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"Research centre based at McGill University in Montreal and created in response to a need expressed by Aboriginal Peoples for participatory research and education to address their concerns about the integrity of their traditional food systems.

In concert with Indigenous Peoples, CINE's mission is to undertake community-based research and education related to traditional food systems. The empirical knowledge of the environment inherent in Indigenous societies is incorporated into all its efforts."
 

The League for Pastoral Peoples (LPP) and Endogenous Livestock Development is an advocacy and support group for pastoralists who depend on common property resources. LPP works and conducts research with pastoral communities, primarily in India.
This website documents the challenges faced by pastoralists and facilitates networking among similar agencies. Contains a wealth of fascinating and excellent publications not widely available elsewhere.

The forecast doubling of demand for livestock products by 2020 is both a threat and an opportunity for poor livestock keepers, and represents a challenge for devising livestock policies that benefit the poor.

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endogenous_vs_globalized.pdf

Focuses on a key threat to the survival of pastoralists and their livestock breeds: the loss of access to grazing and water. Case studies from India. By Ilse Köhler-Rollefson and the LIFE Network.

Note: A documentary film to accompany the book, produced by award-winning filmmaker Moving Images, is also available.  Order from the League for Pastoral Peoples (http://www.pastoralpeoples.org)

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keepersofgenes_web.pdf

Information on intellectual property rights as they relate to the livestock sector. Covers patents, trademarks, trade secrets, geographical indications, livestock keepers' rights, and the effects of IPRs on animal genetic resources, genetic diversity, genetic improvement and the livelihoods of livestock keepers. Produced by the League for Pastoral Peoples and Endogenous Livestock Development, Ober-Ramstadt, Germany (www.pastoralpeoples.org)

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animal_genetic_resources_IPR.pdf

Edited book based on the proceedings of an international workshop held at Yale University in 2004, titled Food Sovereignty, Conservation, and Social Movements for Sustainable Agriculture in the Americas. (222 pages) Contains feature articles, panel summaries, breakout session reports and transcripts of interviews with leaders in the movement. Edited by Avery Cohn, Jonathan Cook, Margarita Fernández, Rebecca Reider, and Corrina Steward. A collaborative project of the International Institute for

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Agroecology_and_the_Struggle_for_FS_in_the_Americas.pdf

Short photo essay with interpretive text (6 pages). Documents a visit by a
University of Victoria ethnoecology class to the Pauquachin territory for a pitcook and celebratory feast with the Pauquachin and Songhees Nations.
 

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UVIC_Pitcook.pdf

Authors review a series of case examples of culturally valued food plants in British Columbia and identify a suite of interacting social and environmental factors that have resulted in decreased use of and dwindling cultural knowledge about these plants over the past 150 years.

By Nancy J. Turner and Katherine L. Turner (46 pages).
 

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turner06-315editedfinal.doc

Chapter 4 of a forthcoming book (looks excellent!). On-line version includes active links to websites, audio and video clips. By Michel Pimbert, iied (International Institute for Environment and Development), 2009
 

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Towards_food_sovereignty_reclaiming_autonomous_food_systems.pdf