Representing Regional Centre of Education (RCE) on Sustainable Development, East Arunachal Pradesh in the 9th Asia Pacific RCE Conference at Cha-am, Thailand, advocate Bulia Pulu focused on the role of traditional knowledge in environmental conservation.

“To minimize the negative impact of climate change, we need to learn from the knowledge of indigenous communities, who use natural resources sustainably and have holistic approach in their day to day life,” said Pulu while presenting her paper and highlighting the impact of climate change and the danger posed by it to all living beings, including human.

She focused on how the traditional practices of indigenous communities of Arunachal greatly contribute to mitigate biodiversity loss and maintain ecological balance.

Renowned global environmental leaders Dr. Mario Tabucanon from Japan, Visiting Professor UNN-IAS Jeffrey McNeely, Senior Advisor on Biodiversity and Climate Change Nipon Tangtham, Advisor to Forestry Research Centre, Faculty of Forestry, Kasetsart University, Thailand and UNU-IAS India co-ordinator Unnikrishnan PM were all praise for her unique and focused presentation.

The conference organized by United Nations University, Institute of Advanced Studies (UNU-IAS) from June 26 to July 2 held deliberations on critical issues of climate change, biodiversity and ecosystem services for sustainable development goals, policy and practices.

Apart from deliberations on the main theme and presentation of papers interaction sessions were also held to share each other’s learning experiences among the participants from 12 countries.

There are 146 RCEs across the globe as of January 2016 and RCE East Arunachal Pradesh is closely working with UNU-IAS to finalise the action plan for Arunachal Pradesh to create role model in Asia Pacific region.

The RCE on Sustainable Development, East Arunachal Pradesh was led by RIWATCH in the conference.