SUSTAINING CULTURAL AND BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
IN A RAPIDLY CHANGING WORLD: LESSONS FOR GLOBAL POLICY

Background Papers

Symposium organizers will be posting draft primers topics that serve as briefing documents summarizing the state of our current knowledge and offering recommendations for integrating this knowledge into global policy.

Documents will be posted as they are submitted and are not for citation but for comment. Final versions of documents integrating comments and suggestions will be published after the symposium. Draft primers are available in Word or PDF format.

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How do Biodiversity and Culture Intersect?
PDF / DOC

Local Voices in Global Discussions:
How Far Have International Conservation Policy and Practice Integrated Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities?
PDF / DOC

Conserving Biodiversity and Sustaining Cultural Diversity: Opportunities and Challenges.
PDF / DOC

Measuring and Monitoring State and Trends in Biodiversity and Culture.
PDF / DOC

Biodiversity Conservation and the Resilience of Socio-Cultural Institutions.
PDF / DOC

The Cultural Politics of Sustaining Cultural and Biological Diversity.
PDF / DOC

Other relevant references on Conserving Biodiversity and Sustaining Cultural Practices and Livelihoods

Bujumbura plan of Action:
http://www.ipacc.org.za/uploads/docs/Bujumbura_English_StrategicPlan.pdf

Additional languages, reports and projects are available at:
http://www.ipacc.org.za/eng/resources_featuredreports.asp
(for english and other languages)
and:
http://www.ipacc.org.za/fre/resources_featuredreports.asp
(for French language versions).

Tsumkwe report on formalisation on indigenous knowledge at:
http://ipacc.org.za/uploads/docs/Tsumkwe_English.pdf

East African report on Participatory mapping and UNEP regional processes:
http://ipacc.org.za/uploads/docs/SiemenpuuReport.pdf

CBD's Addis Ababa Guidelines and Principles:
http://www.cbd.int/doc/publications/addis-gdl-en.pdf

The Role of Social Scientists in Critical Civic Issues:
PDF / DOC