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Hello, In Canada the new Nunavut territorial government has  a comprehensive TK
policy as does the the terrritorial governement of the Northwest Territories.
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Act  has provisions for TK. Denmark and
the Netherlands have policy statements, as does Norway. The ADB has a policy so
does the World Bank. UNDP is going to develop one (I think) and  the Philippine
government passed an Indigenous People rights Act in Oct of 1998. There are
probably more, but it is early and I have not had my coffee yet!

I hope this helps.

Cheers,
Peter Croal
CIDA

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