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.

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'While natural hazards cannot be avoided, capacity building can prepare societies to significantly reduce death and destruction. WMO sustains observational networks to provide the appropriate weather, climate and water information for DRR and mitigation needs' said WMO's Michel Jarraud...

Climate Leadership Initiative, the
Documents and publications

Strengthening IFAD’s capacity to mainstream climate change adaptation in its operations, comprehensive report, final version:

This study explores ways to build in-house capacity on climate change issues and effectively mainstream adaptation to climate

International Fund for Agricultural Development
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A workshop organized by the IFRC and the Bangladesh Red Crescent Society, to be held next week, aims to share, exchange and identify gaps on indigenous knowledge for disaster risk reduction (DRR) across South Asia, South East Asia, South Africa and the Pacific regions...

Asian News Intnl
Policies and plans

Government in Revenue Department vide Resolution dated the 4th March 2005 has approved the State Disaster Management Policy

The focus of the Policy shall be on total risk management and vulnerability reduction by strengthening the physical

Orissa State Disaster Mitigation Authority
Documents and publications

This case study documents and assesses the local and/or traditional practices of communities which culture, customs, beliefs, indigenous knowledge systems and skills have enabled them to survive water stresses and cope with hazards and disasters over the

International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
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After researching the effects of climate change on Inuits, James Ford, professor at McGill University (Canada) and a group of colleagues, found that although Inuits are adapting to environmental changes they will need assistance and calls for all levels of government to work with the communities...

CTV
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Indigenous best practices of two provinces in the Philippines Cordillera region on the adaptation to climate change will be showcased as models of a foreign-funded program on climate change adaptation...

Philippine Information Agency
Documents and publications

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.

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (Ä¢¹½´«Ã½)
International Recovery Platform
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