Contents
Acknowledgments..............................................................................................................v
Abbreviations and glossary ...............................................................................................vi
Executive summary ..........................................................................................................vii
Introduction ......................................................................................................................1
What are biocultural community protocols?.................................................................3
Regulatory and legal contexts of biocultural community protocols ............................4
The UN Convention on Biological Diversity ...............................................................4
The Global Plan of Action for Animal Genetic Resources ...........................................7
The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples ..........................................9
The Voluntary Right to Food Guidelines ......................................................................9
Experiences with biocultural community protocols by livestock keepers ................10
Raika Biocultural Protocol .........................................................................................10
Samburu Community Protocol ..................................................................................11
Lingayat Biocultural Protocol.....................................................................................12
Pashtoon Biocultural Community Protocol ................................................................13
Observations ...................................................................................................................14
Awareness ..................................................................................................................14
Mobilization ................................................................................................................14
Visibility......................................................................................................................15
Empowerment .............................................................................................................15
Documentation ............................................................................................................16
Identification of problems ...........................................................................................16
Intergenerational continuity ........................................................................................17
Solidarity.....................................................................................................................17
Gender.........................................................................................................................17
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