Traditional and Indigenous knowledges

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

This report address the growing concerns about Artic’s vulnerability. It examines the limitations and strengths of existing environmental agreements for conserving and protecting Arctic biodiversity, and options for improvement. It calls Arctic governance

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Agriculture in developing countries must become 'climate-smart' in order to cope with the combined challenge of feeding a warmer, more heavily populated world, says a new FAO report citing many existing effective climate-smart practices...
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations - Headquarters

This report explores how the local communities and natural resources of the Klamath Basin of southern Oregon and northern California are expected to be affected by climate change and identifies approaches to preparing for such changes, while many of the

'Sri Lanka is in a position to revitalize its proven historical experience on preparedness such as the ancient irrigation culture and other cultural practices to minimize disaster impact including climate change' said UN resident representative, Neil Buhne in a report by the Daily News...
Daily News, the
In the Sahel region of western Africa prone to extreme events such as prolonged drought periods and more heavy rainfall, simple projects involving local knowledge and farmers long used to coping with climatic fluctuations have proven to be successful...
Deutsche Welle
Research scientist Sarah Ogalleh Ayeri has been documenting methods used by peasant farmers in the semi-arid Laikipia district of Kenya’s Rift Valley province, as they attempt to adapt to changing climatic conditions, reports IPS...
Inter Press Service International Association

Item 41 of the provisional agenda of the 185th session of the Executive Board of UNESCO:

This document focuses on developments and highlights results obtained by the SIDS Platform over the 2008-2009 biennium, thus aligning with the closing period of the

This report discusses the results of a study on the ethical dimensions of climate change, aiming to determine the nature, scope and possible content of an ethical framework that could inform policy responses to climate change. It addresses climate-related

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