Presented by: Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim
4.3 Addressing gender and other guiding principles of NAPs
The session will discuss best practices and approaches for strengthening gender considerations and the use of indigenous and traditional knowledge in adaptation which are part of the guiding principles for the formulation and implementation of NAPs. Others principles are: a continuous planning process at the national level with iterative updates and outputs; country-owned, country-driven; not prescriptive, but flexible and based on country needs; building on and not duplicating existing adaptation efforts; participatory and transparent; enhancing coherence of adaptation and development planning; supported by comprehensive monitoring and review; considering vulnerable groups, communities and ecosystems; guided by best available science.
2. How indigenous traditional knowledge
(ITK) can contribute to adaptation
Indigenous people are deeply
connected to their environment.
Traditional knowledge are used
to anticipate the changes in
weather patters
Traditional knowledge can
provide a very accurate mapping
of natural resources
All these knowledges :
Are threaten by climate change
But can also be shared to helps
local communities to adapt
3. The Case of the Mbororo People
Nomadic and semi-nomadic herders
living in Cameroon, the Central
African Republic, Chad, Niger and
Nigeria
250.000 in Chad (1993 estimation of
national statistic)
This community developed a large
array of indigenous traditional
practices based on their interactions
in their living environment and their
empirical experiments in their
attempts to improve the quality of
their lives.
building on traditional knowledge
systems to cope with seasonal
weather patterns and sustainably
manage meagre resources
4. Challenges for M’bororo people facing
climate change
Seasonal migration challenges
Where the Mbororo Peoples and
Official Science Meet
Climate science uses modern
monitoring and forecasting systems
to generate and provide a wide range
of information on past, present and
future
Local decision making: information &
other factors e.g. social networks,
local loyalties, cultural values,
intuition, beliefs and age-old trust in
traditional predictive systems.
Ordinary people experience great
difficulties in making their voice
heard by scientists.
Communications challenges are found
along a continuum
Long
• Mobility over more
than 1000 Km (up to
DRC)
Medium
• Mobility up to 700 km (Nord to
South Chad)
Short
• Mobility up to 100 km (in one
Region)
5. 3-D participatory mapping – an example of
indigenous peoples knowledge mobilization
Using ICT methodology
Workshop with men and women
from the community
Participants associated to the
map creation
Workshop to implement the
outcome of the project with
the communities
Mapping of all natural resources
in one area:
Water
Pasture
Soils
Plants and crops
6. A positive impacts for adaptation
Conflict resolution:
climate change will increase the
tensions for natural resources. 3D
Mapping and ITK helps to share
the resources and to use it more
efficiently
Agriculture adaptation :
ITK can helps farmers to identify
crops resistant to droughts or
floods
ITK can help to identify by
anticipating changes in weather
patters.
Health :
ITK can helps to identify and
protect plants and trees used by
traditional medicine
Traditional medicine provide access to health services to
the poorest, and basis for scientific research
7. The Paris Agreement encourages the use of
indigenous peoples traditional knowledge
Paris Agreement Article 7 :
8. 10 key principles for ITK inclusions in
NAPs
1. Community control, a rights-based
approach & an ethical framework will
build trust and cooperation
2. An intersectoral approach will create
greater coherence
3. Facilitate interaction of science and
ITK
4. Conserve wild resources and
ecosystems
5. Conflict-sensitive adaptation and ITK
need to be linked
6. Security of tenure and legal
considerations of customary land
management will influence long-term
sustainability
7. Customary natural resource
governance is part of ITK approaches
to adaptation
8. Technology can be a useful bridge
between oral ITK and the need for
data and physical planning tools
9. Gender-sensitive approach
10. Involve the schools to facilitate
linkages between ITK, skills
development and formal schooling
9. How to mobilize Indigenous Peoples
Knowledges in National Adaptation Plans
Key Principles Examples of implementation
Participation /
Inclusiveness
Organized workshop with IP representatives and communities for NAPs
definition & implementation
Gender Create specific dialogue to mobilize women’ knowledge
Funding Allow direct access to civil society organization and indigenous
communities to climate finance, in particular for small-scale projects
