From August 23-28, with ACT support, the first regional knowledge exchange of the Uitoto community of the Colombian department of Caquetá was convened with the participation of 44 indigenous representatives including traditional healers, chieftains and community leaders associated in the ASCAINCA and ORUCAPU organizations.
During this event-which included workshops on the right to intellectual property, the rights of indigenous communities over their traditional knowledge, and current national and international legislation on intellectual property-the participants analyzed and discussed the current state of Uitoto traditional medicine. The meetings were advised by taita Luciano Mutumbajoy, the coordinator of the Union of Traditional Healers of the Colombian Amazon (UMIYAC, an ACT partner), who shared his experience and thoughts on the challenges encountered by practitioners of indigenous traditional medicine.
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