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Gender and climate change in the Indian Himalayas: global threats, local vulnerabilities, and livelihood diversification at the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve |
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M. V. Ogra, R. Badola |
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Englisch
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2190-4979
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In: Earth System Dynamics ; 6, no. 2 ; Nr. 6, no. 2 (2015-08-07), S.505-523 |
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250115473
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/esd-6-505-2015.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| Global climate change has numerous implications for members of mountain
communities who feel the impacts in both physical and social dimensions. In
the western Himalayas of India, a majority of residents maintain a livelihood
strategy that includes a combination of subsistence or small-scale
agriculture, livestock rearing, seasonal or long-term migration, and
localized natural resource extraction. While warming temperatures, irregular
patterns of precipitation and snowmelt, and changing biological systems
present challenges to the viability of these traditional livelihood
portfolios in general, we find that climate change is also undermining local
communities' livelihood assets in gender-specific ways. In this paper, we
present a case study from the Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve (Uttarakhand,
India) that both outlines the implications of climate change for women
farmers in the area and highlights the potential for ecotourism (as a form
of livelihood diversification) to strengthen both key livelihood assets of
women and local communities' adaptive capacity more broadly. The paper
intentionally employs a categorical focus on women but also addresses issues
of inter-group and gender diversity. With this special issue in mind,
suggestions for related research are proposed for consideration by climate
scientists and social systems and/or policy modelers seeking to support gender
justice through socially transformative perspectives and frameworks. |
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