Pereira, Rafael Damasceno, Brazílio, Lucas de Paula, Trejo-Rangel, Miguel Angel, Duarte dos Santos, Maurício, Silva, Letícia Milene Bezerra, Souza, Lilian Fraciele, Barbosa, Ana Carolina Santana, de Oliveira, Mario Ricardo, dos Santos, Ronaldo, Sato, Danilo Pereira and Iwama, Allan Yu (2023) Traditional and local communities as key actors to identify climate-related disaster impacts: a citizen science approach in Southeast Brazilian coastal areas. Frontiers in Climate, 5. pp. 1-16. ISSN 2624-9553
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Abstract
The impacts of climate-related disasters can be estimated by climate models.
However, climate models are frequently downscaled to specific settings to
facilitate Disaster Risk Management (DRM) to better understand local impacts and
avoid overlooking uncertainties. Several studies have registered the increasing
importance of recognizing traditional knowledge, co-design, and collaboration
with local communities in developing DRM strategies. The objective of this
research was co-design local-scale observations with traditional and local
communities to characterize their local context regarding the impacts of
climate-related disasters. The citizen science approach coupled with participatory
action research was conducted with two traditional communities in the
Southeast of the Brazilian coast: Quilombo do Campinho da Independência
in Paraty, Rio de Janeiro, and the Caiçara (artisanal fishing) community of
Ubatumirim in Ubatuba, São Paulo. Working groups were organized with
leaders to become community researchers, conducting interviews and actively
mobilizing their communities. A structured questionnaire was developed,
adapting 22 variables taken from the Protocol for the Collection of Cross-
Cultural Comparative Data on Local Indicators of Climate Change Impacts—
LICCI Protocol. A total of 366 impacts were analyzed, after combining
the georeferencing form data collected—Survey123 (280 impacts) and the
interviews with community leaders (86 impacts). The results showed a
significant level of cohesion (α = 0.01) between the Caiçara (artisanal
fishers) and Quilombola (Afro-descendants) perceptions of climate-related
events associated with their subsistence practices and climate variability.
These findings highlighting the importance of DRM proposals that recognize
traditional peoples and local communities as frontline vulnerable populations while acknowledging their role as key actors in identifying impacts, collecting
data on land use and territory, subsistence-oriented activities, and cosmovision.
However, it is still necessary to address climate change challenges at di
Item Type: | Article |
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Additional Information: | The research project was funded by the British Council [715066064-RIAP 3/2021] through Citizen science and traditional coastal communities in adapting to climate change: building a Brazilian observation network, supported by the Ayni Institute for Environmental Conservation and Social Development. We acknowledge the ANID/FONDECYT [3180705/2018], IDRC/SSHRC through the Queen Elizabeth Scholars project on Ecological Economics, Commons Governance, and Climate Justice [2017-0082]. |
Keywords: | collaborative research; climate change impacts; vulnerability; local indicators; climate change; disaster risk management; |
Academic Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Institutes > Irish Climate Analysis and Research Units, ICARUS |
Item ID: | 17836 |
Identification Number: | 10.3389/fclim.2023.1243008 |
Depositing User: | Corinne Voces |
Date Deposited: | 15 Nov 2023 12:20 |
Journal or Publication Title: | Frontiers in Climate |
Publisher: | Frontiers Media |
Refereed: | Yes |
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URI: | https://mu.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/17836 |
Use Licence: | This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here |
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