Traditional knowledge provides resilience to a changing climate highlights how important cultural diversity is to the protection of biological diversity, by explaining the signs that members of the Maya Kaqchikel use to predict changes in the weather.
It was filmed by Tirza Yanira Ixmucané Saloj Oroxom (Maya Kaqchikel) and produced by If Not Us Then Who, with input from Ramiro Batzin, Coordinator of Sotz’il and co-chair of the International Indigenous Forum on Biodiversity (IIFB).
Kaqchikel farmer tending to his crops. Credit: Latitude Stock
Author
- Forest Peoples Programme
Ecosystems
- Tropical forests
Topics
- Knowledge, culture and spirituality
Type
- Film
Date
- This case study is part of the 2021-2022 LBO digital storytelling project
