Indigenous ecological knowledge systems and development

Woodley, Ellen

doi:10.1007/bf01579672

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“…This lack of participation in setting up the projects' priority areas and goals has been identified as one of main reasons for the limited success of such initiatives (Nyong et al, 2007). Beyond being excluded from setting the goals, project participants are often forced to strongly adjust themselves to externally defined requirements, despite the general postulation for incorporating traditional knowledge in development projects (Woodley, 1991). In the case of the analyzed project, for example, it was widely ignored that NTFP collection is traditionally based on clearly separable individually managed units (Chirif, 2010) although the trees themselves are perceived as common pool resources (Tedder et al, 2002).…”

Section: Externally Imposed Activities Not Compatible With Local Realmentioning

confidence: 98%

Coming down to Earth: a critical analysis of a project for the commercialization of non-timber forest products in a community of the Eastern Amazon

Herrero‐Jáuregui¹,

Pokorny²

2011

Pesq. flor. bras.

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Section: Externally Imposed Activities Not Compatible With Local Realmentioning

confidence: 98%

Coming down to Earth: a critical analysis of a project for the commercialization of non-timber forest products in a community of the Eastern Amazon

Herrero‐Jáuregui¹,

Pokorny²

2011

Pesq. flor. bras.

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“…Here, indigenous knowledge refers to institutionalised local knowledge, which was built on and passed on intergenerationally by word of mouth. It is the basis for local-level decision-making in many rural communities regarding environmental issues, and is deeply attentive to place-based mitigation practices, as well as the relationships between (shifting) environmental contexts and livelihood practices (Woodley, 1991;Osunade, 1994). In the African Sahel region, for example, indigenous knowledge has provided extensive mitigation and adaptation strategies that have reduced community vulnerability to changing climate (Nyong et al, 2007).…”

Section: Climate Finance Using Indigenous Knowledge To Mitigate the Impacts Of Climate Changementioning

confidence: 99%

Climate change mitigation and adaptation in Bangladesh: The need for community‐based approaches

Roy

Sims

2020

Asia Pacific Viewpoint

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Climate change is a leading threat to sustainable socio-economic development in Bangladesh.Adverse impacts of climatic disasters including flash floods, recurrent cyclones and erratic rainfall patterns are already causing hardship for both rural and urban people and are expected to accelerate into the future. The aim of this research note is to identify the core contributing economic sectors to climate change in Bangladesh, and to consider effective mitigation strategies. Following the 5th Assessment Report (AR5) of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report ( 2014), in this paper, we argue that comprehensive mitigation measures are required in the energy, transport, buildings, industry and land-use sectors to reduce Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions. Our findings indicate that it is crucial that government and non-government mitigation efforts engage with community knowledge practices in order to most effectively reduce GHG emissions and combat the adverse impacts of climate change.

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“…Climate change could have positive, negative or no impact on each pest. There is need for better models to assess their global impact as most pest population prediction models have different spatial and temporal scales than global climate models (Woodley, 1991). Pests are usually controlled by cultural practices, natural enemies, host plant resistance, biopesticides and synthetic pesticides.…”

Section: Cultural Pest Control (M = 283)mentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Agriculture for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Southeast Nigeria

Chikaire¹,

Ejiogu²,

Emerhirhi³

2018

Int.J.Curr.Res.Aca.Rev.

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Article Info This study was carried out to analyze indigenous knowledge practices employed by farmers for climate change adaptation and mitigation by farmers in Southeast Nigeria. A total of 360 farmers were randomly selected from 3 states of Southeast, Nigeria. Questionnaires and oral interview were used to elicit information from the respondents. Mean and Standard deviation were used to analyze data collected. Results showed that the famers were fully aware of climate change variability as indicated by a high mean score of the various prediction signs such as erratic rainfall pattern (M = 3.25), heavy flooding (M =2.65), long rainfall (M =3.36) among others. To adapt and mitigate climate change, the farmers used the following indigenous practices-crop diversification (M=3.46), crop rotation (M =2.61), multiple cropping (M =3.03), mulching (M =2.44) soil fertilization (M = 2.98), agro forestry (M=2.79), use of planting pits (M = 2.74), use of calabashes to store water (M= 3.41), use of ashes for pest control (M = 3.84), use of cannabis to control new castle diseases (M = 2.40) etc. The above practices are safe and have proved successful for centuries and we recommend that they should be integrated into the modern practices of agriculture.

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Indigenous ecological knowledge systems and development

Cited by 34 publications

References 4 publications

Coming down to Earth: a critical analysis of a project for the commercialization of non-timber forest products in a community of the Eastern Amazon

Coming down to Earth: a critical analysis of a project for the commercialization of non-timber forest products in a community of the Eastern Amazon

Climate change mitigation and adaptation in Bangladesh: The need for community‐based approaches

Sustainable Indigenous Knowledge Systems in Agriculture for Climate Change Adaptation and Mitigation in Southeast Nigeria

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