Shanul Singh, Manav Rachna University
ABSTRACT
Preserving old knowledge is really important for taking care of nature and making sure we can keep using its resources without harming it. Indigenous people, who have lived in harmony with nature for a long time, know a lot about how to protect plants, animals, and the environment.
We need to understand and protect the special things found in plants and animals, like their genes, so that we can keep them safe and use them wisely. In some places, like India, the knowledge about natural products is super valuable because there are so many different plants and animals there, and people have known about them for a really long time.
It's crucial to stop other countries from taking advantage of this knowledge for their own gain. India is trying to improve its rules about giving patents for traditional knowledge to make sure it stays safe. This article talks about different ways we can keep traditional knowledge safe, like using digital libraries to record it.
Some people try to steal this knowledge and misuse it, which shows that our current rules to protect it aren't good enough. That's why we need to make new rules that fit better with the unique needs of traditional knowledge to stop this from happening.
