Indigenous Biodiscovery
Explore our work on Indigenous biodiscovery and benefit sharing, along with a wide range of resources.
Indigenous Biodiscovery W膩nanga 2026
TKRI and the at held the first event of the Indigenous Biodiscovery Wananga Series in Hamilton in March 2026. Check out the summary report for details on the programme, kaupapa, presenters, and attendees.
Data and Knowledge Sovereignty in the Bioeconomy: Post-capitalist and Just Approaches
This webinar from , brings together insights from biodiversity conservation and agriculture to explore alternative approaches to data and knowledge governance. The aim is to share experiences and case studies from around the world that resist appropriation and inequities, and those that foster relational approaches to science within data and knowledge governance. Watch and listen .
Benefit Sharing Compass
We've teamed up with Geo AR Games and created a game to help researchers explore how decisions around Digital Sequence Information (DSI) affect Indigenous data sovereignty and benefit sharing within New Zealand.
He Tohu 膧rahi - Guidelines for Protecting Cultural Intellectual Property in Research and Innovation (2024)
K Riddle, M Hudson, N Kusabs, R Sterling
He Tohu 膧rahi serves as a starting point for in-depth discussions for Indigenous people involved in research and innovation projects. It provides guidance around the conversations to have, provisions required, and protection mechanisms for m膩tauranga M膩ori within research and their various associated agreements.
He Tohu 膧rahi launch video
Katie Lee Riddle introduced the new publication - He Tohu 膧rahi Guidelines for Protecting Cultural Intellectual Property in Research and Innovation and the accompanying information sheets with thanks to SfTI for their support on the project.
Resource Kete
- Periodic Table of Food Initiative:
- Fungi Foundation:
- Tracey Whare and Hikurangi Bioactives: Taonga Species and Intellectual Property
- Te Kotahi Research Institute: He Tohu 膧rahi Guidelines for Protecting Cultural Intellectual Property in Research and Innovation
- Newcastle University ICIP and the
- Te Kotahi Research Institute:
- Convention on Biological Diversity:
- Convention on Biological Diversity:
- Convention on Biological Diversity: Cali Fund for our Biodiverse Future
- The University of Sydney: Indigenous Cultural and Intellectual Property and Indigenous Data Sovereignty Protocol
- Alex Reep:
- by ENRICH
- by Alex Reep
- by Tiaki Taonga
- TEGA Transforming Environmental Governance in the Anthropocene:
- VariantBio
- Convention on Biological Diversity:
- Convention on Biological Diversity:
- Food and Agriculture Organisation:
- Queensland Government:
- Local Contexts: Comic:
- Local Contexts:
- Local Contexts:
- Global Indigenous Data Alliance:
- Life as Commerce: Bioprospecting in Costa Rica
- Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance:
Indigenous Biodiscovery: Tikanga in Technology presentation
Watch talks from: Keti Marsh-Solomon, Prof Maui Hudson, KatieLee Riddle, Natalie Kusabs, Danny Paruru, and Manu Caddie