About the Project

This study documents how indigenous peoples of Nenets Autonomous Okrug and Kamchatka perceive and manage natural disasters and extreme weather events, including documentation of strategies for early detection of coming events, coping strategies, and perceptions of short and long term impacts of these events on biodiversity. The project is linked with an African project in Kenya, Tanzania, Swaziland and South Africa on the application and use of indigenous knowledge for disaster management. These projects will serve as a basis for regional information sharing on indigenous knowledge.

Acknowledgements

RAIPON gratefully acknowledges support from UNEP�s Division of Environmental Policy Implementation, both in terms of initiating this worthwhile project and in providing financial support. GRID-Arendal provided advice and support in results analysis, reporting, and database and website development.

The following two regional organizations of indigenous peoples took a leading role in implementation: the Information Centre of Kamchatka Indigenous People �Lach� and Information Centre of Nenets Autonomous Okrug �Yasavey Manzara�.

Personnel

Project initiation and leadership: James Kamara (UNEP); project implementation: Olga Murashko (lead), Alexander Krenke and Yana Dordina (RAIPON); results analysis and reporting: Kathrine Johnsen and Joan Eamer; database development: Joan Eamer; web development: Ivica Cvetanovski and Jarle Mjaasund; cartography: Hugo Ahlenius; (UNEP/GRID-Arendal).

Regional coordinators: Tatyana Degay (Kamchatka), Platova Galina Vladimirovna (Nenets Autonomous Okrug)

Assistants (interviewers):
Kamchatka: Nina Berezhkov, Evgenia Andrianova, Marina Nedotopa, Elena Appolon, Elena Popova
Nenets Autonomous Okrug: Galina Vasilyevna Ardeyeva, Alexander Yegorovich Belugin, Anna Vladimirovna Kaneva, Igor Sergeyevich Semyonov, Anatoly Alexandrovich Taleyev, Nadezhda Pavlovna Chuprova

Photo credits

About, Regions: TopFoto/Image Works � 2004
Home, Stories, Methods: � Bryan & Cherry Alexander
Photos in the results section are � RAIPON.
All charts and maps were prepared by UNEP/GRID-Arendal and may be reproduced with acknowledgement

Copyright, ownership, use and referencing of results

All content on this website is � RAIPON and UNEP 2006. Please request permission for use and referencing of any material

Vladislav Peskov vladpskv@mail.ru

Statement regarding informed consent and ownership of results (pdf)