INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE AT COP22 PAVILION
The UNESCO Pavilion at the 2016 UN Conference on Climate Change (COP22) opened its doors on November 7th with a special day event dedicated to indigenous knowledge. A series of discussions showed that the over 400 million indigenous persons living in the world can give valuable contributions to tackle climate change.
Indigenous peoples of northern Europe, Siberia and Alaska, pastoralist communities in the Sahel, or island communities in the Pacific Ocean are highly vulnerable to the adverse climate change effects they are already experiencing. Yet they are utilizing their local knowledge produced through direct experiences over generations to respond actively to changing climatic conditions.
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Indigenous and Local Knowledge of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Europe and Central Asia(ECA): Outcomes from the ECA Dialogue Workshop
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Indigenous and Local Knowledge of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in Africa: Outcomes from the African Dialogue Workshop
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Indigenous and Local Knowledge about Pollination and Pollinators associated with Food Production Outcomes from the Global Dialogue Workshop
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Conference: Resilience in a Time of Uncertainty: Indigenous peoples and climate change26-27 November 2015, UNESCO Headquarters, Paris, France