Limits of pastoral adaptation to permafrost regions caused by climate change among the Sakha people in the middle basin of Lena River

Takakura, Hiroki

doi:10.1016/j.polar.2016.04.003

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“…While our study conforms to the findings of previous research in the region (e.g. Crate, 2003;Takakura, 2016), it also extends those findings by including urban communities and infrastructure and technology as foci of attention.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

“…As the region with the highest share of indigenous peoples in Russia and a high level of cultural autonomy (Fondahl, Crate, & Filippova, 2014), the Republic of Sakha illustrates how sharing networks enhance the resilience of indigenous communities in changing conditions. Local subsistence systems in the republic are adaptable to global change (Crate, 2003;Takakura, 2016). Specific resources may have implications for the resilience of local communities, including water (e.g.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Resilience in a changing world: Indigenous sharing networks in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

Solovyeva

Kuklina

2020

Polar Record

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Global change poses challenges for remote Arctic Russian indigenous communities in the Republic of Sakha. On the basis of interviews from the village of Khara Tumul (Oymyakonskiy ulus) and city of Yakutsk, we illustrate the manners in which sharing networks may be used to enhance resilience in remote conditions as these communities confront climate change, industrial development and limited support from authorities. We identified the main carriers (givers and recipients), location, relationships and mediators, objects, and social and cultural meanings of sharing practices both in daily life and in the case of extreme events. The circulation of goods, money, information and people between cities and remote communities ultimately combines traditional values and modern technologies.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 91%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Resilience in a changing world: Indigenous sharing networks in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

Solovyeva

Kuklina

2020

Polar Record

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“…Indigenous herding systems typically emphasize flexibility over stability, whereby the size and composition of livestock holdings are altered in response to vegetation dynamics, livestock are moved according to the availability of water and pasture (e.g., seasonal migration), and livestock have evolved in environments characterized by high uncertainty and variation. 72,85,109 Subsistence hunting systems have similar flexibility, involving seasonal mobility cycles and opportunistic hunting of species based on availability, 108 and can involve the ''resting'' of certain locations to allow populations to recover. 79 IK has also been observed to promote conservation and reduce environmental stress through the use of more species and landscape patches, reducing sensitivity to environmental changes.…”

Section: Collective Actionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Resilience of Indigenous Peoples to Environmental Change

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Indigenous peoples globally have high exposure to environmental change and are often considered an ''atrisk'' population, although there is growing evidence of their resilience. In this Perspective, we examine the common factors affecting this resilience by illustrating how the interconnected roles of place, agency, institutions, collective action, Indigenous knowledge, and learning help Indigenous peoples to cope and adapt to environmental change. Relationships with place are particularly important in that they provide a foundation for belief systems, identity, knowledge, and livelihood practices that underlie mechanisms through which environmental change is experienced, understood, resisted, and responded to. Many Indigenous peoples also face significant vulnerabilities, whereby place dislocation due to land dispossession, resettlement, and landscape fragmentation has challenged the persistence of Indigenous knowledge systems and undermined Indigenous institutions, compounded by the speed of environmental change. These vulnerabilities are closely linked to colonization, globalization, and development patterns, underlying the importance of tackling these pervasive structural challenges.

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“…Finally, we extend our finding to the adaptation strategy. Takakura [56] revealed that the eastern Siberia region uses grassland resources for livestock. Voropay and Ryazanova [57] reported that there is an increase in the frequency of extreme events, both droughts and excessive moistening events, in Siberia.…”

Section: Climate Memorymentioning

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Effect of Permafrost Thawing on Discharge of the Kolyma River, Northeastern Siberia

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With permafrost warming, the observed discharge of the Kolyma River in northeastern Siberia decreased between 1930s and 2000; however, the underlying mechanism is not well understood. To understand the hydrological changes in the Kolyma River, it is important to analyze the long-term hydrometeorological features, along with the changes in the active layer thickness. A coupled hydrological and biogeochemical model was used to analyze the hydrological changes due to permafrost warming during 1979–2012, and the simulated results were validated with satellite-based products and in situ observational records. The increase in the active layer thickness by permafrost warming suppressed the summer discharge contrary to the increased summer precipitation. This suggests that the increased terrestrial water storage anomaly (TWSA) contributed to increased evapotranspiration, which likely reduced soil water stress to plants. As soil freeze–thaw processes in permafrost areas serve as factors of climate memory, we identified a two-year lag between precipitation and evapotranspiration via TWSA. The present results will expand our understanding of future Arctic changes and can be applied to Arctic adaptation measures.

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Limits of pastoral adaptation to permafrost regions caused by climate change among the Sakha people in the middle basin of Lena River

Cited by 18 publications

References 16 publications

Resilience in a changing world: Indigenous sharing networks in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

Resilience in a changing world: Indigenous sharing networks in the Republic of Sakha (Yakutia)

The Resilience of Indigenous Peoples to Environmental Change

Effect of Permafrost Thawing on Discharge of the Kolyma River, Northeastern Siberia

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