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.

Sendai Framework (2015-30) and COP 24 emphasized upon integrating traditional ecological knowledge of India's tribal community with disaster risk reducing strategy. Importance of their integrating: Pre-disaster cycle: I Preparedness: • help to strengthen local capacity and prepare against disaster • Prudential knowledge → keep'd better utilization of learning A mitigating and adapting: → Prudential knowledge pushed helps to link build back better

Example ex Odisha - tsunami ready village post 2004 tsunami C Nature based solution → Tribal encouraging wetland, mangroves and afforest w Helped Bharthi tribe to reduce landslide incidence in Himalayas year S Early warning system: → local prudential knowledge - using local climatic factors to predict future disaster ex tribes in AN - migrated before 2004 tsunami Post-Disaster phase: I Relief and Response x local knowledge - act as first responder to disaster w Tribal members in Kennedy Hood 2019 A Responding immediately and effectively w zero casualty in flooding in Assamy Z Tribal medicinal knowledge - help in addressing health disaster

C Better recovery phase → utilizing local knowledge with modern practice to disaster full proof reconstruction ex Odisha - tsunami management plan A Helps in assessment and reconstruction after disaster Two great case study: I Post-tsunami 2004 → utilizing knowledge of tribes in Andaman, Nicobar and odisha for national tsunami management plan S National mission for sustainable Himalaya → integrated biodetic tribe and modern tribe local knowledge. (3) Assam Hooding 2023 - tribal knowledge recent medicine to NDMA 2025 and PM 10 point agenda (call for integrating local knowledge with modern technique).

— Vipulbhai Karmanbhai Chaudhary · AIR 115