*5.3. Policy Implications*

It is critical to incorporate long-term sustainability into short-term policy decisions while developing policies and strategies. However, to ensure that short-term measures create long-term advantages, strategic thinking and a rigorous assessment of long-term policy alternatives and investment plans are required. Policies and plans should be connected with local ecological demands and knowledge, both short- and long-term.

Climate change and the COVID-19 outbreak present numerous challenges to global and regional food security. This study explores local ecological knowledge for establishing food security in disaster zones as well as the impact of climate change and the COVID-19 outbreak on food security. As a result, adaptation to climate change mitigation and the COVID-19 outbreak must be tackled by all stakeholders, especially local organizations or indigenous peoples who combine local ecological knowledge with the most recent scientific and technological breakthroughs.
