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Environmental Sciences
Lauren A. Dent, Jamie Donatuto, Larry Campbell, Marnie Boardman, Jeremy J. Hess, Nicole A. Errett
Summary: As climate change increasingly impacts indigenous peoples, it is crucial to prioritize their voices, needs, and priorities in regional climate change adaptation efforts. While tribal climate change principles provide actionable recommendations at the federal level in the U.S., their application at the regional level needs further exploration. This research highlights the challenges and opportunities faced by non-tribal entities when engaging with tribes on regional climate adaptation initiatives.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Eranga K. Galappaththi, James D. Ford, Elena M. Bennett, Fikret Berkes
Summary: The study compared the adaptation measures of Inuit and Coastal-Vedda communities to climate change, finding that two common adaptive strategies across the communities are diversification and adaptive co-management. Additionally, there are eight sources of resilience identified, and definitive characteristics for successful community adaptation include continuous learning, capacity-building, rootedness, collective action, and flexibility.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2021)
Review
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Mucahid Mustafa Bayrak, Yi-Ya Hsu, Li-San Hung, Huei-Min Tsai, Tibusungu 'e Vayayana
Summary: The study reveals a lack of comprehensive research on Taiwan's Indigenous peoples and global climate change adaptation, with a focus on post-disaster recovery and Indigenous culture. There is a need for more exploration on integrating traditional ecological knowledge systems into climate change adaptation in Taiwan.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Rosario Carmona, Graeme Reed, James Ford, Stefan Thorsell, Rocio Yon, Francisca Carril, Kerrie Pickering
Summary: This article analyzes the recognition of Indigenous Peoples' rights in Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) under the Paris Agreement. Although the number of NDCs related to Indigenous Peoples is increasing, there are doubts regarding their sincerity and commitment to implementation. Therefore, states need to make more significant efforts to ensure that NDCs take a rights-based approach and contribute to strengthening Indigenous Peoples' role and say in climate governance.
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Development Studies
Anne M. Larson, Juan Pablo Sarmiento Barletti, Nicole Heise Vigil
Summary: Efforts to address global problems of land and resource use require multi-stakeholder collaboration. There is also a growing interest in including marginalized groups in decision-making, such as Indigenous Peoples, local communities, smallholders, and women. However, achieving equity in multi-stakeholder platforms and forums is challenging. This article presents a comparative study of 11 subnational multi-stakeholder platforms and forums in Brazil, Ethiopia, Indonesia, and Peru, analyzing the perspectives of Indigenous Peoples and local community participants on equity and the potential of these platforms. The findings suggest the need for greater attention to how marginalized groups perceive their participation in order to promote equality and accountability.
Review
Biodiversity Conservation
Nancy J. Turner, Alain Cuerrier, Leigh Joseph
Summary: The biological knowledge and values of Indigenous Peoples are often ignored in governance and decision-making, but ethnobiology offers a way to include their ecological knowledge and promote sustainability. This paper examines Indigenous knowledge in conservation, emphasizing the importance of respecting and highlighting this knowledge in achieving transformative change for sustainable lifeways.
Article
Environmental Sciences
Vachel A. Carter, Andrea Brunelle, Mitchell J. Power, R. Justin DeRose, Matthew F. Bekker, Isaac Hart, Simon Brewer, Jerry Spangler, Erick Robinson, Mark Abbott, S. Yoshi Maezumi, Brian F. Codding
Summary: Research suggests that climatic conditions play a significant role in wildfire activity in the western United States, but Indigenous farming practices have also shaped local fire regimes. High fire activity was observed during the peak of prehistoric farming on the plateau, with climate becoming the dominant driver of wildfires after populations abandoned farming practices. This study highlights the influence of Indigenous populations on high-elevation forest fire regimes through land-use practices.
COMMUNICATIONS EARTH & ENVIRONMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Studies
Danielle Emma Johnson, Meg Parsons, Karen Fisher
Summary: This article discusses how Indigenous peoples' perspectives and concerns are being considered in climate change adaptation research and practice, emphasizing the importance of decolonizing approaches in this process. It mentions literature helping to decolonize climate adaptation scholarship and practice, but also highlights challenges in exploring heterogeneous experiences of climate change within Indigenous communities.
ENVIRONMENT AND PLANNING E-NATURE AND SPACE
(2022)
Review
Oceanography
Theresa Klara Loch, Maraja Riechers
Summary: Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) is recognized as valuable in sustainability science for understanding coastal social-ecological systems and coping with global changes. Inclusion of ILK is key to resilience and community-based conservation approaches, especially in areas with rapid landscape changes. Challenges include external forces like globalization, market pressure, and a lack of integration in governance and academic work, but the benefits of ILK for management and research are significant.
OCEAN & COASTAL MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Environmental Sciences
Ana C. Rorato, Maria Isabel S. Escada, Gilberto Camara, Michelle C. A. Picoli, Judith A. Verstegen
Summary: This study assesses the environmental vulnerability of Amazonian Indigenous Lands (ILs) in Brazil using the vulnerability framework of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The results show a high vulnerability concentration in the Arc of Deforestation and South, and an increasing vulnerability in Para and Roraima states.
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & POLICY
(2022)
Article
Environmental Studies
Xoco A. Shinbrot, Ignacia Holmes, Madeleine Gauthier, Petra Tschakert, Zoe Wilkins, Lydia Baragon, Berta Opua, Catherine Potvin
Summary: This study examines the impacts of forest carbon offset projects on individuals and communities by surveying participants and non-participants, as well as different wealth groups. The quantitative data suggests that participants continue reforestation practices and that carbon offset payments provide financial stability for poorer participants. The qualitative data indicates that the greatest benefit for participants is economic security for future generations.
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Engineering, Environmental
Lidia Rakhmanova, Larisa Kolesnichenko, Irina Kuzhevskaya, Iurii Kolesnichenko, Rostislav Vorobev, Svetlana Tyulyupo, Viktor Drozdov, Olga Shaduyko
Summary: Based on field research and analysis in Western Siberia, a study has revealed different attitudes of local residents towards climate change, highlighting a significant divergence between subjective assessments and objective data. The study explores how human subjective perception is influenced by various factors, and emphasizes the need to reconcile observed climate change impacts and perceptions to facilitate constructive engagement between decision-makers and the local population in developing and implementing adaptation measures.
Article
Environmental Studies
Luciana Iocca, Teresa Fidelis
Summary: Despite the recognition of the importance of Indigenous Peoples' and Local Communities' contributions to climate change adaptation, there is a lack of research investigating the consideration of their rights in public policies and decision-making processes. This study examines how the rights of Traditional Peoples and Communities are incorporated in climate- and environment-related public policy documents and how community members perceive their involvement. The findings show that there is limited consideration for these rights in the substantive parts of the plans and programs, and community members feel poorly protected and overlooked in the process.
Article
Engineering, Environmental
Sergey Andronov, Andrey Lobanov, Andrey Popov, Ying Luo, Olga Shaduyko, Anatoliy Fesyun, Lilia Lobanova, Elena Bogdanova, Irina Kobel'kova
Summary: The diet of Indigenous Peoples in north-western Siberia is rich in traditional foods necessary for surviving in the Arctic environment. Climate change has disrupted the seasonal consumption of local foods, leading to a decrease in their intake and adverse health effects such as increased hypertension. Establishing food stocks and year-round sales are essential steps to ensure food security and health in the region.
Article
Environmental Studies
Rosario Carmona
Summary: The effects of climate policy depend on the coherent integration of social, environmental and economic challenges, including Indigenous Peoples' demand for self-determination. Although Indigenous Peoples are gaining prominence in international climate change debates, their involvement in national legislation remains marginal. This article assesses the vertical coherence of Chilean climate governance regarding Indigenous People's participation, finding that international pledges do not always translate into success at the national level. The study highlights the need for intercultural competences, policy analysis in Indigenous territories and stakeholder assessments to foster effective participation and promote justice in international climate governance.
ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS
(2023)