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Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
… adaptation possibilities for protecting traditional knowledge of a local community Chapter 5 – … Establishment of diverse agricultural systems, where using indigenous knowledge of specific crop and livestock … commercial fishing, recreation, scientific research and Indigenous traditional use. It is also used extensively as an …
Environmental Guidance Note for Disaster Risk Reduction - Healthy Ecosystems for Human Security
… in designing and implementing the above procedures. Knowledge creation and exchanges Capacity-building through … tropical storm Stan, Guatemala 18 © IU C N -O R M A Using indigenous techniques to reduce disaster risks, reverse land … It is based on local traditional knowledge and improves an indigenous method which was conserved by a small group of …
Global Mercury Assessment
… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 9. Major gaps in knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . … for subsistence and recreational fisheries, often among indigenous peoples. Artisanal and small- scale gold mining … organisms higher in the food web. This explains why some indigenous populations that consume top marine predators such …
Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management
… remains a need for further research and translation of knowledge into actions on the use of the ecosystem approach … thus providing an opportunity for an emblematic indigenous species found in the grassland of Corrientes to … Africa is conducting an inventory of the potential use of indigenous plants as crop wild relatives that can be used for …
Integrating Economics into Resource and Environmental Management Some Recent Experiences in the Pacific
… of the system into the future. To the best of our knowledge however, this funding commitment did not … Pacific Island Countries (PICs), possessing few indigenous sources of oil and gas (with the exception of … dispossession of traditional subsistence hunting areas for indigenous communities. Natural resource managers need to be …
Effective planning strategies for managing environmental risk associated with geophisical and other imaging surveys - A resource guide for managers
… private and non-governmental organisations with the knowledge and tools that enable human progress, economic … and most diverse environmental network, harnessing the knowledge, resources and reach of 1,300 Member organisations … NGOs, scientists, businesses, local communities, indigenous peoples organisations and others can work together …
Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit
… upon the type of contaminant that is being sampled and the knowledge about its distribution throughout the contaminated … stage of bioremediation Under anaerobic conditions, indigenous microorganisms are capable of partially … organic substrate, which serves as a carbon source for the indigenous aerobic soil microorganisms. Composting is a means …