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CBAAC
AIDIKI Declaration from Participants at the University of IbadanIndigenous Knowledge Study Group Workshop on:
AFRICAN INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYRIGHTS: IMPLICATION FOR NIGERIA’S DEVELOPMENT
,April 20-24, 2009, Ibadan, NIGERIA
We Senior Officials from the Ministries of Culture; Health; Science &Technology; Commerce; Education; the Nigerian Copyright Commission &Institute(NCC/I); the Centre for Black & African Arts and Civilization(CBAAC); National Institute for Cultural Orientation; National Council forArts and Culture; National Office for Technology Acquisition and Promotion(NOTAP); Nigerian Natural Medicine Development Agency (NNMDA);Nigerian Institute for Pharmaceutical Research and Development (NIPRD);Nigerian Scholars and Practitioners of Traditional Knowledge;Representatives of Traditional Communities,
attending 
a Workshop on
African Indigenous Knowledge (IK) & Intellectual Property Rights (IPR)
 ,held between the 20-24 April 2009, at the Conference Center, University ofIbadan, Ibadan, Nigeria:
Acknowledging
that Africa has rich cultural heritage and this is oftenmanifested in its body of indigenous knowledge and expressions of folklore;
Accepting
that as policy and decision makers, practitioners and scholars oftraditional knowledge, we have a responsibility to guide our Governments in
 
 
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articulating appropriate policies towards the protection and sustainable use ofindigenous knowledge and expressions of folklore;
Recognizing
that this body of indigenous knowledge and expressions offolklore has contemporary relevance to the world knowledge systems andthat its utility traverses the whole gamut of scientific, economic, medical,educational, and environmental spheres which should be built intodevelopment policies;
Alarmed
that the rich cultural heritage of Africa and its indigenousknowledge systems have been negatively affected, and continue to be soaffected, by its colonial experience;
Aware
that there is a relationship between a people’s state of developmentand their knowledge systems;
Noting
that in the global knowledge economy, the contributions ofindigenous knowledge and expressions of folklore to the global basket ofknowledge is not sufficiently recognised and protected;
Concerned
that the phenomenon of bio-piracy threatens the integrity ofindigenous knowledge and inflicts economic harm on the practitioners andtheir various communities;
Regrettably
noting that indigenous knowledge and expressions of folklore,and indeed culture as a whole is under threat from multiple fronts, cultural,political, economic and technological;
Taking cognizance
that
 
university and other centres of learning haveimportant roles to play in the identification, classification, dissemination andpreservation of indigenous knowledge and expressions of folklore;
Gravely concerned
that the dominant regimes of intellectual property rightsprotection are inadequate for the protection of the various manifestations ofindigenous knowledge systems and expressions of folklore.
 
 
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Gratified
that indigenous knowledge practitioners are desirous ofcollaborating and sharing their knowledge with researchers, academic andresearch institutions, libraries and documentation centres on theidentification, gathering, collation, classification, digitization, anddissemination of their knowledge;
Hereby Resolve that:
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There should be more awareness amongst cultural heritage centres andmanagers on the importance of and threats confronting indigenousknowledge and they should be part of the ongoing discussions inrespect of policy formulation on intellectual property, indigenousknowledge and expressions of folklore;2.
 
That the inadequacy of expertise in the area of intellectual property,indigenous knowledge and expressions of folklore is of grave concernand as such, concerted efforts should be geared towards capacity building;3.
 
Although the ongoing efforts at different levels to document Nigeria’sindigenous knowledge is commendable, there is need for a coherentendeavor in this regard to ensure that the indigenous knowledge systemis not compromised by documentation. Consequently, available bestpractices in documentation of indigenous knowledge should beadopted.4.
 
That the biodiversity of Nigeria and its associated indigenousknowledge belong to the State but as a Federation, Nigeria shouldensure that the relevant indigenous communities, that possess theresources, are positioned to make effective contributions to theirprotection, preservation and use.5.
 
The library is critical in the gathering, processing, preserving anddisseminating of indigenous knowledge and expressions of folklore invarious forms and therefore should be fully equipped with necessary
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