The sustainability assessment of Indigenous and local knowledge-based climate adaptation responses in agricultural and aquatic food systems
Galappaththi, Eranga K. (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Department of Geography)
Schlingmann, Anna (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Institut de Ciència i Tecnologia Ambientals)

Date:	2023
Abstract:	We examine common Indigenous and local knowledge-based adaptive responses to climate change from the sustainability perspective among Indigenous and local communities globally. We draw upon an assessment of 98 peer-reviewed articles to access how local-level responses interact with the broader sustainability dimensions of social, economic, and environmental. We focus on five adaptive responses: 1) community-based adaptation, 2) diversification, 3) local governance and conflict resolution schemes, 4) land, soil, and water management, and 5) traditional weather forecast. Using sustainability framing, we illustrate how these adaptive responses can be both resilient and vulnerable. We argue that long-term successful adaptation to climate change should aim to avoid any increase in, and instead should decrease, vulnerability related to the social (e. g. , loss of social bonds and mutual support), economic (e. g. , insecure income), and environmental (e. g. , soil contamination) dimensions. There is an urgent need to discuss successful adaptation to climate change from a holistic approach that includes long-term social, economic, and environmental sustainability aspects.
Grants:	European Commission 771056 Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación CEX2019-000940-M
Note:	Unidad de excelencia María de Maeztu CEX2019-000940-M
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Language:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió sotmesa a revisió
Subject:	Indigenous and local knowledge ; Feasibility ; Agriculture ; Fisheries ; Resilience ; Sustainability ; Vulnerability
Published in:	Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Vol. 62 (June 2023) , art. 101276, ISSN 1877-3443

DOI: 10.1016/j.cosust.2023.101276

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