Indigenous knowledge and peoples

In 2002, as a follow up of the III Mainland Montane South East Asia (MMSEA) Conference on Indigenous Knowledge, Biodiversity and Local Governance in Mountain Areas of SE-Asia in Lijiang, China, 15 of the participants from Vietnam, Lao PDR, Thailand and SW-China established a regional network to support the retention and revitalization of Indigenous Knowledge within ethnic communities. The network founders created a proposed action plan aiming for capacity building of indigenous peoples and IK-facilitators and trainers over the next 3 years.