Traditional and Indigenous knowledges

'Indigenous peoples are bearing the brunt of climate change. It has greatly reduced water for people and livestock, causing food insecurity,' said Edward Porokwa, a Maasai and advocate of the High Court of Tanzania. 'Through the National Dialogue, the Indigenous peoples of Tanzania have directly advocated and the government has committed to addressing indigenous priorities'...

Flooding is an annual phenomenon in Layyah district. But the flood-resilient homes in Sehar, which were mostly rebuilt in late 2010, survived, just as they did during heavy flooding in the three years from 2011 to 2013. 'Even though floods still strike our areas in a more intense and frequent manner, we remain safe,' said Zulekha Hussain, a villager who lives in one of the raised houses...

This report presents observations and recommendations obtained from bottom up, participatory assessments with local communities from Chile, Ethiopia, Iran, Panama, Paraguay, Russia, Samoa, Solomon Islands, South Africa and Uganda, within the Community

Around the world, extreme weather and rising seas linked to climate change are presenting a growing threat not just to lives and homes but to cultures who fear the loss of their entire nations. For Pakistan's Kalasha, struggling to preserve their culture is nothing new. Their sturdy traditional home construction helped them to survive the 7.5-magnitude earthquake that struck the Hindu Kush on 26 October...

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This work operationalizes the determinants of climate change risk, exposure and vulnerability, through the perceptions held by Native hunters, fishers, and gatherers in Savoonga and Shaktoolik

This November will mark the 2nd anniversary of Typhoon Yolanda. In its wake it damaged over 1.1 million homes, displaced over 4 million people and took the lives of over 6,200 individuals. The mainstream media stories may have dried up, but for Filipinos impacted by this mega-storm, recovery is still an ongoing endeavor...

The resilience of the Nasa indigenous community in Colombia has been recognized 21 years after they lost over 1,000 people in a flood and earthquake which struck on June 6, 1994.

The Malawi government has launched the 'National Recovery Disaster Framework' which defines mechanisms for monitoring and management, clarify institutional roles and responsibilities and optimizes recovery investments across short-term humanitarian needs and medium to long-term reconstruction, taking into account the principles of building-back-better and resilience, reports the Nyasa Times...