Knowledge saves lives. This day is an opportunity to focus on the vital importance of traditional indigenous and local knowledge in disaster risk reduction with respect to natural hazards.

知识拯救生命。提倡在减少自然灾害风险工作中发挥当地和本土传统知识的重要作用，本年的国际减灾日可谓正当其时。

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The contribution of indigenous and local knowledge to resilience among vulnerable populations was highlighted when the tsunami occurred in the Indian Ocean in 2004.

2004年印度洋海啸期间，当地和本土知识在受灾民众重建家园工作中的突出贡献有目共睹。

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Local and indigenous knowledge systems and environmental management practices provide valuable insight and tools for tackling ecological challenges.

UNESCO: Indigenous Media, Empowering Indigenous Voices

Innovation and social transformation depend on our capacity to combine disciplines and create synergies among all sciences, natural, human and social, including local and indigenous knowledge.

UNESCO: OFFICE IN KATHMANDU

UNESCO, through its Local and Indigenous Knowledge Systems (LINKS) Programme, is working to bring recognition to this issue, and to demonstrate the link between cultural and biological diversity.

UNESCO: Indigenous Peoples