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Coping and Adaptation in Response to Environmental and Climatic Stressors in Caribbean Coastal Communities.
Touza, Julia; Lacambra, Carmen; Kiss, Alexandra; Amboage, Rosa Mato; Sierra, Paula; Solan, Martin; Godbold, Jasmin A; Spencer, Thomas; White, Piran C L.
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  • Touza J; Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, Wentworth Way, York, YO10 5NG, UK. julia.touza@york.ac.uk.
  • Lacambra C; York Environmental Sustainability Institute, University of York, York, YO10 5NG, UK. julia.touza@york.ac.uk.
  • Kiss A; Grupo Laera, Avenida Carrera 9, No. 113-52 Oficina 1901, PBX 4863358, Bogotá, Colombia.
  • Amboage RM; Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, Wentworth Way, York, YO10 5NG, UK.
  • Sierra P; Department of Environment and Geography, University of York, Wentworth Way, York, YO10 5NG, UK.
  • Solan M; Instituto de Investigaciones Marinas y Costeras (INVEMAR), Calle 25, n° 2-25, Playa Salguero, Santa Marta, Colombia.
  • Godbold JA; Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK.
  • Spencer T; Ocean and Earth Science, National Oceanography Centre Southampton, University of Southampton, Waterfront Campus, European Way, Southampton, SO14 3ZH, UK.
  • White PCL; School of Biological Sciences, University of Southampton, Highfield Campus, Southampton, SO17 1BJ, UK.
Environ Manage ; 68(4): 505-521, 2021 10.
Article em En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34327556
Cumulative and synergistic impacts from environmental pressures, particularly in low-lying tropical coastal regions, present challenges for the governance of ecosystems, which provide natural resource-based livelihoods for communities. Here, we seek to understand the relationship between responses to the impacts of El Niño and La Niña events and the vulnerability of mangrove-dependent communities in the Caribbean region of Colombia. Using two case study sites, we show how communities are impacted by, and undertake reactive short-term responses to, El Niño and La Niña events, and how such responses can affect their adaptive capacity to progressive environmental deterioration. We show that certain coping measures to climate variability currently deliver maladaptive outcomes, resulting in circumstances that could contribute to system 'lock-in' and engender undesirable ecological states, exacerbating future livelihood vulnerabilities. We highlight the significant role of social barriers on vulnerabilities within the region, including perceptions of state abandonment, mistrust and conflicts with authorities. Opportunities to reduce vulnerability include enhancing the communities' capacity to adopt more positive and preventative responses based on demonstrable experiential learning capacity. However, these will require close cooperation between formal and informal organisations at different levels, and the development of shared coherent adaptation strategies to manage the complexity of multiple interacting environmental and climatic pressures.
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Mudança Climática / Ecossistema Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Colombia Idioma: En Revista: Environ Manage Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Estados Unidos
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Texto completo: 1 Coleções: 01-internacional Base de dados: MEDLINE Assunto principal: Mudança Climática / Ecossistema Tipo de estudo: Prognostic_studies Limite: Humans País/Região como assunto: America do sul / Colombia Idioma: En Revista: Environ Manage Ano de publicação: 2021 Tipo de documento: Article País de publicação: Estados Unidos