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
| Time |
Segment and Speakers
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| 5 mins |
Opening remarks
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| 15 mins |
Question to speakers: how are you using or supporting local/traditional ecological knowledge to help adapt to climate change impacts?
Moderator:
Speakers:
- Juan Carlos Jintiach, Executive Secretary, Global Alliance of Territorial Communities (GATC)
- Cyr Apollinaire Zongo, Beekeeper, Global Fellow Dedicated Grant Mechanism for Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities, Burkina Faso
- Amy Duchelle, Senior Forestry Officer; Team Leader Climate Change & Resilience, FAO
- Houria Djoudi, Senior Scientist, CIFOR-ICRAF
- Johnson Cerda, Senior Director DGM Global Executing Agency,
Conservation International
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| 25 mins |
Panel discussion
- How is your organization supporting local adaptation capacities?
- What factors where keys for the success of the local adaptation?
- What are the barriers to scale up and nature-based solutions for adaptation and support needed?
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| 15 mins |
Q&A with audience
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Key Outcomes
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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.
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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.
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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.
