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- Permanent Link:
- http://dpanther.fiu.edu/dpService/dpPurlService/purl/FI13042551/00001
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- Summary:
- As a compendium of projects that address the relationship between climate change and indigenous people, the document provides an overview of the impact of climate change on these populations within each region of the world, starting with the Arctic and ending with the Pacific Islands, Australia, and New Zealand. It addresses indigenous peoples’ observations of the changing climate, their use of traditional knowledge to deal with climate threats in the past, their vulnerabilities, as well as the integration of traditional knowledge into broader adaptation strategies. This is one of the few documents available that details the manner in which indigenous people worldwide have contributed to disaster risk reduction (DRR). Indigenous populations have spent centuries gathering knowledge on their local environments and how best to plan for and manage changes in the weather. However, as the increasingly negative affects of human activity on the climate have produced more erratic weather patterns than ever before, indigenous people have had various degrees of success in adapting to and mitigating the impact of extreme weather events. Many indigenous communities have struggled to adjust to changing rainfall patterns, sea level rise, stronger and more frequent storms, floods, droughts, heat waves, and corresponding losses in agriculture, water scarcity, threats to their livelihoods, and increases in the prevalence of vector and water-borne diseases. What proves most interesting about the work is the manner in which it demonstrates how DRR practitioners and policymakers have integrated or are in the process of integrating traditional knowledge and scientific knowledge in order to produce notable DRR theories and initiatives. It also highlights the measures being taken by some countries to include indigenous populations in the DRR process directly as key stakeholders. The document declares that it is vital that the experiences and knowledge of indigenous people are valued and integrated into DRR policymaking because they are on the frontlines of climate and environmental changes. Not only are they often the first to face the impacts of climate change, but also the first to develop strategies to adjust to these new climate realities. This document, particularly Annex II, is must read for DRR policymakers in determining how best to include indigenous people into community and national DRR planning processes. ( English )
- Subject:
- Climate Change and Indigenous Peoples ( English )
- Citation/Reference:
- McLean, K.G. (2009). Advance guard: climate change impacts, adaptation, mitigation, and indigenous peoples. United Nations University/Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU/IAS) Traditional Knowledge Initiative.
- General Note:
- Advance Reading Copy
Record Information
- Source Institution:
- Florida International University
- Rights Management:
- Copyright (c) 2009 UNU-IAS. All rights reserved
- Resource Identifier:
- FI13042551
9780980708448 ( isbn )
9780980708455 ( isbn )
786132380 ( oclc )
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