Pacific Youth and elders play a key role in enhancing and building community resilience. Traditional knowledge held and practiced by our elders and our communities can contribute to resolving many of the national and global challenges faced by society today. By actively advocating and developing innovative ways such as integrating traditional knowledge practices and technology to monitor impacts of climate change, our youth have been collecting scientific information to help inform decisions and contribute to scientific research. This session will focus on sharing experiences from the Pacific on the work on traditional knowledge, the role of youth in integrating technology and traditional knowledge enhance Pacific community resilience.
John Ruben
Principal Scientific Research Officer, Vanuatu Meteorology & Geo-hazards Department (VMGD) Vanuatu