{"id":34389,"date":"2017-11-07T22:26:08","date_gmt":"2017-11-07T22:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/?p=34389"},"modified":"2018-04-22T11:48:53","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T15:48:53","slug":"indigenous-peoples-knowledge-wisdom-valuable-to-climate-adaptation-peruvian-activists-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/blog\/2017\/11\/indigenous-peoples-knowledge-wisdom-valuable-to-climate-adaptation-peruvian-activists-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Indigenous peoples\u2019 knowledge, wisdom valuable to climate adaptation, Peruvian activists say"},"content":{"rendered":"

Peruvian indigenous activists at the United Nations Climate Conference (COP23)<\/a> in Bonn, Germany, made a strong call Tuesday for indigenous peoples to be part of the solution to tackling climate change, emphasizing their traditional wisdom and practical knowledge about adaptation methods.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want to speak only about climate change but about climate catastrophe

[\u2026] What can we do? There are alternatives, especially from the indigenous peoples, especially from the wisdom of indigenous women,\u201d said Roberto Espinoza, Advisor for the Interethnic Association for the development of the Peruvian Rainforest (Asociation Interetnica de Desarrollo de la Selva Peruana \u2013 AIDESEP), at a press conference.<\/p>\n

Rosalia Yampis, Director of the Women\u2019s Program in AIDESEP, also highlighted the \u201cvery important role\u201d indigenous women can have in climate adaptation.<\/p>\n

\u201cWomen have this ancestral knowledge about seeds and what we have to sow,\u201d she told the press conference. She added that indigenous peoples are providing input to Peru\u2019s national contribution to the Paris Agreement in protecting the watershed.<\/p>\n

There are about 13 million indigenous peoples in Peru. As a national indigenous rights organization, AIDESEP works to improve the health, education and housing of these peoples. It is a member organization of the Coordinator of Indigenous Organizations of the Amazon River Basin (COICA).<\/p>\n

According to AIDESEP, \u201cit is amply demonstrated that indigenous territories are fundamental for the conservation of forests.\u201d In them, generally, \u201cdeforestation is minimal, even less than in some protected natural areas. Therefore, today, one of the main strategies to counteract the loss and degradation of forests in the Peruvian Amazon is to ensure the safety and sustainable management of these territories,\u201d explains the organization on its website.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are alternatives with the wisdom and knowledge of our peoples. We, as indigenous peoples, are working on these alternatives,\u201d said Janio Sangama, from the region of San Martin, which is mostly located in the upper part of the Peruvian Amazon rainforest. \u201cWhen we speak about sustainable development, we are looking after the management of our resources in a more orderly way. We worry about deforestation,\u201d he added. \u201cIn San Martin, we had a big flood. We have a proposal called \u2018hand in hand with Government\u2019 to confront these natural catastrophes.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said that the indigenous peoples have begun sustainable production or orderly production with technologies from communities. \u201cWe have been managing alternative crops in our territories. We are not destroying our forest,\u201d he underscored.<\/p>\n

Roberto Espinoza said that \u201cwater is being reduced because of deforestation. So we are sowing water \u2013 even if it sounds bizarre \u2013 with some special plants indigenous people know that can enhance the water cycle underground,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Regarding reforestation, Jammek Manikusi, a member of AIDESEP, said indigenous people are concerned about the use of exotic plants, like pine and eucalyptus. \u201cThese plants have impacts on the soil. We want a natural reforestation with natural wisdom of the peoples, with more proper methodologies, more adapted to natural regeneration of soils in the Amazon.\u201d<\/p>\n

More DPI COP23 coverage here.\u00a0<\/a>

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