Traditional ecological knowledge (TEK), or adaptive empirical knowledge system, is the source of knowledge about ecosystems, species, a practice held by the indigenous community whose way of life intimately relates to natural resources. Considered as a biodiversity hotspot of the world, the North East (NE) part of India is mainly inhabited by different indigenous communities.

This review highlights the importance of indigenous knowledge in enabling effective adaptation in the Sahel and beyond. It outlines some future research avenues for fostering indigenous knowledge-based adaptation, including addressing barriers to mainstreaming of indigenous knowledge into climate research and policy.

The book contributes to multidisciplinary research on music in everyday human life by pushing beyond the urbanized Western populations routinely featured in such writing

The present study has compiled and enlisted the wide range of medicinal plants used by different ethnic communities along with the highly traded medicinal and endemic plant species of superior quality attributes in the region.

This book demonstrates how active and meaningful collaboration between researchers and local stakeholders and indigenous communities can lead to the co-production of knowledge and the empowerment of communities.

The book offers evidence-based, problem-solving techniques from social, natural, engineering, and other perspectives, and connects data, research, and conceptual work with practical cases on disaster risk management to capture multi-sectoral aspects of disaster resilience, adaptation strategy, and sustainability.

With a focus on kindness and healing, the story and the subsequent poem look to a future that ventures to care for the earth and for others in a holistic way.

This peom was written as an expression of my personal attempts to re-establish a meaningful, reciprocal connection with Land as a mixed-ancestry Algonquin Anishinaabe ikwe with roots in Mattawa/North Bay and community within Katarokwi. Despite the imposed barriers of colonialism, Indigenous Peoples across Turtle Island are seeking out ways to reclaim Indigenous lands, connect with Mother Earth, and support their overall wellness

The study exemplifies a collaborative process of sharing experiences and stories, inclusive of key informants from varied backgrounds and expertise, affording the opportunity to weave together Indigenous knowledge, research and policy expertise in a voluntary, non-hierarchical context.

The author recounts her experience of being removed from her family in Greenland as a young Inuk child, to be ‘re-educated’ in Denmark and an orphanage in Greenland.