The Traditional Knowledge Associated to Biodiversity in an Age of Climate Change

Lun Yin; Misiani Zachary; Yanyan Zheng

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The Traditional Knowledge Associated to Biodiversity in an Age of Climate Change

Lun Yin, Misiani Zachary, Yanyan Zheng

Published in Earth Sciences (Volume 7, Issue 5)

Received: 1 August 2018 Accepted: 21 August 2018 Published: 15 September 2018

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Climate change has largely influenced the biodiversity in the world, as the biodiversity hotspots areas are often also rich in cultural diversity, the local peoples have rich traditional knowledge associated to biodiversity, and these knowledge also provide alternative information about climate variability and climate change based on the experience and practices of biodiversity resource use. This review work examines the researches about traditional knowledge associated to biodiversity in monitoring and adapting to changing climatic conditions in different parts of the globe. We reviewed different reports from both International and Regional Organizations whereby we based our findings from the traditional knowledge and climate change, the traditional knowledge’s perception and lastly traditional knowledge’s adaption to climate change. In our findings we realized that traditional knowledge associated to biodiversity is not only effective toolbox, but also a process to adopt to the climate change at local level. Lastly this review also demonstrates how local people use their traditional knowledge about the climate to guide their biodiversity resource and its management. The disasters arising from negative impacts of climate change has brought many risks and threats to the indigenous peoples. This paper highlights the importance of integrating the scientific models in conjunction with traditional knowledge system of indigenous peoples. Integrating this traditional knowledge can add a significance value to the development of sustainable climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies that are rich in local content. It was observed that the traditional knowledge and coping strategies can no longer be fully adapted to the intensity and frequency of the present climate change due to unlimited resources and also lack the enough support from both local and international communities’ responsible for the climate policies.

Published in	Earth Sciences (Volume 7, Issue 5)
DOI	10.11648/j.earth.20180705.12
Page(s)	209-215
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Climate Change, Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge, Adaption & Cultural Values

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Lun Yin, Misiani Zachary, Yanyan Zheng. (2018). The Traditional Knowledge Associated to Biodiversity in an Age of Climate Change. Earth Sciences, 7(5), 209-215. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.earth.20180705.12

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Lun Yin

Yunnan Academy of Social Sciences, Kunming, China
Misiani Zachary

Kenya Meteorological Department, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Nairobi, Kenya
Yanyan Zheng

Yunnan People’s Publishing House Ltd, Kunming, China

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