- The establishment of REDD/ REDD+ (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation programme), in 2010, as a key strategy to combat climate change, has been applauded by world leaders. In practice, REDD entails sinking carbon in standing stocks of trees, and raising new plantations, often on indigenous territories. From previous such models of carbon trade that had been tested in their territories, indigenous peoples were aware of how such policies and programs alienated Adivasis from their territories and forests. They had been forced to relinquish customary practices and forest governance, undermining indigenous resilience and climate coping strategies and threatening local food sovereignty.
Life cycles: Climate change seen through indigenous worldviews
Adivasi communities in India have come together to collectively represent their cultural, agronomic and climatic calendar as they know it. Youth have been using the life cycle to reflect on the effects of climate change and people’s responses to it. This is a case of collective learning that reflects indigenous worldviews.
Title of publication: Farmin Matters: Life cycles: Climate change seen through indigenous worldviews
Volume: 32
Issue: 1
Nombre de pages: 22-25
Auteur: Dr Sagari R Ramdas
Organisation: ILEIA, Center for Learning on Sustainable Agriculture
Autres organisations: Food Sovereignty Alliance, Indigenous Peoples Biocultural Climate Change Assessment
Année: 2016
Pays: India
Couverture géographique: Association sud-asiatique de coopération régionale (ASACR)
Type: Article de revue
Texte intégral disponible à l'adresse: http://www.agriculturesnetwork.org/magazines/global/co-creation-of-knowledge/life-cycles-climate-change-seen-through-indigenous-worldviews
Langue: English