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How are indigenous knowledge systems helping South African communities adapt to climate change without permanent migration?

Indigenous Knowledge and Climate Adaptation in South Africa Introduction: Adapting Locally in a Changing Climate Climate change is reshaping lives across South Africa. Droughts, floods, and heat waves now threaten food security and public health. However, not every community chooses to move. Many people adapt in place by using indigenous knowledge systems (IKS)—ancestral ways of […]

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