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Practices and skills to reduce community vulnerability and cope with hazards, accumulated over many years of living in a specific environment and passed down from one generation to another.
Latest Traditional and Indigenous knowledges additions in the Knowledge Base
Este pacto intermunicipal para la creación de la red de ciudades resilientes con la “Metodología de Cantarranas”, es un compromiso firmado por los actores participantes en favor de trabajar de manera conjunta en el diseño, ejecución y evaluación de los
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction – Regional Office for the Americas and the Caribbean
Coordinadora Nacional para la Reducción de Desastres
United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Huairou Commission
Grassroots Organizations Operating Together in Sisterhood
Secretaría de Planificación y Cooperación Externa
Municipalidad de Livingston
Municipalidad Wiwili
Defensoría de la Mujer Indígena
Secretaría de los Pueblos Indígenas y Afro descendientes, la
This report presents the results of an adaptation research project conducted in three frames: (i) science, (ii) risk, environmental change and adaptation, and (ii) social sustainability, with the Arabana people of South Australia. It reviews the
National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility
This document relates the findings of a research project which investigated indigenous dependence on marine resources and people’s perspectives on climate change and adaptation. A secondary objective of the project was to explore indigenous perspectives
National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility
This publication presents the results of a case study carried out in Pakistan focused on local water governance systems in Chitral and the local capacity to adapt to changing climate conditions as part of a larger project documenting local adaptation
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
This publication explores the governance of flood mitigation infrastructure in parts of India and Nepal. It also covers the traditional coping and adaptation strategies of local communities to deal with floods, which are being increasingly challenged due
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
This document examines the ways in which farmers in rural India are adapting to climate change in order to preserve their livelihoods. The document is comprised of seven sections: (i) section one introduces the idea of indigenous knowledge in relation to
Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture
How do people adapt to changes in flooding? They develop different systems of production,' scientist Miguel Pinedo-Vásquez said. 'The problem is that most programs that are designed to help people adapt to climate change focus on products, while the people themselves are looking for different forms of adaptation'...
"God and Tonga are my inheritance" – the motto of this Pacific Kingdom – has inspired its leaders to move to safeguard their country for future generations. Their efforts represent an inspiring example of ambitious disaster and climate resilient development steered by strong national leadership that is based on community ownership.
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Sub-Regional Office for the Pacific
