Anthropologist Marja Spierenburg in KlimaatHelpdesk on relevance of Indigenous knowledge in tackling the climate crisis
Indigenous knowledge, and the knowledge of other local groups, plays a crucial role in tackling climate change. This knowledge provides local insights into climate impacts, alternative human-nature relationships and practical strategies for climate adaptation. Equal collaboration between science and local communities is essential here.
What exactly is Indigenous knowledge and how can it contribute to developing local solutions to climate change? What can we learn from these alternative human-nature relationships? And how can equal collaboration be established between scientists and Indigenous knowledge holders? Anthropologist Marja Spierenburg answers these questions in the KlimaatHelpdesk (ClimateHelpdesk).