Event Recording

Organizers

Objectives

Discussion and knowledge-exchange of how traditional ecological knowledge can support climate change adaptation and how different organizations can support local adaptation efforts 

• exchanged local experiences and traditional ways of managing territories from the Amazon, Burkina Faso and Indonesia that also support adaptation, mitigation and local mechanisms for decision making and inclusion and capacities needs
• shared experiences of projects and partnerships with Indigenous Peoples that strengthen sustainable land management practices and support an inclusive use of nature to help local communities to adapt 
• presented policy recommendations for supporting different knowledge systems and capacities building on forest-based adaptation plans and policies  
• presented scientific research and principles on using forests and trees for transformational adaptation, including co-design and capacities from a gender lens.

Structure & Speakers

Key Outcomes

• It is important to coordinate and bring the knowledge of elders in the climate arena in an holistic way, including all gifts that nature provides.

• Many policies have been maladaptive because externally driven. They have actually increased the climate vulnerabilities in the long-term, disrupting already resilient systems and making projects fail (and increase need for restoration). We need to protect knowledge and nature first. 

• It is not only important to integrate different knowledge forms but also to support the leadership of IPLC in adaptation policies and plans in both formulation and implementation.