TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE OF BELARUSIANS: FROM THE PAST FOR THE FUTURE
Traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources is analyzed in the context of the current socio-cultural situation in Belarus. This knowledge, skills and experience, which have an applied nature and develop in the form of an intellectual response to the needs of life, are transmitted from generation to generation and mainly verbally; are characterized from the […]
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SPECIES DIVERSITY OF MEDICINAL HERBS USED BY BELARUSIANS
The work summarizes many years of experience in the use of medicinal plants by the population within the modern borders of Belarus. For the first time, the species composition of higher vascular plants used in herbal medicine has been established. Thus, Belarusians used 449 species of higher vascular plants for medicinal purposes. Out of them, […]
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Interview with Traditional Knowledge Holders
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The Department of Folkloristics and the Culture of Slavic Peoples and the Institute of Genetics and Cytology held a joint scientific and practical workshop “Wormwood, Bitter Grass: Traditional Knowledge and Contemporary Youth Projects”
The event brought together the scientists of various profiles and representatives of creative professions who actively use traditional knowledge related to the plant kingdom. In the introductory speech, the workshop organizer, Head of the Department of Folkloristics and Culture of Slavic Peoples, Tatsiana Valodzina, explained the understanding of the term “traditional knowledge”, its role and […]
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Belarusian herbalist from Sanyuki in the coverage of the Global ABS Community
In the framework of the UNDP-GEF Global ABS Project, the Global ASB Community has made publication about Ludmila, a traditional knowledge holder in Belarus.
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Tree Beekeeping ― Binding the Times. Album-book
“Tree Beekeeping ― Binding the Times” is a unique album-book, the 6th edition of the series “Cultural Heritage of Belarus” released by the Publishing House “Four Quarters” under the Social Project “Belarusian Cultural Heritage” of the Development Bank of the Republic of Belarus.
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Code of Ethics as a Tool to Protect the Rights of Holders of Traditional Knowledge and Practices Related to Genetic Resources. Ethics in Building Trust between the Providers and Users of Genetic Resources
Alla Stashkevich: Ethics in Building Trust between the Providers and Users of Genetic Resources Elena Guzenko, Alexander Kilchevsky: Code of Ethics as a Tool to Protect the Rights of Holders of Traditional Knowledge and Practices Related to Genetic Resources
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