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Theme C |
Duration: 20th May onwards
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Indigenous Knowledge in Landslide Disaster Management |
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IDEA:
Incorporate the traditional knowledge
of local tribes and indigenous communities to fill gaps in
existing scientific knowledge in order to facilitate the process of
landslide disaster prevention and preparedness in sustainable ways.
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Prioritized Areas:
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- Finding the indigenous knowledge
transmitted either orally or experientially among the local communities.
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- Extract the best practices that have been used by the indigenous communities to survive in their
habitats incorporating their rich knowledge in nature and natural phenomena.
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- Identify how traditional knowledge could be incorporated appropriately into the existing societal knowledge.
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