Indigenous Perspectives on Climate Change: Australia 2
UNU-IAS Traditional Knowledge Initiative, February 2009
The UNU-IAS Traditional Knowledge Initiative and the UNU Media Studio present a video brief about the effects of climate change on remote indigenous countryside near Shipton’s Flat, Queensland, Australia. The short presentation is told from the perspective of a Kuku Nyungkal Aboriginal woman in Northern Australia and highlights the impacts of increased global temperatures on the Nyungkal country, including driving animals to higher altitudes and transforming previously flowing streams into quiet pools of stagnant water. This is the second in a series of seven web episodes highlighting indigenous perspectives on climate change. Read the announcement … See the video brief and related article …
