Indigenous Knowledge in Relation to Adapt To Climate Change: Opportunities and Challenges for Sustainable Development in Mekong Delta, Vietnam
Pham Xuan Phu, Ngo Thuy Bao Tran
Published: October 01, 2021.
Abstract
Indigenous knowledge is considered as one of the most effective strategies in response to climate change issues for planning and policy at both local and national levels in Mekong Delta, Vietnam. Community based adaptation is able to reduce the vulnerability as well as improve the resilience of the local people to climatic variability and change. This research was carried out to explore the role and contribution of opportunities and challenges farmer’s experiences using indigenous knowledge to adapt to
floods in sustainable development in Mekong Delta, Vietnam.
Keywords: Climate change; Indigenous knowledge; Flood; Adaptation