Harmonized Perspectives - CDKN Global

Local knowledgeIncludes people and communities that live in rural or urban areas. It is knowledge that is acquired bypractice and experience; they know it to be helpful. It covers all the perceptions, beliefs, understandingsand skills that one or more members of a community or potential uses to communicate and manipulatethe world, formed by the natural physical environment and built, as well as the social, economic andpolitical consequences on the environment that affect the production and consumption locally, withdynamic features and steadily increased production in the tendency to hybridization.Traditional Knowledge:Knowledge that is managed by expert and local communities, which develops, conducted and is ownedcollectively and individually, and is transmitted through print, oral and nonverbal Medias between andwithin cultures, generations, populations, communities, households and individuals.World ViewThoughts centered on nature. Harmonious and holistic relationship of the elements of mother earth andthe universe. The human being is one of the beings of mother earth. Practice and lifestyle of itsinhabitants to live with respect, understanding, communication, interaction and networking withMother Earth and the Universe. Human beings belong to Mother Earth and the universe.It is the practice and lifestyle of Indigenous Peoples. It is a way of seeing, feeling, understanding andliving life to its fullest, in interaction and interconnection with Mother Earth and the Universe. Thesepractices are reflected in the literature, ideograms, art, knitting and music, especially reflected in thedialogue that takes place in ceremonial events of appreciation for the existence of humans and all livingthings that coexist in the mother Earth. At this time there is dialogue and communication with the entireUniverse.EcosystemsDynamic complex of plants, animals and micro-organisms communities and their non-livingenvironment, interacting as a functional unit.Climate scenarioCoherent description, internally consistent and plausible of a possible future climate condition.Hydro meteorological phenomena.MitigationReduction of greenhouse gases emissions legally binding on developed countries. For developingcountries is to determine the appropriate level of mitigation and the registration process to establishand support national actions.Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR)Multidimensional conceptual theoretical framework, which involves all political, technical, social oreconomic actions, from governments to individuals, aimed at disaster risk reduction, loss of life, socialequity, economic and environmental losses.Social, economic, structural and environmental resilienceImplementation of appropriate technology, and strengthening participation, improve interventionsand use of biodiversity and ecosystems, increase responsiveness, strengthen and improve their skillsand livelihoods. Collection, compilation, dissemination and use of local knowledge and of indigenouspeoples. All this requires good information and motivation.Climate VariabilityFluctuations occur year after year and also the statistics of extreme conditions, such as severestorms or unusually hot seasons. Phenomena that change slowly can last for whole seasons or evenyears as ENSO.65