The role of culture and traditional knowledge in climate change adaptation: Insights from East Kimberley, Australia

Farmers and policy-makers’ perceptions of climate change in Ethiopia

“…Indicating the late onset of rain and changes in cropping calendar, a farmer from the midland recalled: 'While we used to plant enset and maize in January and February in the past, today planting the same moved to April or June.' Shifting cropping seasons is recognised by indigenous knowledge 1 in ways quite similar to findings from an Australian study (Leonard et al, 2013) whereby farmers ascertain regular seasons that separate the flowering of fruits or grass. Local experience and knowledge meant that farmers established seasonal calendars to predict times to prepare land, plant and harvest.…”

Indigenous People’s Contribution to the Mitigation of Climate Variation, Their Perception, and Organizing Strategy for Sustainable Community Based Forest Resources Management in <i>Caraballo</i> Mountain, Philippines

“…It is the phenomenon of climate variation. According to Leonard, Parsons, Olawsky and Kofod [2] and agreed to by Colchester [3] and Clay [4]; Indigenous Peoples' (IPs) traditional technology, knowledge, local observation and mitigation strategies are environmentally useful to mitigate the effects of climate variation. IPs are known to contribute to the mitigation strategies for climate change.…”

Vulnerability of tropical forest ecosystems and forest dependent communities to droughts

“…For example, research has documented how indigenous peoples in Australia altered the climate 588 vulnerability of their environment using cultural and management practices based on their locally 589 developed knowledge (Leonard et al 2013). These examples have causally linked the coupled 590 socio-ecological systems.…”