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School of Indigenous and Local Knowledge

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What?

What are our objectives
What is traditional ecological knowledge

Aim

To preserve Local Ecological Knowledge within communities and use it as an innovative educational and conservation tool

Objectives

Create written and digital archives of indigenous knowledge about the forest and facilitate its transmission to younger generations
Develop curricula on wild foods, med plants, ecology and relationships between plants and animals
Introduce formal scientific education and skills to involve Baka in collab reseach projects and enhance marketable skills as guides, botanist and biologists

What is traditional ecological knowledge