CLIMATE CHANGE

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CLIMATE CHANGE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES The Maasai
caseDaniel Salau RogeiSimba Maasai
Outreach Organization.Email simookenya_at_hotmail.c
omTel 254 202044579

• CLIMATE CHANGE
• Its Impact on Indigenous Peoples, their cultures
  and Traditional knowledge.
• 5th-7th Sept 2007, NY, USA.

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IPs distinctive features.

• Embodies and depend on the natural environment.
• Practice their socio-cultural lifestyle, Ik
• Depended on their traditional economic
  livelihood.
• Have been politically and economically
  marginalized.

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IPs and their environments..

• Livelihoods spiritual reverence
• Link between biodiversity and cultural diversity.
• Stewards custodians through TK.

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Socio cultural lifestyle

• Known for their resilient and beautiful culture
  and languages
• Strong social ties and networks
• Rich Indigenous
• knowledge
• Respect for social
• Justice nature

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Economic livelihoods

• Hunter gatherers e.g bushmen
• Nomadic Pastoralists e.g the Maasai
• Small scale farmers - use indigenous seeds
• Traditional fisher folks

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Our thermometer

• Mt. Kilimanjaro

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Why IPs are Vulnerable..

• Loss of land
• Encroachment to forests/concessions.
• IPs non-recognition, discrimination/marginalizatio
  n eg Africa
• Lack of awareness.
• Unfavorable policies/laws.
• Victims of capitalism and globalization

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Indicators..

• Unpredictable weather patterns.
• Frequent droughts, famines and floods
• Shrinking resources eg water and foliage
• Extreme temperatures
• Disappearance of biodiversity.
• Desertification

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Its Impacts.

• Threatened livelihoods
• Increased poverty
• Disintegration of cultures and loss of indigenous
  knowledge
• Loss of Biodiversity
• Instability /conflicts
• Chaos! - Early warning systems

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Challenges

• Lack of access to information.
• Commercialization of forests through carbon
  trade.
• Lack of capacity to address and mitigate
• Limited participation in climate change processes
  especially the youth.

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Solutions..

• IPs are willing to be part of the solution
• Capacity building of IPs for preparedness and
  mitigation.
• Recognition and inclusion of IPs in the climate
  change processes.
• Respect of indigenous knowledge systems and
  Intellectual property rights.
• Promote organic farming and revert to indigenous
  foods and means of production

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Solutions Cont

• Embrace cleaner and sustainable energy sources
  e.g solar, wind, biogas etc
• Adoption of Draft Declaration on IPs Rights as a
  first aid measure.
• Create a special adaptation fund for IPs.
• Actions!

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Thank You!