Natural disasters had harmful effects on human societies from past. Therefore, people in different societies, during history, have tried to cope these disasters and to reduce susceptibility which were highly effective. In contrary,emphasis on using developed technologies and its development in rural communities has no benefit except destructionof the environment and undesired outcomes on natural resources and even has intensified these disasters. Therefore,indigenous knowledge is an efficient knowledge which has been developed in a certain society under certain conditionsand because of change and evolution over time, has found the capability of mixing with new knowledge such that using indigenous knowledge and restoration this valuable knowledge is a useful step for developing the purposes of sustainable development. This study aims to identify the local knowledge of rural people for coping with drought, flood and earthquake which is a necessity in the development and extension process. Data gathering method is field study and interview with some experienced people, especially expert farmers in the Zuzan plain in Khafprovince and in these studies, the basis is using qualitative methods and approaches that using indigenous knowledge like participatory rural appraisal (PRA). Findings show that using indigenous knowledge will reduce damages caused by natural disasters in rural communities and can improve the prevention and preparation process against these disasters and their restriction. Also, in the case of combining with modern knowledge, it will improve the efficiency of modern knowledge

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