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Displaying 15 of about 19 resultsThis SSHAP brief discusses key considerations for COVID-19 response and recovery, with a particular focus on the Amazon region of South America. Indigenous peoples have experienced heightened vulnerability during the COVID-19 pandemic and face disproportionately high COVID-19 mortality. To better address these vulnerabilities, it is critical to adapt CO…
Environmental Emergencies News: Issue 6, April 2007, pages 2-3:
This article presents examples of indigenous disaster early warning, preparedness, and response including: mitigation efforts of the Banyala community in Budalang’I, Kenya; prediction of drought and floods in Swaziland, and drought and famine in Tanzania; disaster early warning of the Nene…
This report presents observations and recommendations obtained from bottom up, participatory assessments with local communities from Chile, Ethiopia, Iran, Panama, Paraguay, Russia, Samoa, Solomon Islands, South Africa and Uganda, within the Community Conservation Resilience Initiative (CCRI). All the case studies show how local communities and indigeno…
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This issue focuses on efforts and projects in building community resilient to climate change and natural hazards. The bulletin discusses why, despite the recognition of the critical role of indigenous knowledge, policies and plans have failed to find a place for it in climate adaptation strategies in Asia. Additionally, it asserts that Sou…
This document presents a range of experiences, publications and organisations involved in the strategies used to build capacities for climate change adaptation in the Latin American region, by: (i) improving natural resource conservation; (ii) providing access to new technologies; (iii) capturing traditional knowledge and practices; and (iv) maintaining…
This book offers an up-to-date resource covering both methodological and technical aspects of disaster mitigation, involving adequate risk assessment and the implementation of risk reduction strategies. It is based on Latin American experiences of disaster response and planning programmes, and particularly emphasises the importance of community-based pa…
Investing in resilience - accelerating the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action in the Americas:
A declaration in which the participants of the Regional platform for disaster risk reduction in the Americas acknowledge the work being developed in the region surrounding disaster risk reduction, as guided by the principles and priorities set o…
This report demonstrates that existing disaster preparedness techniques could be more effective if used together with traditional knowledge. It intends to look at ways of using existing traditional knowledge in Red Cross disaster preparedness activities in the Pacific region. It suggests that in disaster preparedness, traditional knowledge combined with…
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 international and national NGOs in Asian countries. It addresses thematic areas such as: climate ch…
This book addresses the social implications of climate change and climatic variability on indigenous peoples and communities living in the highlands, lowlands, and coastal areas of Latin America and the Caribbean where indigenous people already perceive and experience negative effects of climate change and variability. It aims to increase understanding…
This report provides an overview of the published scientific literature relating to the contribution of traditional/indigenous knowledge to our understanding of global climate change: observations, impacts and opportunities for adaptation. Issues addressed include: (i) indigenous knowledge as a foundation for decision-making; (ii) indigenous knowledge,…
This technical brief focuses on approaches and practices used among communities that support dialogue and negotiation as pre-requisite for creating disaster-resilient communities in Africa. Such practices include the reciprocal resource agreements that are a common feature in pastoralist customary traditions. It further asserts that by strengthening tra…
This report is one of the main outputs from UNDP DDC's activities of the Africa-Asia Drought Risk Management Peer Assistance Network (AADP), funded by the Government of Japan, in 2011. It reviews the current drought risk management (DRM) institutional and programmatic landscape in Africa and Asia and mapped out some of the main DRM capacity gaps and gap…
This report aims to share the results of the 2nd International Network of Mountain Indigenous Peoples (INMIP) workshop amongst indigenous mountain communities, climate change policy makers, scientists and others. It shows the potential of mobilising traditional knowledge to provide place-based evidence on climate change and its impacts on ecosystems and…
This guidance note shares 'live lessons' learned - told through first-person stories - that contribute to disaster preparedness, mitigation, and a recovery that builds back better. It asserts that telling live lessons have great value as a way to create monuments and memorials, and can be transformative and therapeutic activities for individuals and who…