CIKARD
The Center for
Indigenous Knowledge for Agriculture and Rural Development (CIKARD)
maintains this website out of Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa, USA.
Established in October 1987, CIKARD focuses on preserving and applying the
local knowledge of rural peoples worldwide and on facilitating
participatory and sustainable approaches to development. The CIKARD site
contains a facility for searching an extensive database of abstracts on
indigenous knowledge.
www.public.iastate.edu/~anthr_info/cikard/
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CIRAN
Located in the
Netherlands, CIRAN (Centre for International Research and Advisory
Networks) facilitates and improves the exchange of information. CIRAN
coordinates the International Indigenous Knowledge Network, produces the Indigenous
Knowledge and Development Monitor,
and is collaborating with UNESCO in building up the MOST database on best
practices. The Monitor and the MOST database can be accessed
from the above address.
www.nuffic.nl/ciran/ik-pages
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SRISTI
SRISTI is an NGO
that works to strengthen the creativity of grassroots inventors,
innovators, and eco-entrepreneurs engaged in conserving biodiversity and
developing environmentally friendly solutions to local problems. SRISTI
produces the Honey Bee Newsletter.
http://csf.colorado.edu/sristi
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World
Bank's Indigenous Knowledge Initiative
This initiative
seeks to help WB partners learn more about local knowledge and technology
in the WB's client countries, the better to adapt global knowledge to
local conditions and design activities that meet country-specific needs.
http://www.worldbank.org/afr/ik/index.htm
