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Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainable Development
Indigenous Knowledge and Sustainable Development Mervyn Claxton Third Dation istingushed Lecture, The Cropper FoundUWI, St Aud Tobago gustine, Trinidad anSeptember 1, 2010 Page | 1 Biodiversity, Indigenous Knowledge , and Sustainable Development are very closely linked. The Indigenous Knowledge systems of the peoples of the South constitute the world largest reservoir of knowledege of the diverse species of plant and animal life on earth. For many centuries, their Indigenous agricultural systems have utilized practices and techniques which embody, what one scientist has called Principles of Permanence - principles that permit continuous cropping all year around without the use of chemicals which degrade the environment. Furthermore, not only do they not deplete the earth s natural resources but they often replenish them.
promoting sustainable development, and mitigating climate change. Those three problems, arguably, constitute the most important challenges that confront mankind today. The term «indigenous» means local or native to the country, the people or the society concerned. However, shortly of the European after the beginning
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