How do Indigenous and local knowledge systems respond to climate change?

Ecology and Society: a journal of integrative science for resilience and sustainability

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Ruxandra Popovici¹  Andre G. de L. Moraes²  Zhao Ma³  Laura Zanotti⁴  Keith A. Cherkauer²  Anna E. Erwin³  Katy E. Mazer⁵  Edwin F. Bocardo Delgado⁶  José P. Pinto Cáceres⁷  Pranay Ranjan³  Linda S. Prokopy⁸ 

[1] Independent Researcher;Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University;Department of Forestry and Natural Resources, Purdue University;Department of Anthropology, Purdue University;Department of Agronomy, Purdue University;Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas, Universidad Nacional de San Agustín;Facultad de Agronoma, Universidad Nacional de San Agustí­n;Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Purdue University

关键词: adaptation;    climate change;    community-based natural resource management;    coproduction;    Indigenous and local knowledge;    institutions;    Peru;   

DOI  :  10.5751/ES-12481-260327

学科分类：生物科学（综合）

来源: Resilience Alliance Publications

【 摘 要 】

Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) systems are critical for achieving biodiversity conservation, climate change adaptation, and other environmental goals. However, ILK systems around the world are increasingly threatened by multiple stressors. Our study assesses the effect of climate change on ILK held by crop farmers in Peru’s Colca Valley. We collected qualitative data on farmers’ ILK through semi-structured interviews, which we supplemented with climatological trend analysis in four Colca Valley districts. We found that shifts in the rainy season together with warmer weather affected farmers’ ILK, which was less effective for informing crop planting and irrigation practices in the context of climate uncertainty and unpredictability. Changing and uncertain ILK poses obstacles to adaptation strategies that require long-term institution building from local resource users, who may prioritize short-term solutions addressing urgent needs.

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