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Multiple non-climatic drivers of food insecurity reinforce climate change maladaptation trajectories among Peruvian Indigenous Shawi in the Amazon
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, PLoS ONE, Vol 13, Iss 10, p e0205714 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science, 2018.
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Abstract
- Background: Climate change is affecting food systems globally, with implications for food security, nutrition, and the health of human populations. There are limited data characterizing the current and future consequences of climate change on local food security for populations already experiencing poor nutritional indicators. Indigenous Amazonian populations have a high reported prevalence of nutritional deficiencies. This paper characterizes the food system of the Shawi of the Peruvian Amazon, climatic and non-climatic drivers of their food security vulnerability to climate change, and identifies potential maladaptation trajectories. Methods and findings: Semi-structured interviews with key informants (n = 24), three photovoice workshops (n = 17 individuals), transect walks (n = 2), a food calendar exercise, and two community dissemination meetings (n = 30 individuals), were conducted within two Shawi communities in Balsapuerto District in the Peruvian Loreto region between June and September of 2014. The Shawi food system was based on three main food sub-systems (forest, farming and externally-sourced). Shawi reported collective, gendered, and emotional notions related to their food system activities. Climatic and non-climatic drivers of food security vulnerability among Shawi participants acted at proximal and distal levels, and mutually reinforced key maladaptation trajectories, including: 1) a growing population and natural resource degradation coupled with limited opportunities to increase incomes, and 2) a desire for education and deforestation reinforced by governmental social and food interventions. Conclusion: A series of maladaptive trajectories have the potential to increase social and nutritional inequities for the Shawi. Transformational food security adaptation should include consideration of Indigenous perceptions and priorities, and should be part of Peruvian food and socioeconomic development policies.
- Subjects :
- Male
Atmospheric Science
010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences
Physiology
Vulnerability
lcsh:Medicine
Marine and Aquatic Sciences
010501 environmental sciences
Forests
01 natural sciences
Food Supply
Amazon--Perú
Flooding
purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#5.00.00 [https]
Peru
Medicine and Health Sciences
Climate change
Non-climatic drivers
lcsh:Science
Socioeconomics
Maladaptation
2. Zero hunger
Climatology
education.field_of_study
Multidisciplinary
Food security
Ecology
1. No poverty
Agriculture
Terrestrial Environments
Peruvian Indigenous Shawi
Geography
Food systems
Female
Seasons
Research Article
Freshwater Environments
Adult
Climate Change
Population
Crops
purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#1.05.08 [https]
Indigenous
Ecosystems
Rivers
Deforestation
Humans
education
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Nutrition
purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#4.04.01 [https]
business.industry
Indians, South American
lcsh:R
Ecology and Environmental Sciences
Food Consumption
Biology and Life Sciences
Aquatic Environments
15. Life on land
Bodies of Water
Diet
Food
Earth Sciences
lcsh:Q
Hydrology
business
Physiological Processes
Crop Science
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 13
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....3260c1ac305c8f3b92bc12cdea2c961c