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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
Tree diversity and structural array in Mayan traditional homegardens located in a precipitation gradient in the Yucatan Peninsula
Yuri Jorge Peña-Ramírez 27 Aug 2025
Sample Project with all Notice Translations
Sample Institution 31 Jul 2025
MOZEROA 2030: Innovative Mosquito Control on Huahine Island
Gump South Pacific Research Station 18 Jul 2025
Protecting Ash for the Future: A Preservation Focused Inventory Project
Gulf of Maine Research Institute 18 Sep 2025
Unique bibenzyl cannabinoids in the liverwort Radula marginata: parallels with Cannabis chemistry
Manu Caddie 03 Jun 2025
Antimicrobial-Guided Metabolomic Analysis of Essential Oil Derived from the Aotearoa New Zealand Endemic Plant Kunzea robusta (Kānuka)
Manu Caddie 03 Jun 2025
Indigenous community-guided chemical genomic insight into synergy of rapamycin with nerolidol derived from a leaf extract of kānuka (Kunzea robusta) in Tairāwhiti, Aotearoa New Zealand
Manu Caddie 03 Jun 2025
Reclaiming Lands and Waters: Communal Conservation in the Tropics of Guatemala
Tamara Layden 26 Aug 2025
This is a Sub-Project.
Coastal Monitoring & Benthic Surveys (Surveillance côtière et études benthiques)
Gump South Pacific Research Station 23 Mar 2025
This is a Sub-Project.
Temae Scavenger Hunt - ISP 2025
Gump South Pacific Research Station 23 Mar 2025

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