Indigenous knowledge and community-based coping strategies provide a foundation for national adaptation planning that can be both appropriate and effective.

UNESCO: THEMES

The event included presentations by indigenous peoples of case studies where community-based knowledge complements and advances current scientific understandings, while sustaining cultural integrity and fulfilling local needs.

UNESCO: THEMES

Local transport minister Norman Baker said: "It's vital that speed limits are suitable for local conditions and councils are best placed to determine what these limits are, based on local knowledge and the views of the community, " he said.

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