Contextualizing conflict

French, Adam; Barandiarán, Javiera; Rampini, Costanza

doi:10.1017/cbo9781107588653.017

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“…Actions taken upstream may adversely affect communities downstream, but bring synergies if planned well and managed effectively. In Lake Paron (Peru), for example, the risk of GLOF hazards was mitigated, and hydropower was generated downstream, through the strategic discharge of water (French, Barandiarán, & Rampini, 2015). Priority should be given to adaptation options that have positive synergy with other sectors and adaptation efforts downstream (Rasul & Sharma, 2016).…”

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Adaptation to mountain cryosphere change: issues and challenges

Rasul

Pasakhala

Mishra

et al. 2019

Climate and Development

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The cryosphere provides multiple services to society, but mountain cryosphere is shrinking at an alarming rate worldwide due to climate change, threatening natural and human systems. Adaptation to cryosphere change is essential to avoid irreversible damage and to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals. Although documenting adaptation actions and challenges is vital for preparing and implementing adaptation strategies, efforts to document and understand current adaptation practices specifically in response to cryosphere change have been limited. This paper synthesizes adaptation actions currently practiced in the mountain ranges of the Andes, Alps, Pamir, Tien Shan and Himalaya in response to cryosphere change, discusses common constraints and suggests actions for creating an enabling environment for adaptation. It identifies various adaptation measures adopted by different actors. These range from changing current practices and behaviour at household level to collaborative monitoring at regional level. However, most adaptation measures are autonomous, narrowly focused and short term, without adequate planning and government support. The physical challenges of mountain terrain, low adaptive capacities, limited knowledge and high uncertainty about future risks constrain widespread adoption of adaptation measures. Further research is needed to better understand factors influencing adaptation actions, and the policy options and responses that can overcome existing barriers.

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Section: Discussion Conclusion and Recommendationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Adaptation to mountain cryosphere change: issues and challenges

Rasul

Pasakhala

Mishra

et al. 2019

Climate and Development

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“…Community livelihoods in rural mountain areas can be vulnerable to smallscale environmental changes due to the interdependence among water, biodiversity, and livelihoods (Chaudhary et al 2011;Sherpa 2014;Konchar et al 2015). Glacier runoff variability affects aspects of local livelihoods: livestock production, irrigated agriculture, tourism income, social conflicts, and political struggles for power over water allocation practices (Mark et al 2010;Bury et al 2011;French, Barandiaran, and Rampini 2015).…”

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Impacts of Glacier Recession and Declining Meltwater on Mountain Societies

Carey

Molden

Rasmussen

et al. 2016

Annals of the American Association of Geographers

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“…In another case at Lake Parón, institutional weakness and inability to successfully allocate water among stakeholders led to the local takeover of Duke Energy's largest Cordillera Blanca reservoir. Duke Energy was managing the lake's floodgates to maximize hydropower production at Cañón del Pato, but local irrigators, urban residents in Caraz, tourism promoters, national park managers, the Glaciology Unit, and more recently, the Chavimochic project were all competing for control over Parón's downstream water management and allocation . This conflict remains unresolved, in part due to continued weakness in Peru's national water law, but also because of complexity among stakeholder needs and unequal power relations, as well as continuing glacier shrinkage, diminishing glacier runoff, and ongoing risk of GLOFs.…”

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“…Duke Energy was managing the lake's floodgates to maximize hydropower production at Cañón del Pato, but local irrigators, urban residents in Caraz, tourism promoters, national park managers, the Glaciology Unit, and more recently, the Chavimochic project were all competing for control over Parón's downstream water management and allocation. 114,142 This conflict remains unresolved, in part due to continued weakness in Peru's national water law, but also because of complexity among stakeholder needs and unequal power relations, as well as continuing glacier shrinkage, diminishing glacier runoff, and ongoing risk of GLOFs. In the Vilcanota catchment, local resistance to the construction of the 152 MW hydropower plant Pucará and two planned reservoirs also represents an unresolved conflict combining fear of local people regarding their future livelihoods, indigenous identity and rights, exclusion from participatory decision-making and distrust toward local institutions.…”

Section: Water Conflicts and Governancementioning

confidence: 99%

The changing water cycle: climatic and socioeconomic drivers of water‐related changes in the Andes of Peru

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Water resources in high mountains play a fundamental role for societies and ecosystems both locally and downstream. Impacts of global change, including climate change, glacier shrinkage, and socioeconomic forces related to demographics, agroindustrial development, and hydroelectricity generation; pose new hydrological risks for human livelihoods. However, these hydroclimatic and socioeconomic drivers of water resource change are often poorly quantified and interconnected, while data scarcity poses challenges in these regions. Here we review the state of knowledge for two major catchments in the Peruvian Andes, which hold the largest tropical glacier mass worldwide: the Santa River (Cordillera Blanca) and Vilcanota River (Cordillera Vilcanota). Our integrative review of water resource change and comparative discharge analysis of two gauging stations in the Santa and Vilcanota River catchments show that the future provision of water resources is a concern to regional societies and must be factored more carefully into water management policies. In this context, observed hydroclimatic and socioeconomic changes represent important drivers of water availability, allocation, and conflicts over water resources. The legal framework and decentralized institutional architecture in Peru could potentially provide a basis for participatory integrative water management; however, unequal power relations, institutional fragility and increasing competition over water resources hamper these efforts. We identify several research gaps, including the need for more in situ data, cultural analyses, and a risk‐based framework that combines climate‐related hazards with human and natural vulnerabilities. Finally, this review suggests that future adaptation plans for water management should better link science, society, and policy. WIREs Water 2015, 2:715–733. doi: 10.1002/wat2.1105 This article is categorized under: Science of Water > Water and Environmental Change

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Contextualizing conflict

Cited by 13 publications

References 42 publications

Adaptation to mountain cryosphere change: issues and challenges

Adaptation to mountain cryosphere change: issues and challenges

Impacts of Glacier Recession and Declining Meltwater on Mountain Societies

The changing water cycle: climatic and socioeconomic drivers of water‐related changes in the Andes of Peru

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