Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS)
LINKS was founded as an intersectoral initiative in 2002, and has proceeded to inform and facilitate exchanges between the holders of Indigenous and local knowledge with science policy and environmental policy processes, international norms and standards, and the emergence of transdisciplinary knowledge cooperation.
Here you will find information on our main areas of policy intervention, our technical cooperation with IPBES and BES-Net, and the geographic regions where we are engaged.
LINKS is responsible for coordination on the UNESCO Policy on Engaging with Indigenous Peoples.
here in Chad. We watched the insects, the sky and the plants to know when the rain would come. It was only when I saw the work of LINKS that I realised how important Indigenous knowledge is to help us understand climate change and support national adaptation."
– HE Sidick Abdelkérim Hagar, former Minister of the Environment of Water and Fisheries, Republic of Chad
