He was expected to know the traditional knowledge and the tales.

Still, he was born into a culture that values traditional knowledge and skills.

Sometimes, however, the benefits of traditional knowledge are not so obvious to those outside the culture.

Over the ages people have made whatever they needed using available materials, traditional knowledge and their own two hands.

Other forms of traditional knowledge are expressed through different means.

The second looks at protection of traditional knowledge as a collective human right.

George wanted to pass his traditional knowledge on to younger people, and actively did so.

For some communities, traditional knowledge takes on a personal and spiritual meaning.

Three broad approaches to protect traditional knowledge have been developed.

Traditional knowledge is only the collective memory of where that leading edge has been.