Adivasis: The World’s Largest Population of Indigenous People

Faizi, S.; Nair, P. K. R.

doi:10.1057/s41301-017-0115-8

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“…This position is echoed by UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) emphasizing: "...Indigenous peoples continue to lobby governments for the full legal recognition of their traditional land rights" [20]. Likewise, Faizi and Nair [21] have established that India has the world's largest population of "adivasis" 12 , yet, unfortunately, they are refused to be accepted as 'Indigenous people' by the post-colonial Indian governments and were defined as 'Scheduled Tribes' in the Constitution. This differentiation separates "adivasis" from Indigenous people resulting in a spectrum of inequalities and limiting access with international jurisprudence on self-determination.…”

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Recognition of Customary Law and Institutions and Community Protocols of Indigenous People in Domestic ABS Legislation or Policies in Accordance with the Provisions of Nagoya Protocol

Arjjumend

2018

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Abstract. The Nagoya Protocol on Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) provides for the rights of Indigenous people and local communities in accordance with United Nations Declaration of Rights of Indigenous People. The Parties are obliged to take legislative, administrative and technical measures to recognize, respect and support/ensure the customary laws & institutions and community protocols of Indigenous peoples and local communities (ILCs). Within the ambit of contemporary debates encompassing Indigenous peoples' right to self-determination, this paper examines the effectiveness of international law (i.e. Nagoya Protocol) to influence existing or evolving domestic laws, policies or administrative measures of Parties on access and benefit sharing. Through opinion surveys of Indigenous organizations and national authorities of CBD's Parties, the findings indicate that the space, recognition and respect created in existing or evolving domestic ABS measures for rights of Indigenous communities are too inadequate to effectively implement the statutory provisions related to customary laws & institutions and community protocols, as envisaged in Nagoya Protocol. As the bio-cultural rights of Indigenous people are key to conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, the domestic ABS laws need reorientation to be sufficiently effective in translating the spirit of international ABS laws into domestic policies.

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Recognition of Customary Law and Institutions and Community Protocols of Indigenous People in Domestic ABS Legislation or Policies in Accordance with the Provisions of Nagoya Protocol

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2018

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“…More than 80% population living in developing countries is still directly dependent on traditional medicine for daily healthcare (Farnsworth et al, 1985;WHO, 2003;Ngbolua et al, 2016) and even today all the countries across the world rely on medicinal plants (Bekalo et al, 2009) for primary healthcare. India, a mega biodiversity country, has the world's largest number of indigenous people (Faizi and Nair, 2016) who mostly reside on rural areas depend on herbal medicine due to low cost, lack of primary healthcare system, among others (Tiwari, 1999). The ethnic people are very rich in ethnobotanical knowledge and such knowledge is very rarely documented as most of the knowledge passed down from one generation to another by verbal communications.…”

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Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants Used by the Ethnic Communities of Alipurduar District of West Bengal, India

Mandal¹,

Roy²,

Roy³

et al. 2021

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Scientific documentation of traditional knowledge on ethnobotanical plants used by the ethnic people of Alipurduar district of West Bengal, India has been done by conducting field surveys during July 2018 to January 2020. With the help of pretested semi-structured questionnaires, knowledgeable ethnic people of the studied areas were interviewed to record their traditional knowledge on plants and their utilization for daily livelihood. The questionnaires covers various aspects (vernacular name(s), parts use, ethno medicinal uses, disease treated, mode of preparation, other uses, among others) of each and every plant species having ethnobotanical values. Standard methods for plant collection and herbarium techniques were followed and identification was done with the help of relevant sources. In the present survey, 84 plant species of 44 families have been documented. Asteraceae dominates (8 species) among the plant families. Based on growth habit, herb (35.71 %) dominates among plant types and were mostly collected from their natural habitat (58.33 %). A total of 143 ethnobotanical uses were recorded under 5 numbers of used categories, viz. ethnomedicine (EM), edible plant (EP), magico-religious (MR), ethno-veterinary (EV) and narcotic (N), of which all the plants (100.0 %) were used under ethno medicinal category. Altogether 77 types of common physical problems, grouped into 22 major problems were found to be treated by the herbal medicine. Leaves were found to be the dominant (40.91 %) plant part among others used for the preparation of medicine. In most of the cases medicines were prepared following extraction methodology (41.11 %) and were taken orally (62.64 %) or topically (36.36 %). Collected information clearly suggests that the ethnic people are largely dependent on plant species for their daily needs, especially for primary healthcare. Future research on these medicinal plants can lead to the discovery of unique phytochemical and newer drugs for the treatmen

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“…India, the home of the World's largest number of indigenous people (8.6% of the total population of India) (1) has a rich herbal heritage. It is well known that the tribal people are mostly dependent on plants than the other communities for their daily livelihood, especially for herbal medicine.…”

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Ethnomedicinal uses of plants by Santal tribe of Alipurduar district, West Bengal, India

Mandal¹,

Adhikary²,

Chakraborty³

et al. 2020

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Objectives: To document the traditional knowledge on medicinal plants used by the Santal tribe residing at seven different villages in Alipurduar district of West Bengal, India to treat common human ailments. Methods: The field survey was conducted during July 2018 to January 2020 using guided fieldwalk method. Santal traditional medicinal practitioners (locally called Kabiraj) and local knowledgeable Santal men and women were interviewed with the help of pretested semi-structured questionnaries to record their knowledge on ethnomedicinal uses of local vegetation in their surroundings. The questionnaire covered aspects like local name, scientific name, family, used parts, ethnomedicinal uses, among others. Plants were collected mostly during the flowering stage and routine method of herbarium techniques was followed and the collected plants were identified using relevant sources. Findings: Altogether 73 medicinal plants of 45 families were recorded to be used to treat 38 types of diseases ranging from very common physical problems to complex diseases. Fabaceae represents the highest number (5 species) of medicinal plants. Herbs (39.73%) and trees (38.36%) represents the dominant life-forms and mostly the plants were collected from the natural habitat (56.16%). For the preparation of medicine, leaves were found to be most frequently used (47.50%) plant part than the others. In general, ethnomedicines were prepared from the fresh plant materials and were administered orally (66.25%) or topically (33.75%). Applications: Documentation of medicinal plants used by the Santals in the treatment of various diseases could further be utilised to develop new drugs and pharmaceutical products. However, to achieve sustainable development, conservation, cultivation and proper utilisation of medicinal plants should be monitored scientifically. Novelty: Utilization of medicinal plants by the Santal tribe has been documented for the first time from Alipurduar district and has enriched the existing database of medicinal plants.

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Adivasis: The World’s Largest Population of Indigenous People

Cited by 8 publications

References 3 publications

Recognition of Customary Law and Institutions and Community Protocols of Indigenous People in Domestic ABS Legislation or Policies in Accordance with the Provisions of Nagoya Protocol

Recognition of Customary Law and Institutions and Community Protocols of Indigenous People in Domestic ABS Legislation or Policies in Accordance with the Provisions of Nagoya Protocol

Ethnobotanical Study of Medicinal Plants Used by the Ethnic Communities of Alipurduar District of West Bengal, India

Ethnomedicinal uses of plants by Santal tribe of Alipurduar district, West Bengal, India

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