Traditional and Indigenous knowledges

'As climate change continues to devastate the livelihoods of pastoralist, it has become inevitable that the management of local resources is returned to local people whose age-old systems had ensured biodiversity conservation and long-term survival of the livestock-based economy,' says Gathuru Mburu, Programmes Manager with Kivulini Trust in an article by the Daily Nation...

Department of Disaster Management Affairs has embarked on a mission to explore how best indigenous knowledge can be used to help communities prepare for disasters. Mitigation Officer Mulder Mkutumula identified promotion of disaster mitigation and preparedness through the use of education, knowledge and innovation as effective in dealing with disasters in the country...

This report examines policy and institutional response to climate change and environmental disaster risks, with the view to providing recommendations to the government and its partners in South Sudan on where to focus their environmental policy

Building on existing collaborations, these Resilient Lands and Waters partnerships - located in southwest Florida, Hawaii, Washington and the Great Lakes region - will help build resilience in regions vulnerable to climate change and related challenges. They will also showcase the benefits of landscape-scale management approaches and help enhance the carbon storage capacity of these natural areas...

'We know that Vanuatu communities have long-standing traditional coping mechanisms to address immediate food needs and resume their agricultural production. FAO must ensure its interventions support their work and address the long-term rehabilitation of the agriculture sector,' said Gavin Wall, FAO Subregional Coordinator for the Pacific...

This article underlines the value of local knowledge in disaster areas. It presents the current representation of indigenous people in the world and elaborates on the value of integrating indigenous knowledge into disaster risk reduction methodologies. It

This document draws on the experiences of Visions from the Frontline (VFL), a shared action aimed at provide a local perspective of progress of the Hyogo Framework for Action by undertaking interviews with community members, civil society organizations

Health officials are exploring ways to prevent similar disease outbreaks around the world, with epidemics expected to be a focus at a global conference on disaster risk reduction in Japan later this month...