Indigenous Resilience and Indigenous Knowledge Systems in the context of Climate Change

Dear Colleagues,

The world is undergoing rapid environmental change, and different perspectives must be used to understand climate change and respond to environmental disasters brought about by climate change and other causes. Many national and international agencies have been exploring the use of indigenous and local knowledge as a source of adaptations and resilience in the face of rapid change. This Special Issue is a follow-up to a conference organized in Taipei in December 2019 to explore two interrelated themes: “Climate Change and Food Security: Indigenous Knowledge-based Responses and Actions” and “Climate Change and Post-Disaster Resilience in Indigenous Communities—10 Years after Typhoon Morakot”.

The Special Issue comprises mainly selected papers from the Taipei conference and contributed papers. We also solicit papers addressing the above areas, and regional and global perspectives pertinent to the relevant discourses. The overall aims are to (1) bring together what is known about indigenous and local knowledge for adaptation to climate change and for disaster management, and (2) generate a conversation among scholars, indigenous peoples, and policy-making agencies.

Prof. Dr. Huei-Min Tsai
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yih-Ren Lin
Assist. Prof. Dr. Mucahid Mustafa Bayrak
Guest Editors

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