The knowledge of the medicinal properties plants is rooted back in cultural transmission historic traditions, and beliefs inhabitants a given geographical area, ancient texts, literature such as Ebers Papyrus, De Materia Medica. ethnic communities Bhotiya residing Byans valley West Himalaya, India; Chin indigenous group Myanmar still customize their herbal formulations from different plant part...

Traditional Knowledge (TK) is essentially culturally oriented or culturally based, and it is integral to the cultural identity of the social group in which it operates and is preserved. “Traditional knowledge” is an open-ended way to refer to tradition-based literary, artistic or scientific works; performances; inventions; scientific discoveries; designs; marks, names and symbols; undisclosed i...

Indigenous food systems ensure ecological and socio-economic sustainability but remain marginalized in science policy. We argue that better documentation, deeper understanding, political recognition of indigenous knowledge can help transform systems.

Research within Indigenous communities has been criticised for lacking community engagement, for being exploitative, and for poorly explaining the processes of research. To address these concerns, and to ensure 'best practice', Jamieson, et al. (2012) recently published a summary of principles outlined by the NHMRC (2003) in "one short, accessible document". Here we expand on Jamieson et al.'s ...