Traditional and Indigenous knowledges

'We are from different communities but we have similar problems relating to climate change,' said Akylbek Kasymov, an economist at Kyrgyz National Agrarian University, and leader of the Kyrgyz delegation at a workshop for indigenous people in Bhutan...

This document features 17 case studies from children, community volunteers and village leaders who have taken part in the Child Centered Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation (4CA) Project implemented by Plan in Kefamenanu and Lembata

This study aims to reinforce the use of indigenous practices and knowledge in local early warning systems, household water management, livelihood techniques and health and nutritional practices that help the population of Bangladesh to cope with hazards

'Communities have their own early warning systems based on tradition and natural signs, and it can be a struggle for them to believe scientific monitoring,' said Anat Prag, a supporting officer for Caritas, a humanitarian NGO in Indonesia...

This report aims to provide the Navajo Nation with information regarding the adaptation planning in response to climate change and variability. It discusses actions being undertaken in response to climate change, the adaptation planning process, and

'It’s not only that the Navajo Nation is facing serious climate challenges,' said report lead author Julie Nania with the Getches-Wilkinson Center for Natural Resources, Energy and the Environment at CU-Boulder. 'It’s also that in some cases, they may be vulnerable to climate-related impacts, for example, because many people run livestock'....

This handbook presents the experience of a participatory social learning process that evolved to support individual and community level climate change adaptation to the myriad of stressors affecting rural people. The handbook was developed as part of a

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This issue focuses on efforts and projects in building community resilient to climate change and natural hazards. The bulletin discusses why, despite the recognition of the critical role of indigenous knowledge, policies and plans have