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Slide 7What is Indigenous/Traditional Knowledge?These sophisticated sets <strong>of</strong>understandings, interpretationsand means are part and parcel <strong>of</strong> acultural complex thatencompasses language, namingand classification systems,resource use practices, ritual,spirituality and worldview.These sophisticated sets <strong>of</strong>understandings, interpretations andmeans are part and parcel <strong>of</strong> a culturalcomplex that encompasses language,naming and classification systems,resource use practices, ritual,spirituality and worldview.Slide 8Traditional knowledgeincludes expressions <strong>of</strong>cultural values, beliefs,rituals and communitylaws, and knowledgeregarding land andecosystemmanagement.Also, in <strong>the</strong> context <strong>of</strong> indigenouspeoples such as <strong>the</strong> Orang Asli,traditional knowledge generally meanstraditional practices and culture and<strong>the</strong> knowledge <strong>of</strong> plants and animalsand <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir methods <strong>of</strong> propagation.It includes: expressions <strong>of</strong> culturalvalues, beliefs, rituals and communitylaws, and knowledge regarding landand ecosystem management.Generally, however, this knowledge isnot documented, but transmittedorally.