MainDBDraft: Weaving Indigenous & Scientific Knowledges: Examples from Three Local Early Action Plans
Title:
Weaving Indigenous & Scientific Knowledges: Examples from Three Local Early Action Plans
Geographic region:
Africa; Asia; Caribbean and Central America; Europe; North America; Pacific/Oceania; Polar regions; South America
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Communities; Practitioners
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Date of submission:
10/09/2020
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Additional hazards: water scarcity, land degradation neutrality, heavy precipitation, heatwaves and cyclones. Addtioinal sectors: Rural systems and communities. Approach: Community-based adaptation and Disaster risk reduction/risk-based planning. Stage in the adaptation policy cycle: All stages in the adaptation policy cycle. Cross-cutting elements in the adaptation policy cycle: Indigenous and traditional knowledge. Timescale: Short-to mid-term adaptation needs. Other target group(s): Project implementor.
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The Resilience Institiute
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Geographic scope:
Local
Adaptation element:
Capacity building; Education and training; Stakeholder involvement
Adaptation sector/theme:
Agriculture; Energy; Food security; Health
Climate hazard:
Desertification; Drought; Erratic rainfall; Extreme cold; Extreme heat; Floods; Loss of biodiversity; Storm surges; Wildfire
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Abbreviation:
TRI
Weblink:
http://resilienceinstitute.ca/
Type of organization:
Non-governmental organization - NGO
NWPUserTitle:
Ms.
NWPName:
Laura
NWPSurname:
Lynes
Job title:
President
NWPStreet:
PO Box 8277, Canmore
NWPZip:
AB T1W
Country:
Canada
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n/a
NWPPrimaryEmail:
ADMIN@RESILIENCEINSTITUTE.CA
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Technical document/report
Description:
Adaptation to climate change will also require transformative thinking and doing. The Resilience Institute is co-creating participatory initiatives – in close collaboration with Indigenous peoples – that weave Indigenous and scientific knowledge to develop Local Early Action Plans on climate adaptation. Case examples provided are from initiatives in two First Nations in Canada (the Kainai First Nation and Piikani First Nation) and from a collaborative in South Africa with South African National Parks, the South African Agricultural Research Collaborative with the Nama peoples living adjacent to protected areas. The process for including Indigenous peoples in the design of Local Early Action Plans is both replicable and scalable. Implications of this work could be beneficial to practitioners and policymakers hoping to advance climate action through initiatives that weave local knowledge with scientific findings, provided there is a strong commitment to a long-term iterative process and in working together through the complexities of weaving knowledges that are from different epistemological origins. In all example communities, the LEAP journey started with a series of climate change education workshops and dialogues. This process involved listening to participants’ observations, concerns, and ideas for resilience building. Though different in each community, engagements included formal education workshops, presentations, and community conversations. The engagements helped to prepare a wide range of community members for more technical planning, build momentum and engage decision makers. A Local Early Action Plans is a simple plan that can be used to guide local actions that an Indigenous community can take to start addressing climate change impacts as they develop a more comprehensive Climate Action Plans. LEAPs help generate: • A portfolio of strategies and actions to better manage the priority threats and opportunities—whether improvements to existing strategies, new strategies and actions, or a combination of both. • A list of immediate strategies and actions to be considered for implementation—i.e., those strategies and actions anticipated to be the most urgent and feasible to conduct. • Basic information on actions to support decision-making for implementation. Direct access to the case study can be found here: Weaving Indigneous and Scientific Knowledges_TRI.L S Lynes.June 2020.pdf
Outcome:
Though different in each community, engagements included formal education workshops, presentations, and community conversations. The engagements helped to prepare a wide range of community members for more technical planning, build momentum and engage decision makers.
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Case study
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Processed
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