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Biocultural (BC) Notice

Created by Local Contexts | Created Jul 08 2021 | Updated Nov 05 2024

Notice text | English

The BC (Biocultural) Notice is a visible notification that there are accompanying cultural rights and responsibilities that need further attention for any future sharing and use of this material or data. The BC Notice recognizes the rights of Indigenous Peoples to permission the use of information, collections, data and digital sequence information (DSI) generated from the biodiversity or genetic resources associated with traditional lands, waters, and territories. The BC Notice may indicate that BC Labels are in development and their implementation is being negotiated.

Notificación BC (Biocultural) | Spanish

La Notificación BC indica de manera visible que hay derechos y responsabilidades culturales asociadas que necesitan mayor atención en caso de cualquier instancia en la que el material en cuestión es usado o compartido. La Notificación BC reconoce los derechos de personas y comunidades Indígenas para definir las circunstancias bajo las cuales permitir el uso de información, colecciones, datos, e información de secuencia digital generada desde las formas de biodiversidad y recursos genéticos asociados con tierras, aguas y territorios tradicionales/ancestrales. La Notificación BC indica que las Etiquetas BC (Bioculturales) están en desarrollo y que su implementación está siendo negociada. Para mayor información sobre las Etiquetas BC por favor visitar https://localcontexts.org/notices/biocultural-notices/.

Notification BC (Bioculturelle) | French

La notification BC sert à rendre visible l’information selon laquelle le matériel utilisé est accompagné de droits culturels et de responsabilités qui nécessitent une attention particulière au moment de le partager ou de l’utiliser. La notification BC est une reconnaissance des droits des peuples autochtones de permettre l’utilisation d’informations, de collections, de données et d’informations sur les séquences numériques provenant de la biodiversité et des ressources associées à leurs terres, cours d’eau et territoires traditionnels. La notification BC peut indiquer que les étiquettes BC (bioculturelles) sont en cours de réalisation et que leur application est en train d’être négociée. Pour plus d’information à propos des étiquettes BC, consulter le site https://localcontexts.org/notices/biocultural-notices/.

Pānui Whakamārama BC | Māori

Ko tā te Pānui Whakamārama BC, he āta whakaatu, tērā ētahi tikanga ā-iwi me ōna haepapa ki runga i te whakamahinga, i te horapatanga hoki o tēnei taonga me ōna raraunga rānei. Whakamanahia ai ki tēnei Pānui Whakamārama BC, ko te mana tuku iho o ngā iwi taketake ki roto i ngā kohinga mātauranga pūtaiao, me ngā raraunga hangarau mō runga i ngā hapori, ngā tāngata, me te rerenga rauropi e noho pū ana i ngā whenua, i ngā wai me ngā rohe o ngā iwi taketake. Kei roto hoki pea i tēnei Pānui BC, ko te kōrero e mea ana, tērā ngā Tohu BC (Rerenga rauropi) e waihangatia ana, ā, kei te whiriwhirihia tonutia tōna whakatinanatanga. Mō ētahi atu kōrero mō ngā Pānui Whakamārama BC, pāwhiritia i konei.

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Public Projects where Notice is applied

Title Added by Last updated Visibility
An investigation of the molecular diversity and eDNA context of New Zealand’s freshwater sponges, including a novel species, Ephydatia hakapupuensis
Nathan Kenny 19 Nov 2025
Good Way Farm - Seed Shares
Amy June Breesman 04 Nov 2025
Genomics of sex determination in the Hawaiian Wikstroemia
Colin Olito 22 Oct 2025
Co-creating intergenerational knowledge about Hawaiian moi (Polydactylus sexfilis) reproductive cycles in a changing climate
Marina Luccioni 17 Oct 2025
Karaka (Corynocarpus laevigatus) of rohe of Rangitāne o Manawatū as a horticultural and food enterprise
Plant & Food Research 07 Oct 2025
This is a Sub-Project.
The polyphenol profile of kūmarahou and its changes with processing within rongoā rākau protocols
Plant & Food Research 06 Oct 2025
Rongoā Urban Ngahere for Papaioea
Plant & Food Research 07 Oct 2025
Finding common ground: Indigenous research methods facilitate scientific knowledge sharing in cross-cultural wildlife research
B Campbell 15 Sep 2025
Collaborative conservation genetics of cryptic reptile taxa from Northern Australia
B Campbell 03 Sep 2025
Microbial communities participating in Mezcal production. Environmental reservoirs contribution, fermenting consortia, and flavour contribution
Yuri Jorge Peña-Ramírez 27 Aug 2025

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