ENV100H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Water Security

• School: UTSG
• Department: School of Environment
• Course: ENV100H1
• Professor: Simon Appolloni

Document Summary

Water crisis first experienced in small, indigenous communities. Ongoing struggle to to have indigenous voices heard in the decision-making processes that affect their lives, lands, and waters. As part of ancient systems of traditional knowledge (tk), indigenous people bear the knowledge and the responsibility to care for the waters upon which they depend for survival. A series of internationally developed documents has supported indigenous peoples calls for increased recognition of the importance of tk in resolving environmental crises including those involving water.