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Implementing climate variability adaptation at the community level in the Amazon floodplain

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  • Oviedo, Antonio F.P.
  • Mitraud, Sylvia
  • McGrath, David G.
  • Bursztyn, Marcel

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The need to design measures for adapting to climate change is increasingly recognized as important and has encouraged research on the role of local ecological knowledge (LEK) in supporting adaptation. Studies of how LEK can help adapt to increasing climate variability remain limited. This article develops an approach through which the process of adaptation can be tracked at a community level. We describe how community residents in the Amazon floodplains incorporate natural hydrologic and ecological processes into their management systems to optimize ecosystem functioning.

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  • Oviedo, Antonio F.P. & Mitraud, Sylvia & McGrath, David G. & Bursztyn, Marcel, 2016. "Implementing climate variability adaptation at the community level in the Amazon floodplain," Environmental Science & Policy, Elsevier, vol. 63(C), pages 151-160.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:enscpo:v:63:y:2016:i:c:p:151-160
    DOI: 10.1016/j.envsci.2016.05.017
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    1. Jessica E. Taylor & Cristina Poleacovschi & Michael A. Perez, 2023. "Climate change adaptation trends among Indigenous peoples: a systematic review of the empirical research focus over the last 2 decades," Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, Springer, vol. 28(6), pages 1-28, August.
    2. Lee, Jean, 2017. "Farmer participation in a climate-smart future: Evidence from the Kenya Agricultural Carbon Project," Land Use Policy, Elsevier, vol. 68(C), pages 72-79.
    3. Marcellus Mbah & Sandra Ajaps & Petra Molthan-Hill, 2021. "A Systematic Review of the Deployment of Indigenous Knowledge Systems towards Climate Change Adaptation in Developing World Contexts: Implications for Climate Change Education," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(9), pages 1-24, April.

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