Traditional Ecological Knowledge as a Contribution to Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: The Case of the Portuguese Coastal Populations

Freitas, Joana Gaspar de; Bastos, Maria Rosário; Dias, João Alveirinho

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“…Climate smart agriculture Shelat and Ramachandran (2014), Mukherjee et al (2016), Solomon et al (2016), Regasa and Akirso (2019), Sereenonchai andArunrat (2020), andChaudhary et al (2022) Indigenous forestry conservation Maru et al (2023), Clay and Cooper (2022), Knight et al (2022), Kunz et al (2022), Chanza and Musakwa (2021a), Lewis et al (2020), Jones (2019( ), de Freitas et al (2018, Salick et al (2014), Guthiga and Newsham (2011), and Priyadarshini and Abhilash (2019) Agroforestry Robinson et al (2014) and Galang and Vaughter (2020) Agroecosystem Nautiyal and Goswami (2022), Kpienbaareh et al (2020), andBrattland et al (2019) Agrobiodiversity Avila-Bello et al ( 2023) and Agnoletti et al (2022) Biodiversity management Mahalwal and Kabra (2023) and Tschirhart et al (2016) Forestry monitoring Martello (2008), Paneque-Gálvez et al (2014), Kumar and Brewster (2022), Pittman et al (2022), Buckley et al (2023) (Chanza and de Wit, 2013;Brugnach et al, 2017). Instead, legitimate involvement of indigenous people in mitigation projects should be an ethical requirement set to empower the concerned communities (Brugnach et al, 2017;Hausner et al, 2020).…”

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Overlaps of indigenous knowledge and climate change mitigation: evidence from a systematic review

Chanza,

Musakwa,

Kelso

2024

Front. Clim.

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There is now increasing acknowledgement of the role of indigenous and local people (ILP) in climate change, particularly in impact assessment, mitigation and adaptation. However, the methods and ways on how exactly indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) can be used in climate change action largely remain fragmented. While a growing share of scholarship has addressed the overlaps between ILK and adaptation, limited attention has been given on practical ways of working with indigenous communities to enhance knowledge of implementing mitigation actions. Without clearly articulated indigenous-sensitive methods for ILK integration in mitigation science, holders and users of this knowledge may remain at the boundaries of climate change action. Their knowledge and experiences may not be used to guide effective greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction activities. There are also fears that hurriedly and poorly developed mitigation projects that ignore indigenous and local communities may infringe their customary rights and livelihoods. To contribute to improved guidance on meaningful involvement of ILP in climate change mitigation, this study used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) to systematically review literature that links ILK and climate mitigation. We do this by (a) Identifying case studies that examine the overlaps of ILK and climate change mitigation from Scopus and Web of Science databases (n = 43); (b) analysing the methods used for engaging indigenous people in these studies; (c) determining the knowledge, ways, practices and experiences of ILP that show mitigation benefits; and (d) highlighting the direction for participatory engagement of ILP in mitigation research and practice. We have added to the emerging but fast growing knowledge on the overlaps of ILK and climate change mitigation. This intersection is evident in three ways: (a) Validation and application of concepts used to understand carbon sequestration; (b) GHG emission reduction mainly from natural resource dependent livelihoods involving ILP; and (c) the application of participatory methodologies in research and the practice of climate change mitigation. We conclude that studies that focus on the intersection of ILK and climate mitigation need to use indigenous-sensitive methodologies to give more benefits for climate mitigation objectives while recognising the rights of ILP.

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Overlaps of indigenous knowledge and climate change mitigation: evidence from a systematic review

Chanza,

Musakwa,

Kelso

2024

Front. Clim.

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“…They roam along the coast looking for beaches with suitable features for xávega (Madureira e Amorim, 2001), a fishing art, based in bottom trawling, in which the nets are pulled and gathered at the beach, that requires sandy coasts with no rocks and a broad open space for maneuvering (Pereira et al, 2015). In the summer, the fishermen lived at the shore and at the end of the season they moved out, returning to their original places, to work in sheltered waters or to find a job inland (Freitas et al, 2018). Most historical sources put them in Costa da Caparica, forming the village with the same name, around 1770 (Brochura de divulgação, 2019(Brochura de divulgação, [1930).…”

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It’s not only the sea: a history of human intervention in the beach-dune ecosystem of Costa da Caparica (Portugal)

Palma¹,

Dias²,

Freitas³

2021

RGCI

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Costa da Caparica, located south of Lisbon, has been since the 1960s the favourite beach of the population of the Portuguese capital. The bridge over the Tagus river (1966), connecting the two margins, has facilitated the access to that wide beach of sand and dunes. Due to its natural features and proximity to Lisbon, Caparica become a highly populated area, where different social and economic activities compete for the use of the available space, increasing pressure upon the local ecosystems. The situation is even more problematic, because that littoral has been deeply affected by coastal erosion from the 1950s onwards. Authorities have been dealing with the issue using groynes and artificial beach nourishments. Since 2015, the Municipality of Almada is investing in the rehabilitation of the dunes of the beach of S. João, placing fences to retain the sand and planting vegetation. This programme is particularly interesting from a coastal management history point of view, because these dunes have been the object of many interventions with different purposes, but what was done and why is not very well known. The aim of this article is therefore to present the results of a historical research about human intervention in Costa da Caparica and, particularly at S. João beach, starting in the 19th century, with the first dunes’ survey, the afforestation experiences and the construction of a drainage system. This paper offers a long-term perspective on the socio-evolution of these hybrid environments. Results and discussion show how dunes were trimmed by the works carried out and the reasons that laid beneath these. Revealing the ideas and values, the social, economic and political pressures, that across the years and within the same time period, shaped management strategies and landscapes. Keywords: Environmental History; Dunes Rehabilitation; Afforestation; Wetlands; Coastal Erosion.

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“…How? By adapting themselves, trying to mitigate their effects (Freitas et al 2018) or, worst scenario, succumbing to themas was the case of extinct species of dinosaurs (at least of the largest), at the end of the Cretaceous (about 66.5 million years ago) when an extreme weather event (as is characteristic of long periods where climate changes occur) resulted in the collision of a meteorite with Earth. This resulted in a huge explosion that carbonized billions of animals instantaneously, raising a cloud of dust so thick, blocking sunlight and making Earth an extremely cold planet.…”

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Climate Change and Human Migration as Adaptation: Conceptual and Practical Challenges and Opportunities

Luetz

Merson

2019

Climate Action

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Traditional Ecological Knowledge as a Contribution to Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation: The Case of the Portuguese Coastal Populations

Cited by 7 publications

References 18 publications

Overlaps of indigenous knowledge and climate change mitigation: evidence from a systematic review

Overlaps of indigenous knowledge and climate change mitigation: evidence from a systematic review

It’s not only the sea: a history of human intervention in the beach-dune ecosystem of Costa da Caparica (Portugal)

Climate Change and Human Migration as Adaptation: Conceptual and Practical Challenges and Opportunities

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