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“The great grandmothers and grandfathers have left a wealth of wisdom for humanity to live fully; itprovides full knowledge of the manifestations of other living beings, then, if other manifestations of lifeare known disaster prevention will be achieved in the human collective.”It is also necessary to feed, communicate, dialogue with these forces that we see and not see, this actionis achieved through the sacred fire, which is the means or channel by which we can talk about thefullness of life" 23 .Added value of ancestral indigenous knowledgeThe indigenous knowledge and wisdom is based on a profound respect for nature and the cosmos Riskmanagement is based on a territorial organization which takes into account the natural course of therivers for example an area of protection and care of the rivers there are no housing settlements, so asnot to cause new vulnerabilities. In this sense, it also means an agreement between man and naturefrom a perspective of mutual respect. In this manner, it strengthens and awakens the human potentialfor a harmonious relationship with all living beings living in the natural environment because thisknowledge is not alien to their lives. In the communities coexistence there are still many daily practices,but are not recognized as part of the indigenous knowledge; therefore, there is an awakening of thisknowledge for the well being and wholeness of life of the communities.It is therefore, important to conduct a consultation process with stakeholders/actors and participantsinvolved in the definition and decisions of public policies, plans and other aspects specific for humandevelopment of the communities. This can be achieved at the community structures level, such asfemale and male elders, in municipal management, to listen to the existing voices and wisdom that areapplies and in the communities. The recommendation arises from the consultations that should betaken into account in the implementation with its due recognition.The key is to recognize that these skills are important to the fullness of life of communities. Whichare recognized by international and national legal frameworks 24 , as part of their rights as indigenouspeoples.Inclusion of Indigenous Peoples in ProgrammesIndigenous peoples are part of the population and the network of they are part of local ancestral,municipal, and national authorities. They are present in all Central American countries, where traditionalstructures and institutions with their own forms of interaction, are often made invisible by thegovernment institutional structure. However, it is important to empower their participation as keystakeholders in policy making, projects and plans decisions that will be for their benefit. Therefore, it isimportant to create communication mechanisms in the communities, to listen to them, consult themand above all give them a place in structures and decision making space. For example, through thecreation of an Advisory Council to advise this decision-making structure and ensure thatrecommendations are respected and taken into account, in order to nurture mutual trust, thesustainability of the interrelationship and the positive impact of knowledge and indigenous wisdom onthe results and achievements in the programmes and plans.Example of ancient practice in monitoring and implementation in programmes and projectsIn Prohabitat, a reconstruction program after Hurricane Stan in Guatemala, implemented by the UNSystem-UNDP, the surviving population of Panabaj, Santiago Atitlan, a town buried by a landslide causedby the tropical storm. Indigenous municipal authorities insisted on consulting the spiritual guides and ofthe Mayan Tzutujil Peoples to request authorization and recommendation to the grandfathers andgrandmothers about where to rebuild their community. Technicians and engineers of the reconstructionprogram respected their advice and the selected location. During the next tropical storm Agatha in2010, several surrounding communities were severely damaged; however, the new rebuilt communitysuffered no damage. Many donors saw this example as a lesson learned, of joint work combining bothacademic knowledge and indigenous knowledge to build safe, healthy and resilient communities. In the23 Ibid. Donato Camey.24 Convention 169. Universal Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Peace Accords, Constitution of the Republic.10
Central America level, is the only concrete experience observed, therefore it is important to systematizeit as lesson learned, on account of the importance of decision-making in the framework of riskmanagement, taking into account the comments and decisions of female and male elders to decide ondifferent situations that affect their environmental and social surroundings.Indigenous knowledge and its contribution to community resilienceTo address the issue of indigenous knowledge, one must begin with the following generalconsiderations:Indigenous peoples are diverse. However, in this Study we will focus on indigenous peoples ofthe Central America area;The issue of knowledge is complex and in the process of understanding;The environmental issue is in continuous development and reorientation.So far there is no single criterion to define "indigenous peoples," among experts. Previously, the generalidea of the West was closely related to the "native" in the original sense and nuanced folk tribes, nationsand non-Western groups. However, there is now a more accepted a definition, more realistic of thesesocieties, such as expressed by José R. Martínez Cobo, the Special Commissioner of the Subcommitteeon Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities of the United Nations: "Indigenouscommunities, peoples and nations are those that have a history of continuity with pre-invasion and precolonialsociety that have developed in their territories, they consider themselves distinct from othersectors of society now prevailing in their territories or parts of them. These indigenous communities arepart of the non-dominant sectors of society and are determined to preserve, develop and transmit tofuture generations their ancestral territories and their ethnic identity, the basis of their continuedexistence as peoples, according to their cultural patterns, social institutions and legal systems" 25 .Among the Indigenous Peoples themselves, it is almost unquestionably to adopt the notion ofindigenous peoples, to whom who applies the ILO Convention 169, particularly set out in Article 1,Paragraphs 1 and 2, which reads:a) tribal peoples in independent countries, whose social, cultural and economic conditions distinguishthem from other sectors of the national community, and that are regulated completely or partiallyby their own customs or special legislation;b) peoples in independent countries who are regarded as indigenous on account oftheir populations living in the country or a geographical region to which the country belongs, at thetime of conquest or colonization or the establishment of present state borders and that, whatevertheir legal status, retain all their own social, economic, cultural and political, or part thereof.Despite the diversity of indigenous peoples in general, and to those of the Central American region inparticular, characteristics of its indigenous knowledge exists with regard to the environment, which canbe recognized as a common denominator among them. For example, ecological knowledge,environmental ethics, cultural traditions, and the connection to the place, as they have been analyzedby Jennifer Baumwoll 26 .It is recognized that at disasters time, all human beings the world are not affected in the same way.National, regional and global inequalities are abysmal, where the poor suffer the worst consequences ofdisasters, the effects of climate change and the loss of biodiversity and the surrounding ecosystems.Nevertheless, due to historical and social factors, indigenous peoples today are often among the poorestand most vulnerable to cope with these environmental problems.Although not all indigenous peoples of the Central America region are affected the same way. Many ofthem live in areas previously unexplored by the outside world. However, today these areas arebeing exploited by foreign capital companies. This represents a new form of colonization, which meansneither progress, much less respectful of the indigenous peoples or their knowledge. Such exploitation25 M. Cobo, “Study of the Problem against Indigenous Populations,” vol. v, Conclusions, Proposals and Recommendations, UN DocE/CN 4/Sub 2 1986/7, Add, 4 para 379, (1986/7). Free translation.26Jennifer Baumwoll. The Value of Indigenous Knowledge for Disaster Risk Reduction: A Unique Assessment Tool for ReducingCommunity Vulnerability to Natural Disasters. Thesis. 2008.11
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