Scoping Adaptation Needs for Smallholders in the Brazilian Amazon: A Municipal Level Case Study

• Autorzy: Vanesa Rodríguez Osuna , Jan Börner , Marcelo Cunha
• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Over the past decade, several climate extreme events have caused considerable economic damage and hardship in the Brazilian Amazon region, especially for small-scale producers. Based on household surveys and focus group interviews in the Municipality of Alenquer as well as secondary data analyses and a literature review at the regional level, this study seeks to assess rural small-scale producers' vulnerability to climate and non-climate related shocks and identify entry points for government action to support adaptation at the local level. In our case study area, small-scale producers with similar wealth, self-sufficiency, and resource use specialisation levels exhibited stark variation in levels of sensitivity and adaptive capacity to climate and nonclimate related shocks. Our findings indicate that this variation is partly driven by cultural, historical, and environmental resource use specialisation strategies and partly by differences in local governance capacity and the level of social organisation. Emerging governmentled initiatives to promote climate change adaptation in the region would benefit from taking these factors into account when designing local implementation strategies and priorities. (original abstract)

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Climate change; Climate; Risk; Volunteering; Case study

PL

Zmiany klimatyczne; Klimat; Ryzyko; Wolontariat; Studium przypadku

• Czasopismo: Change and Adaptation in Socio-Ecological Systems
• Rocznik: 2014
• Tom: 1
• Numer: nr 1 Climate Change, Social Changes, Technological Development
• Strony: 12--25

Twórcy

autor

Vanesa Rodríguez Osuna

• University of Bonn, Germany

autor

Jan Börner

• Center for Development Research (ZEF); Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)

autor

Marcelo Cunha

• World Agroforestry Centre - ICRAF; Freie Universitat Berlin

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DOI

10.2478/cass-2014-0002