Indigenous early warning system, local implementation, knowledge, skills, technical knowledge; traditional knowledge, transferable indigenous knowledge.
This policy note aims to provide a directional path for mainstreaming indigenous knowledge in disaster risk reduction by national authorities and ministries of disaster management and education, institutions of higher education in disaster management, and
European Union
Sustainable Environmental and Ecological Development Society
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
The general purpose of this report is to provide inspiration and ideas to implementing organizations to help them understand and identify local knowledge, practices and contexts in relation to disaster preparedness. For this purpose, a case study was
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO)
This publication aims to build awareness for indigenous knowledge as an effective tool for reducing risk from natural hazard-related disasters. By improving the understanding of indigenous knowledge and providing concrete examples of how it can be
European Union
United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction - Regional Office for Asia and Pacific
This publication is one of a series produced under the project ‘Living with risk – sharing knowledge on disaster preparedness in the Himalayan region’, implemented by ICIMOD during a 15-month period in 2006 and 2007. It is based on a review of literature
International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development
European Commission’s Directorate-General for European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (DG ECHO)
