Australia. Photograph: © SAF — Coastal Care
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Environmental and Indigenous groups are urging the government to create new partnerships with indigenous Australians in climate adaptation and mitigation policies and also to tap into indigenous knowledge of natural resource management.
A number of indigenous communities live in low-lying areas near wetlands, estuaries and river systems, and have lived in harmony with the land for generations…
Native Tribes’ Traditional Knowledge Can Help US Adapt to Climate Change, Science Daily (10-03-2013)
Melding Science And Tradition To Tackle Climate Change, IRIN (05-31-2014)
Tribal Farmers Fall Back on Ancient Wisdom, IPS News
While tens of thousands of Indian farmers succumb to the pressures of debt, hunger and poverty, members of the Bhumia tribe are simply falling back on a 3,000-year-old agricultural system, utilizing sustainable farming practices to counter the impacts of deforestation and climate change…
Traditional Wisdom to the Rescue in Cyclone Season, IPS News (05-14-2014)
Observations of Climate Change from Indigenous Alaskans, USGS (09-13-2011)
