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Does Indigenous Wisdom Still Exist? Toward the Involvement of Indigenous Peoples in Disaster Risk Reduction

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Indigenous peoples are an integral part of environment management, and their interests and values should be considered. However, the loss of indigeneity, low capacity, distrust of the government, and the economic pragmatism of the indigenous people today are some of the most important factors that could spell the failure of long-term engagement with these communities. This chapter aims to provide an overview of the dynamics of indigenous peoples and the local wisdom that still exists, which is implemented in their daily lives in relation to their potential involvement in disaster risk management. Based on literatures review and the findings of the authors, we found that in the midst of the era of modernization that triggers the waning of cultural values and local wisdom of indigenous peoples, in several regions in Indonesia, several indigenous groups still follow local wisdom as a strategy in managing their environment and reducing the impact of disasters.

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    Customary forests are now officially legalized as belonging to indigenous communities, no longer belonging to the state. This acknowledgment came from the decision of the Constitutional Court (MK) number 35/PUU-X/2012 regarding customary forests which annulled a number of paragraphs and articles governing the existence of customary forests in Law Number 41 of 1999 concerning Forestry. This decision has brought a number of consequences, including the mechanism for confirming the existence of indigenous peoples, demarcating customary forest area boundaries, and the division of authority between indigenous peoples and the state in forest governance.

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Nugroho, H.Y.S.H., Indrawati, D.R., Indrajaya, Y., Yuwati, T.W. (2023). Does Indigenous Wisdom Still Exist? Toward the Involvement of Indigenous Peoples in Disaster Risk Reduction. In: Panda, G.K., Chatterjee, U., Bandyopadhyay, N., Setiawati, M.D., Banerjee, D. (eds) Indigenous Knowledge and Disaster Risk Reduction. Disaster Risk Reduction. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-26143-5_6

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