SciencePhoto: The News MinuteKerala Fisherfolk Present Marine Biodiversity Register at CBD COP17
At the UN biodiversity conference CBD COP17 in Yerevan, Kerala fisherfolk showcased a digital marine biodiversity register to address omissions in the 2017 Kerala State Biodiversity Board report. Marine researcher Robert Panippilla highlighted that indigenous knowledge was excluded due to scientific oversight. Between 2013 and 2015, local fishers documented over 2,000 species and traditional knowledge from 69 community members off Thiruvananthapuram's coast.
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