Climate-driven losses to Indigenous and local knowledge and cultural heritage

International Approaches to Climate Change and Cultural Heritage

Anthropogenic climate change is increasingly threatening cultural heritage; cultural resource managers, communities, and archaeologists are confronting this reality. Yet the phenomenon is happening over such a wide range of physical and sociocultural contexts that it is a problem too big for any one organization or discipline to tackle. Therefore, the sharing of best practices and examples betw...

Hybridization of indigenous knowledge and documentation of intangible cultural heritage of Batticaloa District of Sri Lanka

Modern technology is believed to be the panacea for all issues; nevertheless, it has both merits and demerits. Many aspects of technology of today have not been time-tested nor known for their adverse effects on the natural environment. On contrary, local knowledge had been timetested and eco-friendly, though it is slow to exert in terms of mass industrial outcome. With the growing concern for ...

Protection of Traditional Knowledge and Cultural Heritage – the Concept of ‘ Collective Bio - Cultural Heritage ’

IIED together with researchers in Peru, Panama, India, China and Kenya is conducting participatory research on traditional knowledge systems of indigenous and local communities and the role of customary law in protecting traditional knowledge . Through communitylevel case studies, we aim to ensure that international and national policy is built on a good understanding of local realities, norms ...

Cultural values and indigenous knowledge of climate change and disaster prediction in Rajasthan, India

This paper provides a case study in which Indigenous knowledge and traditional stories relating to cloud formation, lightning, wind direction, rains, drought, disaster prediction, response, mitigation, and effects of weather on crops are applied in a contemporary context by the tribal peoples of Rajasthan, India. The state of Rajasthan falls in an area of high climate sensitivity, maximum vulne...

Cultural Heritage and Sustainable Tourism Development