BIOCULTURAL PROTOCOL OF THE TRADITIONAL HEALTH PRACTITIONERS OF
BUSHBUCKRIDGE
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Who we are and what this protocol stands for
We contribute to the health of our communities
We have a wealth of traditional knowledge
We connect our communities via our culture to our biodiversity
Our livelihoods are threatened through biodiversity loss and the taking of our traditional knowledge
without the sharing of benefits
Access to natural resources:
No benefit sharing
Discrimination
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Improving Conservation and Sustainable Use of Medicinal Plants
We call on
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Protecting and sharing our traditional knowledge: respecting our prior informed consent
Customary laws
Domestic law:
Prior informed consent:
Students
Healers
Academic researchers
Commercial bio-prospectors
We call on:
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Call for local dialogue
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TSELA YEO DINGAKA TSA SETSO TIKOLOGONG YA BUSHBUCKRIDGE DI
TSHWANETSEGO GO E LATELA GE DI DIRISA BOTSEBI BJA SETSO KA LEFAPHENG
LA TSA KALAFO YA SETSO
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Re bo mang, naa e ka ba BCP e emala eng?
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Re kgatha tema go tša maphelo mo setšhabeng
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Rena le bohwa bja tsebo ya setŝo sa rena
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Re kopantsha setŝhaba sa rena le pharologano ya hlago re ŝomiŝa setŝo sa rena.
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Bophelo bja rena bja letsatsi ka le tŝatŝi bo hlobaetŝwa ke tahlegelo ya pharologano ya hlago le go
tŝeelwa tsebo y arena ya setŝo ntle go go tŝea karolo go abaganeng ga ditsenwa tŝa go tŝwa tsebong ye le
go pharologano ya hlago tikolong y arena.
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Tumelelo ya go ka kgobela di diriŝwa tŝa hlago:
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Ga go na kabelo ya ditsenwa ye re e humanago
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Kgethologanyo
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INDEX
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