Traditional and Indigenous knowledges

This book chronicles the memorable saga of the famed bushmen of the Kalahari, at the exact epicenter of Africa's drought, in their widely publicised recent battle with the government of Botswana. Doing so, it explores the larger story of what many feel

..'The Government has developed a national strategy to cope with climate change and mitigate natural disasters by 2020, but how to turn [it] into a reality is another question', said Institute for Studies of Society's Economics and Environment director in an interview with Dai doan ket newspaper...

'Inuit approach climate change not only as a crisis, but as an opportunity to adapt, to find new techniques for living sustainably within the natural world' says Zacharias Kunuk, producer and co-director with environmental scientist Ian J. Mauro, of 'Inuit Knowledge and Climate Change' launched online today...

Indigenous youth, and their diverse engagements outside their communities, have critical roles to play in building their communities’ awareness of climate change and strengthening their capacity in disaster risk reduction and preparedness, reports Dallay Annawi in an ESSCNews editorial, as indigenous peoples in the Philippine uplands face higher vulnerability to disasters...

Mount Fako is renowned for its spate of eruptions. Oluwole Olusegun Akiyode and Awa Mangie Achu Samba have looked through historic perspectives, developmental antecedents of residents and indigenous communities and are highlighting the need for an effective disaster risk reduction policy for the region...

This document addresses the mechanisms and policies that can be used to support improvements in generating, disseminating, and using climate information to respond to the direct effect that extreme climatic events, such as droughts and floods, as well as

The "FAO Policy on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples" aims to provide guidance to the agency's various technical units and encourage staff in headquarters and in the regions to engage more systematically and responsibly with indigenous peoples and their organizations...

This booklet outlines public knowledge, natural warnings and evacuation strategies that helped people live through fast-arriving tsunamis threatening coastal areas near tsunami sources - most of which are on the Pacific Rim, beside parts of the Indian