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Nigeria: Climate Change - WCU Proposes Adaptive Measures
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Daily Trust (Abuja)
28 April 2008
Posted to the web 28 April 2008
Boco Edet
The 2008 report by the World Conservation Union (WCU), has recommended the conservation of natural resources and biological diversity to address issues of climate change in traditional and indigenous societies.
The report which drew attention to the adverse effects of climate change on the livelihood and cultures of these societies in various parts of the world, said it was necessary to recognise and promote indigenous adaptation strategies.
"It is important to formulate policies which actively involve indigenous and traditional communities in the international, regional and local climate change discourse. It is also necessary to promote technology transfer that is culturally appropriate to each society," the report said.
The report also noted that many indigenous and traditional people have been pushed to the least fertile and most fragile lands and as a consequence, suffer social, political and economic exclusion. It said although these people have long had to cope with environmental changes and therefore have valuable knowledge about adapting to climate change, it warned that future climate change impacts may exceed their adaptive capacity.
It stressed that it was necessary for Governments at all levels to take the issue of climate change seriously as it could make or mar the economic growth of societies in years ahead.
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