Resilience requires change : assessing Pehuenche responses to climate change impacts in southern Chile
Carmona, Rosario (University of Bonn. Department for the Anthropology of the Americas)

Fecha:	2022
Resumen:	Indigenous peoples are one of the most vulnerable groups to climate change. Although many communities are already responding to these impacts, inequitable structures impose barriers to their capacity to recover and adapt. Through the case of the Pehuenche people of Southern Chile, this article addresses the question of what is the relationship between resilience and adaptation to climate change. From an ethnographic approach, the article characterizes the construction process of the contextual vulnerability of Pehuenche communities and evaluates their responses to cope with climate change impacts. Fieldwork was conducted in two stages between 2017 and 2019. Results show that current Pehuenche vulnerability to climate change is an ongoing process influenced by the state rather than a consequence of this phenomenon. Although Pehuenche communities are responding to climate change impacts, their resilience is constrained by the incidence of state policy. Identifying themselves as herders, Pehuenche responses aim to restore the conditions for livestock instead of changing the factors that make them vulnerable. Most of their responses can be considered maladaptation because they reinforce vulnerability by reproducing practices that damage their social capital and cause more pressure on the territory. A critical review and reformulation of the policy implemented at the local level are mandatory to strengthen community resilience.
Ayudas:	European Commission 771056
Derechos:	Tots els drets reservats.
Lengua:	Anglès
Documento:	Article ; recerca ; Versió acceptada per publicar
Materia:	Climate change ; Resilience ; Indigenous people ; Adaptation ; Policy ; Chile
Publicado en:	Environmental Justice, Vol. 15, Issue 3 (June 2022) , p. 185-195, ISSN 1937-5174

DOI: 10.1089/env.2021.0044
PMID: 35686287

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