Perception and Interpretation of Climate Change among Quechua Farmers of Bolivia: Indigenous Knowledge as a Resource for Adaptive Capacity
We aim to explore how indigenous peoples observe and ascribe meaning to change. The case study involves two Quechua-speaking farmer communities from mountainous areas near Cochabamba, Bolivia. Taking climate change as a starting point, we found that, first, farmers often associate their observations...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Resilience Alliance
2013-12-01
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Series: | Ecology and Society |
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Online Access: | http://www.ecologyandsociety.org/vol18/iss4/art21/ |