Traditional Knowledge Bulletin |
- Meeting review: TK at Slow Food's Terra Madre
- This week in review … East African pastoralists record their climate reality
- Resource: Article on local knowledge and adaptation to climate change in Benin
- This week in review … Indigenous land and sea management network launched
- Funding opportunity: Postdoctoral, PhD and Masters opportunities at the University of Cape Town
- Announcement: TrustLaw Connect offers legal support to indigenous organizations
Meeting review: TK at Slow Food's Terra Madre Posted: 31 Oct 2012 02:48 AM PDT Salone del Gusto and Terra Madre A conference on "Traditional Knowledge: An Inheritance to Treasure", held during the Slow Food's annual conference, highlighted the new "Granaries of Memory" project, an initiative of the University of Gastronomic Sciences in Pollenzo, Italy. The Granaries of Memory is an online archive of interviews with farmers, cooks, partisans and cultural figures. "We are moving towards uncertain times, times of change," said José Esquinas-Alcazar, director of the CEHAP (Cátedra de Estudios sobre Hambre y Pobreza) at the University of Cordoba. "For future generations it is important to maintain biodiversity at all levels. And it is precisely the complementarity between new technologies and traditional knowledge that can help us to safeguard the ethnodiversity of languages, customs and traditions." Another conference on "Indigenous Peoples and Local Food Sovereignty – A struggle for self-determined development", gathered representatives of indigenous peoples from North America, Argentina, Malaysia, East Africa, Russia and the Pacific. Read a press release of 26 October … Read a press release of 27 October … |
This week in review … East African pastoralists record their climate reality Posted: 31 Oct 2012 02:45 AM PDT Watch: East African pastoralists record their climate reality LISBON, PORTUGAL: Pastoralists in East Africa have been using video to share their stories and experiences about coping with seasonal and annual climatic variability as part of the project Pastoralist Transformations to Resilient Futures: Understanding Climate from the Ground Up, facilitated by researchers and film makers from the Colorado State University. Over the course of three weeks, the filmmakers learned how to shoot, conduct interviews, create sequences, storyboard and do some basic editing. They then used their new skills to create short videos about climatic changes and other aspects of their lives they wished to share. The production of a collaborative film (15 minutes), documenting the project is underway. Provisionally entitled "The Land has Changed": East African Pastoralist Perspectives on Climate Change, it will incorporate footage by the Maasai filmmakers, Nicolas Tapia and Lindsay Simpson, and will illustrate the points of views held by a diversity of stakeholders in the debate around climate change and other transformations in the East African dry lands. Read the post … |
Resource: Article on local knowledge and adaptation to climate change in Benin Posted: 31 Oct 2012 02:42 AM PDT Local knowledge and adaptation to climate change in Ouémé Valley, Benin This paper highlights the local dimension of adaptation to climate change and the importance of local knowledge in adaptation planning. A case study of farmers' strategies for adapting to climate vulnerability in the low valley of Ouémé showed that local people have developed a remarkable ability to adapt to climate threats, or in some cases have turned threats into opportunities. From fishing practices to agricultural techniques through agro-fishing practices, they managed to take advantage of their natural vulnerability through adaptation strategies mainly based on local knowledge. The trend of these local strategies confirms the dynamic nature of adaptation to climate change mainly determined by the extent of vulnerability caused by continued depletion of the environment. But given that this dynamic can sometimes lead to maladaptation, it is necessary that local people are assisted in their coping strategies, through synergies between local institutions and national and international adaptation frameworks. Download the article [pdf] … |
This week in review … Indigenous land and sea management network launched Posted: 31 Oct 2012 02:40 AM PDT Indigenous land and sea management network launched SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA: Indigenous rangers from Australia are visiting Canada to help launch a global network of indigenous land and sea managers. They say the development reflects a growing international demand for their knowledge to deal with environmental problems. The exchange has been organized in partnership with Pew Environment Group and forms the first stage in the launch of a global network for indigenous peoples and local communities land and sea managers. Read the article … |
Funding opportunity: Postdoctoral, PhD and Masters opportunities at the University of Cape Town Posted: 31 Oct 2012 02:37 AM PDT Applications are invited for Postdoctoral, Doctoral and Masters studentships in the Department of Environmental and Geographical Science at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, as part of the recently awarded NRF Research Chair on Environmental and Social Dimensions of the Bio-economy. The deadline for applications to Fahdelah.Hartley(at)uct.ac.za is 15 November 2012. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Environmental and Social Dimensions of the Bio-economy PhD and Masters Opportunities: Environmental and Social Dimensions of the Bio-economy |
Announcement: TrustLaw Connect offers legal support to indigenous organizations Posted: 31 Oct 2012 02:30 AM PDT TrustLaw Connect TrustLaw Connect, a programme of Thomson Reuters Foundation that links top law firms in over 140 countries with non-profit organizations in need of free legal assistance, is interested in expanding their support to indigenous organizations and social enterprises located in developing countries. Visit the TrustLaw Connect website … Take the eligibility quiz in order to apply for legal assistance … |
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