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Indigenous Peoples’ Perceptions of Their Food System in the Context of Climate Change: A Case Study of Shawi Men in the Peruvian Amazon

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dc.contributor.author Arotoma Rojas, Ingrid Edith
dc.contributor.author Berrang-Ford, L.
dc.contributor.author Zavaleta Cortijo, Claudia Carol
dc.contributor.author Ford, J.D.
dc.contributor.author Cooke, P.
dc.date.accessioned 2023-01-06T13:40:12Z
dc.date.available 2023-01-06T13:40:12Z
dc.date.issued 2022
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/12995
dc.description.abstract Biodiversity and ecosystem conservation in the Amazon play a critical role in climate-change mitigation. However, institutional responses have had conflicted and complex relations with Indigenous peoples. There is a growing need for meaningful engagement with—and recognition of—the centrality of Indigenous peoples’ perceptions and understanding of the changes they are experiencing to inform successful and effective place-based adaptation strategies. To fill this gap, this study focuses on the value-based perspectives and pragmatic decision-making of Shawi Indigenous men in the Peruvian Amazon. We are specifically interested in their perceptions of how their food system is changing, why it is changing, its consequences, and how/whether they are coping with and responding to this change. Our results highlight that Shawi men’s agency and conscious envisioning of their future food system intersect with the effects of government policy. Shawi men perceive that the main driver of their food-system changes, i.e., less forest food, is self-driven population growth, leading to emotions of guilt and shame. During our study, they articulated a conscious belief that future generations must transition from forest-based to agricultural foods, emphasising education as central to this transition. Additionally, results suggest that the Peruvian government is indirectly promoting Shawi population growth through policies linking population size to improved service delivery, particularly education. Despite intentional Shawi moves to transition to agriculture, this results in a loss of men’s cultural identity and has mental-health implications, creating new vulnerabilities due to increasing climatic extremes, such as flooding and higher temperatures. en_US
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher MDPI
dc.relation.ispartofseries Sustainability (Switzerland)
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject Food system en_US
dc.subject Indigenous en_US
dc.subject Climate change en_US
dc.subject Food security en_US
dc.title Indigenous Peoples’ Perceptions of Their Food System in the Context of Climate Change: A Case Study of Shawi Men in the Peruvian Amazon en_US
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.3390/su142416502
dc.relation.issn 2071-1050


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