TY - CPAPER KW - biodiversity KW - development AU - D. Michael Warren AB - A rapidly growing array of case studies, many dealing with the knowledge of indigenous peoples, provides insights into creative contributions by local communities to the conservation of biodiversity and water and soil resources, as well as, cost-effective approaches to agricultural and livestock production and management. This paper will describe efforts taken since 1979 to incorporate indigenous knowledge into the development paradigm, efforts that have laid a solid foundation for innovative approaches to development such as that of the INDISCO Programme. (author) AN - 94-03923 BT - Paper presented at INDISCO Sub-Regional Technical Review Meeting, December 13-16, 1994, Chiang Mai, Thailand C5 - 14 pp. CY - Chiang Mai, Thailand DA - 12/1994 LA - English N1 - INDISCO Sub-Regional Technical Review Meeting N2 - A rapidly growing array of case studies, many dealing with the knowledge of indigenous peoples, provides insights into creative contributions by local communities to the conservation of biodiversity and water and soil resources, as well as, cost-effective approaches to agricultural and livestock production and management. This paper will describe efforts taken since 1979 to incorporate indigenous knowledge into the development paradigm, efforts that have laid a solid foundation for innovative approaches to development such as that of the INDISCO Programme. (author) PP - Chiang Mai, Thailand PY - 1994 ST - Indigenous knowledge and sustainable agricultural and rural development T2 - Paper presented at INDISCO Sub-Regional Technical Review Meeting, December 13-16, 1994, Chiang Mai, Thailand TI - Indigenous knowledge and sustainable agricultural and rural development: Policy issues and strategies for the INDISCO Programme of the ILO ER -