Understanding Multidirectional Climate Change Impacts on Local Livelihoods through the Lens of Local Ecological Knowledge: A Study in Western Amazonia

Estevo, Mariana de Oliveira; Junqueira, André Braga; Reyes‐García, Victoria; Campos‐Silva, João Vitor

doi:10.1080/08941920.2022.2153294

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“…The communal nature of pastoralism in the studied sites contrasts crop production and gathering, where a range of species are usually grown and collected in different locations, potentially leading to higher variation of knowledge and experience of individuals. For example, among ribeirinhos in Juruá River (Brazil), in spite gatherers tend to have a diverse resource base and gather several different products, there is some level of specialisation in collecting specific products, like açaí fruits (Euterpe precatoria), rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) or murumuru (Astrocaryum murumuru) 34 . Similarly, among Bassari agriculturalists, many species are gathered only by specialised community members, whereas only some abundant species like shea (Vitellaria paradoxa) and African baobab (Adansonia digitata) are widely gathered.…”

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Consistency in climate change impact reports among indigenous peoples and local communities depends on site contexts

Schunko,

Álvarez-Fernández,

Benyei

et al. 2024

npj Clim. Action

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Indigenous Peoples and local communities are heavily affected by climatic changes. Investigating local understandings of climate change impacts, and their patterned distribution, is essential to effectively support monitoring and adaptation strategies. In this study, we aimed to understand the consistency in climate change impact reports and factors influencing consistency at site and individual levels. We conducted cross-cultural research among iTaukei (Fiji), Dagomba (Ghana), fisherfolks (Tanzania), Tsimane’ (Bolivia), Bassari (Senegal), ribeirinhos (Brazil), Mapuche (Chile), Mongolian (China), Tibetan (China) and Daasanach (Kenya) communities using semi-structured interviews, focus groups, and surveys among 1860 individuals. We found that cross-culturally more than two-thirds of individual reports of climate change impacts match site-confirmed reports. Consistency in reports is higher for changes related to pastoralism than crop production and wild plant gathering. Individual’s experience with nature, Indigenous and local knowledge, and local family roots are not significantly associated with consistency across sites, but site-specific associations are prevalent. Despite high average consistency among sites, there is considerable variation caused by site-specific factors, including livelihood activities, socio-cultural settings, and environmental conditions. Site contexts and related consistency in climate change impact reports need to be taken into account for climate change monitoring and adaptation planning.

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Consistency in climate change impact reports among indigenous peoples and local communities depends on site contexts

Schunko,

Álvarez-Fernández,

Benyei

et al. 2024

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“…Esse conhecimento é fundamental para compreender os processos ecológicos e as dinâmicas socioambientais e para desenvolver estratégias de conservação e uso sustentável na Região Amazônica. Valorizar e respeitar o CEL é essencial para uma gestão mais justa e eficaz dos ecossistemas amazônicos (Estevo et al 2022). Portanto, o desenvolvimento de políticas públicas de conservação e gestão ambiental na Amazônia requer a integração de diferentes áreas de conhecimento, não apenas para uma compreensão aprofundada dos fenômenos socioecológicos, mas também para aumentar a legitimidade das descobertas e recomendações (Fearnside 2010).…”

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A transdisciplinaridade é imprescindível para reformular um futuro sustentável para a Amazônia

KRAINOVIC,

EMER,

MELLO

et al. 2023

Diálogos Amazônicos: Contribuições Para O Debate Sobre Sustentabilidade E Inclusão

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“…Climate-related changes occurring in the Amazon substantially impact socio-ecological systems, affecting the livelihoods of communities heavily dependent on natural resources (Estevo et al 2022). The forms of local governance carried out by traditional communities, indigenous peoples, quilombolas and family farmers can play a fundamental role in the sustainable management of natural resources and in adapting to climate change.…”

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“…Climate impacts may vary in intensity over the different regions of the Amazon (Estevo et al 2022), affecting agricultural practices, timber forest management and non-timber extraction (Bergamo et al 2022). Many of these practices, besides representing the ways of life of local communities, are forms of income generation and contribute to the conservation of large portions of native forests (Silva et al 2021), playing an important role as carbon sinks (Smith et al 2023).…”

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Local governance, climate change, and natural resource management in the Amazon

GUIMARÃES,

SANTOS,

MIRANDA

et al. 2023

Amazon Dialogues: Contributions to the Debate About Sustainability and Inclusion

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Strengthening community-based natural resource management initiatives is critical in dealing with the effects of climate change and pressures from predatory exploitation on ecosystems and fostering the adaptive capacities of communities. Adaptive capacity directly depends on the adopted governance system. The Amazon is home to a great diversity of ecosystems and traditional peoples (for example, indigenous peoples, extractivists, quilombolas), and plays a fundamental role in regulating the global climate. One of the current major challenges is to control and mitigate the impacts of climate change and the predatory exploitation of natural resources on both natural and human systems. These impacts compromise families' income and quality of life, the guarantee of their basic rights and the effectiveness of public policies for the region. To consider traditional, indigenous and quilombola peoples in jointly creating solutions to these problems is crucial to achieve effective results. We argue that strengthening and valuing local governance should be the starting point and guideline for natural resource management projects to ensure that challenges are overcome and enable the development of an effective socio-biodiversity economy.

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Understanding Multidirectional Climate Change Impacts on Local Livelihoods through the Lens of Local Ecological Knowledge: A Study in Western Amazonia

Cited by 7 publications

References 52 publications

Consistency in climate change impact reports among indigenous peoples and local communities depends on site contexts

Consistency in climate change impact reports among indigenous peoples and local communities depends on site contexts

A transdisciplinaridade é imprescindível para reformular um futuro sustentável para a Amazônia

Local governance, climate change, and natural resource management in the Amazon

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