Tag: traditional Indigenous medicines
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Food sovereignty vital for First Nations Australians’ economic security, parliamentary inquiry shows
Dr Alana Gall Prior to invasion, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples (hereafter First Nations peoples) had an uninterrupted, deep, and interconnected relationship to their lands, waterways, and seas that ensured optimum health, and cultural, spiritual, social, and emotional wellbeing. For thousands of years, advanced agriculture and aquacultural techniques supplied…
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New global treaty to combat ‘biopiracy’ of traditional knowledge
Miri (Margaret) Raven, Alana Gall, Bibi Barba, Daniel Robinson Last week, at a conference in Geneva, the member states of the World Intellectual Property Organisation agreed on a new treaty aimed at preventing the for-profit piracy of traditional knowledge. So-called “biopiracy”, in which companies lift ideas from traditional knowledge and patent…
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Introducing Dr Alana Gall, Vice President-Elect, (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander)
Dr Alana Gall will join the Public Health Association of Australia Board as Vice President (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) in September 2023. She describes her career to date and discusses her new role. Q: How did you start your career in public health? I originally developed an interest…