A/HRC/27/66 16. Indigenous peoples should develop community-level preparedness and risk reduction plans and strategies, with the participation of the entire community, that include actionable contingency plans to protect lives, livelihoods and critical infrastructure. 17. Indigenous peoples should disseminate and promote the elements included in these plans and strategies, which represent an indigenous perspective, in order to heighten awareness at the national and global levels. 18. Indigenous peoples should consider investing in training for youth on new technologies that are a part of current early warning and Geographic Information System mapping applications, which may include training by elders on how to adapt traditional knowledge in this contemporary context. 19. Traditional indigenous knowledge, values and cultures are, in themselves, important risk reduction tools and should be incorporated into national and international disaster risk reduction strategies, in conformity with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Indigenous knowledge should be valued and widely shared among the communities of indigenous peoples and with States and international institutions. D. Advice for the global and regional disaster risk reduction communities 20. International agencies and organizations working on disaster risk reduction should exchange good practices and experiences in working with indigenous peoples at the regional and international levels. 21. As indigenous peoples continue to take steps to manage and reduce disaster risk, they will require information on common principles and concepts in a language that is easily understood and culturally appropriate. 22. In all disaster risk reduction initiatives, measures should be taken to ensure the full and effective participation of indigenous peoples and the recognition and promotion of the rights of indigenous peoples, including the right to self-determination, rights related to lands, territories and resources, the right to participate in decision-making, and respect for and protection of traditional knowledge, consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Such initiatives should recognize indigenous peoples’ participation as distinct from that of civil society organizations. 23. HFA2 should continue to highlight the inclusion of indigenous perspectives and traditional knowledge of risk reduction, particularly on issues related to climate change, and to advocate for a human rights–based approach to be integrated into disaster risk reduction policies and programmes, as recommended in the report of the fourth Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction. 24. Existing gaps in human rights–relevant elements of the Hyogo Framework of Action should be addressed, including discrimination and inequalities; economic and social rights in general; the rights to food, housing, health and property; and the need for full and effective participation by indigenous peoples. 25. International and regional organizations should strive to identify appropriate spaces and opportunities to move forward a productive dialogue that reflects and builds upon potential synergies between disaster risk reduction, human rights and indigenous issues. 26. International and regional organizations, in cooperation with indigenous peoples, should develop training programmes on disaster risk reduction aimed at strengthening the participation of indigenous peoples in disaster risk reduction and improving indigenous peoples’ resilience to disaster risk. 23