Definition

Wisdom accumulated and passed down over generations within a specific community.

Further reading
Indigenous knowledge is crucial in the fight against climate change – here’s why - United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) [website]
Tapping into indigenous knowledge to protect nature - UN Environment Programme (UNEP) [website]
Indigenous knowledge on climate change adaptation: a global evidence map of academic literature (Petzold et al., 2020) [journal article]
Related

Aboriginal knowledge; folk knowledge; Indigenous communities; Indigenous Peoples; Indigenous voices; Indigenous Traditional Knowledge (ITK); Local Knowledge (LK); Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK); Traditional Knowledge (TK); tribal knowledge

See also
Kincentric ecology
Planetary health lens
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Drafted by
Chris Graham
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