes to a wider exchange of knowledge and understanding of cultural backgrounds, advances the application and enjoyment of universally accepted human rights across the world and fosters stable, friendly relations among peoples and nations worldwide

(c) Integral to the cultural identity of the indigenous people holding the elements of their cultural heritage through a form of custodianship, guardianship, collective ownership or cultural responsibility, that is to say with a sense of obligation to preserve, use and transmit the knowledge appropriately.

Enhancement, in the educational systems of the region, of knowledge and appreciation of the history and cultural diversity of Ibero America

Protection for indigenous peoples' cultural heritage shall recognize that elements of indigenous peoples' cultural heritage are often combinations of many of the elements listed under paragraph 2, and that for most indigenous peoples, their knowledge, resources and cultural expressions form an indivisible part of their holistic identity.

Sensitivity and recognition of cultural traditions and local knowledge as well as flexibility to negotiate with various stakeholders are key considerations.17

(j) To raise public awareness of the value and importance of cultural diversity, and, in particular, to encourage, through education and the media, knowledge of the positive value of cultural diversity, inter alia, as regards languages

WP Activity 6 Prepare, taking into account the perceived gaps between biophysical, socio economic and cultural knowledge and activities to combat desertification, a report

Member of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), World Commission on the Ethics of Scientific Knowledge and Technology (COMEST), since 2002.

The indigenous traditional knowledge of indigenous communities, which reflects their holistic worldview, also contributes to the world's cultural and biological diversity and is a source of cultural and economic wealth for the communities and for humanity as a whole.

The problem with today's cultural ghettos is not lack of knowledge we know a lot about each other, or so we think but knowledge that takes us not beyond ourselves it makes us elitist, distant and disconnected.

A presentation by the UNESCO secretariat provided information on recent normative cultural instruments developed under the auspices of UNESCO, namely the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, 2003 and a draft Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions, 2005, both of which refer to indigenous traditional knowledge.

The Government also supports the development of cultural institutions for children so as to make an abundance of knowledge available to them through the visual media.

Substantial parts of indigenous peoples' cultural heritage, and in particular their knowledge systems, are contained in, or dependent on, the continued existence of their mother tongue.

Some presentations demonstrated a resurgent interest in and influence of indigenous traditional knowledge and cultural traditions among indigenous as well as non indigenous societies and cultures.

Ms. Hampson pointed out that although the protection of the cultural heritage and traditional knowledge of indigenous peoples could overlap, they represented different dimensions of heritage protection.

States shall, preferably through recognizing indigenous peoples' right to control and benefit from their natural resources, including genetic resources, traditional knowledge and traditional cultural expressions, guarantee that indigenous peoples have financial resources available that effectively allow them to maintain, safeguard and protect their cultural heritage.

By setting up a process of dialogue and consensus building, a road is opened towards identifying gaps between biophysical, socio economic and cultural knowledge and activities to combat desertification.

One of these is to draw on the various resources and facilities of the community to organize cultural and sports competitions, contests that popularize knowledge of the law, etc.

Her education would probably cease or be abbreviated on account of the costs, while she would be quite lost in the culture due to a lack of language or cultural knowledge.

After returning back to Moscow, I will use the knowledge and skills learned in China to Russia and make my own contribution for the cultural transmission and promotion of the Chinese culture.

Indigenous observers also reiterated the urgent need for the adoption of the declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples as an instrument for the comprehensive protection of indigenous knowledge and cultural heritage.

Indigenous peoples, who had the same right as non indigenous peoples to the enjoyment of human rights, had left a rich cultural heritage and contributed greatly to the world's diversity and knowledge.

Enhancement of respect for cultural diversity and cultural heritage.

Recognition of diversified sources of knowledge and cultural diversity as fundamental features of human society and as indispensable and cherished assets for the advancement and material and spiritual welfare of humanity at large

It's been said that when an elder dies, it's as if a library is burned. Anthropologist Elizabeth Lindsey, a National Geographic Fellow, collects the deep cultural knowledge passed down as stories and lore.

He introduced the main item, stating that, although the right to one's own cultural knowledge was protected by international human rights standards, there were still implementation gaps that still had to be filled.

They stressed the importance of a timely completion of the guidelines, especially in the light of the numerous international processes already elaborating international standards on specific elements of indigenous knowledge and cultural heritage.

Special theme Millennium Development Goals and indigenous peoples Goal 2 of the Millennium Development Goals Achieve universal primary education , to be addressed under the thematic approaches of language, cultural perspectives and traditional knowledge

Working group reported on gaps between biophysical, socio economic and cultural knowledge and activities to combat desertification through the proposal of May 2004 and an elaboration of it in a paper of October 2004.

In addition, it encourages cultural events, such as seminars, workshops, exhibitions, which include as participants intellectuals, journalists, artists, musicians, folklore troupes and so forth from all over the world, in order to enrich our society's openness and knowledge of the diversity of other cultures, ideas and concepts, while maintaining our own distinctive cultural environment.

The WIPO Intergovernmental Committee on Intellectual Property and Genetic Resources, Traditional Knowledge and Folklore, and other relevant United Nations organizations, should continue to address public domain issues in relation to free, prior and informed consent and the protection of traditional knowledge and cultural expressions and recommend possible solutions as an urgent priority.

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