Mujer andina y cambio climático en la Cordillera Blanca
Year: 2018
Type: dissertation
Abstract: Cordillera Blanca is one of the areas with greater evidence of the effects of climate change \naround the world. These effects are especially evident in the loss of the glaciers, changes in \nwater availability, changes in plants and animals’ biodiversity, and changes that affect the \npopulations who live in the surroundings. \nThe rural populations of the area are vulnerable to all these changes due to their poverty, their \nlow level of education and their lack of representation in making decision regarding climate \nchange. Within this vulnerable group, the Andean woman is even less likely to participate or \ncontribute her particular knowledge, concerns and perceptions. \nSeeking to contribute to assess the knowledge of the inhabitants in this area, this thesis has \ncompiled through a series of interviews with the villagers from the Comunidad Campesina \nCahuide (Huaraz-Ancash), the knowledge they have about a series of services provided by \nmountain ecosystems, and how these have been modified during the last decades due to \nclimate change. \nThe results obtained show that the villagers of the area have a wide knowledge about the \nrainfall regime, water availability, increase of diseases and pests, natural pastures, crops, \nmedicinal plants, scenic beauty and tourist value, and how they have changed until recently. \nIn addition, the results revealed that there are differences in the knowledge held by men and \nwomen, especially in those services that are related to activities that are typically considered \nmale (cultivation, construction, tourism) or feminine (grazing, firewood collection, medicinal \nplants collection). \nDespite their poor resources and the little help received, local villagers have been proposing \nseveral adaptation measures that have allowed them to mitigate to some extent, the serious \neffects that climate change has had on the area.
Source: Americanae (AECID Library)
Authors: Menacho Julca, Katherine Eva
Language: Spanish
Subfield: Agronomy and Crop Science
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2889179204