Social vulnerability and climate change: synthesis of literature

Lynn, Kathy; MacKendrick, Katharine; Donoghue, Ellen M.

doi:10.2737/pnw-gtr-838

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“…We took https://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol23/iss2/art10/ several steps to promote the reliability of our findings by listing our sources with the public and expanding that list based upon external feedback. We began with lists of references used in previous science synthesis and monitoring reports that had been published since the NWFP was adopted in 1994 (Lynn et al 2011, Long et al 2014, Vinyeta and Lynn 2015. We expanded our search by reviewing references submitted by members of the public through a portal that was open in the winter of 2015-2016: http://www.fs.fed.us/pnw/research/sciencesynthesis/literature-database.shtml.…”

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Escaping social-ecological traps through tribal stewardship on national forest lands in the Pacific Northwest, United States of America

Long¹,

Lake²

2018

E&S

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ABSTRACT. Tribal communities in the Pacific Northwest of the United States of America (USA) have long-standing relationships to ancestral lands now managed by federal land management agencies. In recent decades, federal and state governments have increasingly recognized tribal rights to resources on public lands and to participate in their management. In support of a new planning initiative to promote sustainable land management, we reviewed scientific publications to examine relationships between tribal social-ecological systems and public lands in the region. We identified key ecocultural resources, impacts to those resources, and associated forest ecosystems, and strategies that have been piloted to redress those impacts. We found that many factors stemming from colonization by Euro-Americans have engendered social-ecological traps that have inhibited tribes from continuing traditional land stewardship activities that supported their well-being and maintained ecological integrity. These long-standing factors include legal and political constraints on tribal access and management; declining quality and abundance of forest resources due to inhibition of both natural disturbance and indigenous tending regimes; competition with nontribal users; species extirpations and introductions of invasive species; and erosion of tribal traditional ecological knowledge and relationships that are important for revitalizing resource use. As a consequence, both supply and demand for these forest resources have been reduced, as have the resilience and diversity of these ecosystems. Simply permitting resource harvest by tribal members does not sufficiently address the underlying constraints in ways that will promote tribal well-being. Escaping these traps will require addressing a gamut of ecological and social constraints through cooperative restoration efforts between land management agencies and tribes, several of which we highlight as examples. Because tribally focused restoration strategies generally align with broader strategies suggested to restore national forests in the region, they can foster both tribal well-being and ecological sustainability.

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Escaping social-ecological traps through tribal stewardship on national forest lands in the Pacific Northwest, United States of America

Long¹,

Lake²

2018

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“…(see Appendix) Climate change can be viewed as one underlying driver of change in animals, plants, and other aspects of nature, which in turn can affect expressions of indigenous culture. Previous work (Lynn et al 2011, McGregor 2002 has examined changes in abundance of key species in response to climate variability and change.…”

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Islanders of South Korea: Culture, Climate Change, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge

Hatfield¹,

Hong²

2017

JMIC

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Selected Island populations of South Korea were interviewed and landscapes surveyed in the Southwestern ocean region to discern what cultural changes they had noted in response to environmental changes possibly due to climate change impacts. Utilizing Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK) methodology, cultural behaviors and patterns of island populations were easily identified, along with historical information of changes occurring for islanders in the areas of lifestyle, adaptation, and utilization of natural resources. This TEK information is being fragmented and is at risk within the current structure of island system operations.

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“…regions differently (Beaumont et al 2011), and some populations may have less capacity to prepare for, respond to, and recover from climate-related hazards. Such populations may be disproportionately affected by natural hazards and climate change (Lynn et al 2011).…”

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“…Climate change effects will be more severe for some segments of society due to geographic location, degree of association with climate-sensitive environments, and unique cultural, economic, and political characteristics of human populations (Lynn et al 2011). The most adverse impacts are predicted to occur in the developing world because of geographic isolation, reliance on climate-sensitive sectors, low incomes, and weak adaptive capacity (Cline 2007;IPCC 2014).…”

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Socio-economic vulnerability to climate change in the central mountainous region of eastern Mexico

Esperón-Rodríguez

Bonifacio-Bautista

Barradas

2015

Ambio

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Climate change effects are expected to be more severe for some segments of society than others. In Mexico, climate variability associated with climate change has important socio-economic and environmental impacts. From the central mountainous region of eastern Veracruz, Mexico, we analyzed data of total annual precipitation and mean annual temperature from 26 meteorological stations and from General Circulation Models. We developed climate change scenarios based on the observed trends with projections to 2025, 2050, 2075, and 2100, finding considerable local climate changes with reductions in precipitation of over 700 mm and increases in temperature of *9°C for the year 2100. Deforested areas located at windward were considered more vulnerable, representing potential risk for natural environments, local communities, and the main crops cultivated (sugarcane, coffee, and corn). Socio-economic vulnerability is exacerbated in areas where temperature increases and precipitation decreases.

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Social vulnerability and climate change: synthesis of literature

Cited by 41 publications

References 42 publications

Escaping social-ecological traps through tribal stewardship on national forest lands in the Pacific Northwest, United States of America

Escaping social-ecological traps through tribal stewardship on national forest lands in the Pacific Northwest, United States of America

Islanders of South Korea: Culture, Climate Change, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge

Socio-economic vulnerability to climate change in the central mountainous region of eastern Mexico

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