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2006 International Year of Deserts and Desertification iyyd

STRATEGIES TO INTEGRATE TRADITIONAL AND MODERN KNOWLEDGE Implications for Policy Options. 2006 International Year of Deserts and Desertification www.iyyd.org. www.unccd.int. Links and Feedbacks between Desertification, Global Change and Biodiversity.

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2006 International Year of Deserts and Desertification iyyd

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  1. STRATEGIES TO INTEGRATE TRADITIONAL AND MODERN KNOWLEDGE Implications for Policy Options 2006 International Year of Deserts and Desertification www.iyyd.org www.unccd.int

  2. Links and Feedbacks between Desertification, Global Change and Biodiversity

  3. Specific Solution Multipurpose system Immediate efficacy Functionless in the long run Specialization Holism Modern Knowledge Traditional Knowledge Dominant powers Autonomy Separation Integration External resources Internal inputs Conflicts Symbiosis Monoculture Relationship and complexity Uniformity Diversity Severity Flexibility Expensive maintenance Self-regulation and work intensity Internationalization Contextualizing Waste Saving Technicism and rationalism Symbolism and wealth of meanings Dependence Autopoiesis

  4. Strategies for Policy Formulation 1. To adopt a bottom-up approach in research and development which puts the farmer-innovator at the centre 2. External scientific and technical experts should learn to listen and to enter into dialogue with knowledgeable local actors 3. Mechanisms to share and disseminate traditional knowledge and its innovations can be set up and supported 4. Relationship between capacity of decision-making and capacity of realizing innovations. Empowerment is an essential dimension in encouraging innovations. 5. Local entitlements on use and management of natural resources should be strengthened and consolidated when modern knowledge or technologies enter into traditional settings. 6. Mechanisms to valorize and recognize the achievements of knowledgeable local actors and inventors should be developed 7. Participatory bottom-up approaches to development are necessary. adaptation includes a change of attitude among scientists and technology transfer experts. 8. Science in traditional technology viewed from gender perspective; 9. Horizontal dialogues different cultures and understanding of cultural specificity and diversity in which traditional knowledge is reproduced and expressed are two key elements. 2006 International Year of Deserts and Desertification www.iyyd.org www.unccd.int

  5. The Four Criticisms of Traditional Knowledge Traditional technologies constitute a specific and limited series of technical solutions. Not technologically competitive, with the result that they are technologically inefficient and less productive than modern technologies. They are proposed because of an ideological and anti-technological vision The MODERN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY VIEW Traditional technologies concern the developing world and are marginal compared to great economic and technological processes.

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