ABSTRACT
The focus of LEAD Programme in research and training is on the implementation and development of applied ethnoscience, also known as neo-ethnoscience, in various policy-oriented disciplines, such as ethnomedicine, ethnobotany, ethno-ecology, ethno-communication, ethno-economics and ethno-education, based on the emic – insiders - point of view. It is a challenging idea that in Indonesia, where the national climate commitment under the Paris Agreement is largely depending on keeping the rainforests intact, indigenous communities could be the key to climate action. The complementarity of ethnoscience and science implies, that ethnoscience needs a specific ‘scientific’ research methodology to enable the scientific study of Indigenous Knowledge Systems from the local people’s emic perspective. It shows that ethno-education provides an important study of indigenous peoples' knowledge and practice of education of the young generation to maintain their cultural identity and strengthen their self-determination, and secure their social justice, while becoming modern citizens in Indonesia.
