Discuss the importance of integrating traditional ecological knowledge of India's tribal communities with modern disaster management frameworks. Mention two examples where indigenous practices have contributed to disaster resilience. (Answer in 250 words)

The community led disaster preparedness is one of the goal of Sendai Framework & New Delhi's Disaster Risk Reduction Strategy. Importance of Integrating Traditional ecological knowledge of India's Tribal Communities with Modern Framework: 1. Enhanced Capacity building (eg Apada Mitras in kutch earthquake) 2. Early Prediction based on age-old wisdom & traditions (eg Toda's in Nilgiris) 3. Reduction in vulnerability Intergenerational & vulnerability awareness (eg cyclone shelter drives) 4. B Enhanced Response & Rescuing: Social Capital & Traditional linkages → quick mobilization of resources (eg Rajasthan HP flood rescue)

5. Community - led Rehabilitation & Re-building (eg Odisha Cyclone post Fani Cyclone) Examples of Indigenous Practices in Disaster Resilience: A Odisha's Venkatrapur Village: 1. key lessons - cyclones resilience from tribal wisdom & past experiences 2. Community networks in sheltering, evacuation & rehabilitation 3. Cyclone - resilient structures 4. UNESCO designated the village as Tsunami Ready B For landslides prediction in Western Ghats = Sakat Initiative: 1. Using traditional wisdom of communities of western Ghats - Ahls, Koyas, Todas → early landslide prediction → Sakat App by aan NGO 2. Development of early landslide prediction → Sakat App by aan NGO. 3. It involves combination of indigenous knowledge and modern Todos assessment. 4. Community led → chains of social networking → early preparedness.

To landslides prediction in Western Ghats = Sakat Initiative: 1. Using traditional wisdom of communities of western Ghats - Ahls, koyas, Todas → early landslide prediction → Sakat App by aan NGO 2. Development of early landslide prediction → Sakat App by aan NGO. 3. It involves combination of indigenous knowledge and modern Todos assessment. 4. Community led → chains of social networking → early preparedness. As Benjamin Franklin said "tell me I forget, teach me I remember, involve me I learn." In Disaster Reduction, negation of traditional knowledge is a recipe of failure. Thus, their age old knowledge preserved, resurgent & mobilised.

— Simrandeep Kaur · AIR 14