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Pacific resilience. Photos courtesy SPC, Oxfam, Pacific Islands Forum, Lisa Kingsberry

cial interactions, rituals, and spirituality. “These unique ways to western scientists who are experts of one specific area.
of knowing are important components of the world’s cultural The report further states that one cannot analyse local and
diversity and contribute to the achievement of Agenda 2030 indigenous knowledge using western scientific criteria and
and the Paris Agreement,” the report states. methods, as is usually done by western scientists.
Entitled Local knowledge, global goals, the report recog- If we were to, however approach the scientific and indig-
nises that the strength of local indigenous knowledge is that it enous sets of knowledge with their unique culture-specific
is practiced across biophysical and social domains, as opposed systems of logic, then we may see an increased use of indig-

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