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Safe Havens: Protected Areas for Disaster Risk Reduction and Climate Change Adaptation
… 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 … of the area’s total population) of MMPL are indigenous peoples called Palawans (CI-P, 2007). Part of the MMPL …
Environmental Guidance Note for Disaster Risk Reduction - Healthy Ecosystems for Human Security
… 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 …
Helping nature help us - Transforming disaster risk reduction through ecosystem management
… 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 … traditional knowledge and practices of Pacific indigenous peoples have contributed to their coping strategies during …
Persistent Organic Pollutants: Contaminated Site Investigation and Management Toolkit
… 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 … Mixing of the contaminated media with the soil allows the indigenous microorganisms to interact with the contaminant …
Integrating Economics into Resource and Environmental Management Some Recent Experiences in the Pacific
… Pacific Island Countries (PICs), possessing few indigenous sources of oil and gas (with the exception of … in the 21st Century, Assessment Study Beijing, China: Peoples Republic of China. Guilhoto, J., 2001. Geração de … dispossession of traditional subsistence hunting areas for indigenous communities. Natural resource managers need to be …