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Participatory scenarios to explore local adaptation to global change in biosphere reserves: Experiences from Bolivia and Mexico
Isabel Ruiz-Mallén,Isabel Ruiz-Mallén,Esteve Corbera,Diana Calvo-Boyero,Victoria Reyes-García,Victoria Reyes-García +5 more
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In this paper, the authors use participatory scenarios to explore the desired adaptation options of four rural communities located in two biosphere reserves in Bolivia and Mexico and conclude with policy recommendations to support local livelihoods in the studied protected areas.About:
This article is published in Environmental Science & Policy.The article was published on 2015-12-01. It has received 33 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Natural resource.read more
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Natural solutions : protected areas helping people cope with climate change (Korean version)
Alexander Belokurov,Nigel Dudley,Linda Krueger,N. Lopoukhine,Kathy MacKinnon,Trevor Sandwith,Nikhil Sekhran,Sue Stolton +7 more
TL;DR: Protected areas play a major role in reducing climate changing carbon dioxide emissions in the atmosphere and serve as natural buffers against climate impacts and other disasters, providing space for floodwaters to disperse, stabilizing soil against landslides and blocking storm surges as mentioned in this paper.
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The future is behind us: traditional ecological knowledge and resilience over time on Hawai‘i Island
TL;DR: This article investigated the role of local and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) systems for fostering adaptation and resilience to environmental and climate change at the community level and found that TEK is vital for adaptation to environmental change broadly and climate changes in particular, for subsistence-based, indigenous, rural communities, as well as place-based communities living in mixed economies.
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Scenario planning to leap-frog the Sustainable Development Goals: An adaptation pathways approach
J.R.A. Butler,Erin Bohensky,Wayan Suadnya,Yulfia Yanuartati,Tarningsih Handayani,Putrawan Habibi,Ketut Puspadi,Tim Skewes,Russell M. Wise,Imam Suharto,Sarah Park,Yusuf Akhyar Sutaryono +11 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a participatory approach is presented to mainstream future climate change uncertainty into decision-making for poverty alleviation in developing countries. But the authors focus on the systemic drivers of community vulnerability rather than the proximate drivers.
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Maladaptation and development as usual? Investigating climate change mitigation and adaptation projects in Cambodia
TL;DR: Based on research into multiple types of climate change mitigation and adaptation (CCMA) projects and policies in Cambodia, the authors documents intersecting social and environmental conflicts that intersecting environmental conflicts.
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Scenarios reveal pathways to sustain future ecosystem services in an agricultural landscape
Jiangxiao Qiu,Jiangxiao Qiu,Stephen R. Carpenter,Eric G. Booth,Melissa Motew,Samuel C. Zipper,Christopher J. Kucharik,Xi Chen,Xi Chen,Steven P. Loheide,Jenny Seifert,Monica G. Turner +11 more
TL;DR: It was showed that food production varied substantially with future land-use choices and management, and its trade-offs with water quality and soil retention persisted under most scenarios, however, pathways to mitigate or even reverse such trade-off through technological advances and sustainable agricultural practices were apparent.
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