Supporting Indigenous groups' knowledge and other excluded social groups can help preserve and harness underutilised resources to enhance nutritional and economic security, with careful measures in protecting Indigenous intellectual rights and avoiding commodification exploitation . In some regions, there has been a loss of IK about food systems, reducing adaptive capacity . Knowledge exchange between Indigenous elders and youth can support adaptive capacity . Education utilising IK and LK can help prevent maladaptation options  . There are examples of integrating IK and LK into resource management systems and school curricula and in local institutions with existing decision-making process to strengthen their capacity to address
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