[DIPECHO Network] FW: Announcing New Publication: Indigenous Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction

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Message from Abhilash Panda..

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From: Abhilash Panda [mailto:pandaa at un.org] 
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Subject: Announcing New Publication:: Indigenous Knowledge for Disaster Risk
Reduction
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Dear Colleagues, 

Announcing a new publication 
 

Indigenous Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction: 
Good Practices and lessons Learned from Experiences in the Asia-Pacific
Region 2008 

http://www.unisdr.org/indigenous_knowledge-drr 

"Even before we came up with high technology based early warning systems, or
standard operating procedures for response, numerous local communities
worldwide have prepared, operated, acted, and responded to natural disasters
using indigenous methods passed on from one generation to the next. 

The publication "Indigenous Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction: Good
Practices and Lessons Learned from experiences in the Asia-pacific Region",
produced with the assistance of the European Union, aims to build awareness
for indigenous knowledge as an effective tool for reducing risk from natural
disasters. By improving the understanding of indigenous knowledge and
providing concrete examples of how it can be successfully used, this
publication can help all practitioners and policy makers to consider the
knowledge hold by local communities and act to integrate this wealth of
knowledge into future disaster-related work. " 

Regards 
Abhilash Panda