Learn about two places in Peru where communities are using traditional knowledge to adapt to climate change. The campesino communities in the Huasta District, who are developing management practices , such as terracing, irrigation canals, water reservoirs, and the management of puquiales with special emphasis on reforestation techniques using quenual trees (polylepis) for water harvesting. The Riparian communities in the district of Tamshiyacu, who are developing practices related to the traditional processing of varios natural resources, such as farina, and other practices such as the selective fishing according to the time of the year. This publication is part of a series produced by IUCN and SPDA through the project El Clima Cambia, Cambia tú También, supported by AECID.
Accompanied by DVD relating to the project itself and resulting case studies.