Traditional and Indigenous knowledges

Community adaptation and risk reduction governance series, issue 3, December 2012:

This issue focuses on local knowledge preserved in the almost forgotten flood legend from Arso, Keerom, Papua Province, Indonesia. The authors argue that local risk

This briefing deals with the importance of traditional knowledge in adapting agriculture to climate change for indigenous peoples and local communities. It states that researchers and policymakers agree that adapting agriculture to is a priority for

AlertNet reports that some farmers in the Southern Highlands are more likely to use traditional maize varieties, as it is suggested that traditional knowledge could be good to adapt agriculture to climate change...

This guideline aims to: (i) focus on the linkages between disasters and housing and the rationale for mainstreaming disaster risk reduction (DRR) into housing; (ii) provide possible approaches (entry points/enabling environment) as guidance to government

Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research, Vol 40, No 4, pp. 647–659:

According to research conducted with the communities in northern Canada,  changing ice conditions increase exposure to hazards associated with ice use for hunting and travel. Instrumental

Polar Record Vol 42 (221), pp. 127–138:

This paper argues that the starting point to understand how rapid climate change may affect Arctic indigenous communities is analysis of past and present experience of, and response to, climate variability and

This publication captures and shares the process, tools, and lessons from a pilot adaptation project in the Cook Islands. The basic idea was to field-test a participatory approach that incorporates local knowledge and engages vulnerable communities in the

'Capturing and disseminating...indigenous knowledge for disaster risk reduction may be very helpful for the communities prone to disasters. These are the people who have the history of survival for hundreds of years', writes M. Mizanur Rahman...