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Wilfred Lunga

Occupation: Independent Development and DRR consultant

Title of Thesis: The inclusion of indigenous knowledge systems into disaster risk reduction policy in the context of climate change: the case of Zimbabwe

Research interests: Indigenous knowledge, how communities cope with hazards, how communities are prepared for potential hazards, what indigenous knowledge tools are used to forecast climate change, what adaptive capacity does the vulnerable communities have to cope, training of vulnerable communities on DRR to raise awareness and capacity building.

Publications:

Articles:

Lunga, W.  2012.  Disaster risk reduction in food security: issues and challenges in SADC.  Academic Research International, 2(3):154-160.

Lunga, W. & Musarurwa, C.  2012.  Climate change migration and adaptation: threats and challenges to livelihoods in Zimbabwe.  Asian Journal of Social Sciences and Humanities, 1(2):25-32.

Papers presented:

Research Methodology (Meta Theory). Paper presented to lectures and Higher National Diploma (HND) students on 17 July 2010 at Bulawayo Polytechnic in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.

Disaster Risk Management and the Vulnerability Context in Bulilima and Mangwe, Zimbabwe: Prospects for Development. Paper presented to the Zimbabwe Intellectual Expo on 14-18 February 2011 at The University of Zimbabwe in Harare, Zimbabwe.

Other:

Livelihood Centred Disaster Risk Reduction (LCDRR) Training Manual, co-authored with Dr.P.P Bongo and Robbie Blake, Practical Action Publications, United Kingdom, 2010.

Vulnerability and Capacity Assessment (VCA) Training manual for USAID Disaster Risk Reduction Training Programme. North West University (NWU), African centre for Disaster Studies, South Africa 2011(in Print).

Indigenous knowledge Systems in Disaster risk Reduction (IKs in DRR) Training manual for USAID Disaster Risk ReductionTraining Programme. North West University (NWU), African centre for Disaster Studies, South Africa 2011(in Print).

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