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1 / 1The braided Waimakariri River located at the heart of Waitaha Canterbury, in Aotearoa New Zealand's South Island Credit: University of Canterbury
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Indigenous knowledge, including oral histories, mythologies, place names and classification schemes, can span many generations, preserving information that has helped native communities adapt to natural hazards as well as gradually changing conditions. Although Western scientists have historically deemed such information unreliable, during the past decade there has been increasing recognition of the advantages of bicultural approaches to scientific research, including demonstration of reliability.

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