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doi:10.1038/nindia.2009.168; Published online 29 June 2009
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Traditional knowledge needs policy backing
The Yanadi tribals of Andhra Pradesh and the Lepchas and Limbus of the eastern Himalayas face the grave danger of losing an immense wealth of traditional knowledge unless the Indian government revisits its biodiversity policy, a new study has warned.
The study carried out by the International Institute of Environment and Development, London, suggests that these communities be given community rights and not individual rights over the forests in order to sustain and recognize their traditional knowledge.
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