Traditional Indigenous Knowledge and Nature Protection: Collaboration and Changing Paradigms

Abstract

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Utilizing Indigenous Knowledge Systems on Climate Change for Forestry Conservation in Kenya

“…There are over fifty patches of Kaya Forests in the Districts of Kwale, Malindi, Mombasa and Kilifi. The Mijikenda sacred forests have contributed to the protection of approximately 6,000 ha of valued coastal forests through traditional conservation (Andersson et al, 2021). Many Kayas are preserved as sacred places and burial grounds and this has continued to date (Musila, 2011).…”

Maritime Archaeological Research, Sustainability, and Climate Resilience

“…Maritime archaeological research has benefitted from local, indigenous, and traditional knowledge regarding maritime spaces through maritime ethnography (McGrail, 1984). Currently, local, indigenous, and traditional knowledges in relation to the natural environment are considered a significant asset in climate action (Rockman & Hritz, 2020: 8296-97;Andersson et al, 2021;Casi et al, 2021;FAO & FILAC, 2021;Ibrahim, 2021;Peuramaki-Brown & Morton, 2021); especially communities, who live in the proximity of oceans, rivers, and lakes, have known, observed, and lived with dynamic natural environments for centuries, so they have developed ways of building resilience, mitigating their activities, and improving their livelihoods as well as helping the natural environment to recover (Lauer & Aswani, 2009;Henderson, 2019;Neal, 2020;Rey da Silva, 2020: 123-25). The recording, understanding, and protection of this knowledge could significantly benefit academia and policymakers and therefore contribute to present-day attempts at adapting to the changing climate by balancing past experiences with new ways of coping (IPCC, 2019(IPCC, , 2022.…”