Traditional and Indigenous knowledges

This document adresses indigenous knowledge for predicting hazards and low-cost approaches on early warning for household level preparedness. It captures cases studies aimed to facilitate the assimilation of existing techniques of forecasting natural

This document depicts the life of people living in one of the Chars (river islands) in Gaibanda, the disasters they face and their coping strategies. It also provides the summary of interventions carried so far in the area of disaster risk reduction under

Ce rapport fait état des principaux résultats de l’enquête sur les Connaissances, Attitudes et Pratiques (CAP) quant à la gestion des risques de catastrophes naturelles des communautés haïtiennes.

This manual is designed to help build the capacity of trainers in flash flood risk management, who can then disseminate the knowledge to a larger number of practitioners. The manual presents an eight-day course including a three-day field trip. Detailed

Community adaptation and risk reduction governance series, issue 3, December 2012:

This issue focuses on local knowledge preserved in the almost forgotten flood legend from Arso, Keerom, Papua Province, Indonesia. The authors argue that local risk

AlertNet reports that some farmers in the Southern Highlands are more likely to use traditional maize varieties, as it is suggested that traditional knowledge could be good to adapt agriculture to climate change...

This briefing deals with the importance of traditional knowledge in adapting agriculture to climate change for indigenous peoples and local communities. It states that researchers and policymakers agree that adapting agriculture to is a priority for

This guideline aims to: (i) focus on the linkages between disasters and housing and the rationale for mainstreaming disaster risk reduction (DRR) into housing; (ii) provide possible approaches (entry points/enabling environment) as guidance to government