Our definition of Traditional Knowledge [outdated]

Traditional knowledge
(TK) “can be broadly defined as the knowledge that an indigenous
(local) community accumulates over generations of living in a
particular environment. This definition encompasses all forms of
knowledge – technologies, know-how skills, practices and beliefs –
that enable the community to achieve stable livelihoods in their
environment” (UNEP, 2009). One important aspect of it is “that it
is empirical rather than theoretical knowledge” (Ellen and Harris,
1996), and therefore “contrasts with the international knowledge
system generated by universities, research institutions and private
firms” (Warren, 1991). TK is also “dynamic, and […] continually
influenced by internal creativity and experimentation as well as by
contact with external systems” (Flavier et al. 1995) and thus still
a valuable pool of techniques in modern times.