Weaving scientific and local knowledge on climate change impacts in coastal Kenya, Western Indian Ocean

Climate change poses severe threats to coastal social-ecological systems (SES) worldwide. Recent calls recognize the importance of including Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) in research on climate change impacts. Yet studies that have attempted to weave ILK and scientific knowledge have seldom c...

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Autores: Chambon, Mouna|||0000-0002-2260-5145, Wambiji, Nina|||0000-0002-7775-5300, Alvarez-Fernandez, Santiago|||0000-0002-0591-4173, Azarian, Clara, Ngunu Wandiga, Joey, Vialard, Jérôme, Ziveri, Patrizia|||0000-0002-5576-0301, Reyes-García, Victoria|||0000-0002-2914-8055
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
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Palabra clave:Climate change
East Africa
Gender
Indigenous and local knowledge
Scientific knowledge
Small-scale fisheries
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Weaving scientific and local knowledge on climate change impacts in coastal Kenya, Western Indian Ocean
title Weaving scientific and local knowledge on climate change impacts in coastal Kenya, Western Indian Ocean
spellingShingle Weaving scientific and local knowledge on climate change impacts in coastal Kenya, Western Indian Ocean
Chambon, Mouna|||0000-0002-2260-5145
Climate change
East Africa
Gender
Indigenous and local knowledge
Scientific knowledge
Small-scale fisheries
title_short Weaving scientific and local knowledge on climate change impacts in coastal Kenya, Western Indian Ocean
title_full Weaving scientific and local knowledge on climate change impacts in coastal Kenya, Western Indian Ocean
title_fullStr Weaving scientific and local knowledge on climate change impacts in coastal Kenya, Western Indian Ocean
title_full_unstemmed Weaving scientific and local knowledge on climate change impacts in coastal Kenya, Western Indian Ocean
title_sort Weaving scientific and local knowledge on climate change impacts in coastal Kenya, Western Indian Ocean
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Chambon, Mouna|||0000-0002-2260-5145
Wambiji, Nina|||0000-0002-7775-5300
Alvarez-Fernandez, Santiago|||0000-0002-0591-4173
Azarian, Clara
Ngunu Wandiga, Joey
Vialard, Jérôme
Ziveri, Patrizia|||0000-0002-5576-0301
Reyes-García, Victoria|||0000-0002-2914-8055
author Chambon, Mouna|||0000-0002-2260-5145
author_facet Chambon, Mouna|||0000-0002-2260-5145
Wambiji, Nina|||0000-0002-7775-5300
Alvarez-Fernandez, Santiago|||0000-0002-0591-4173
Azarian, Clara
Ngunu Wandiga, Joey
Vialard, Jérôme
Ziveri, Patrizia|||0000-0002-5576-0301
Reyes-García, Victoria|||0000-0002-2914-8055
author_role author
author2 Wambiji, Nina|||0000-0002-7775-5300
Alvarez-Fernandez, Santiago|||0000-0002-0591-4173
Azarian, Clara
Ngunu Wandiga, Joey
Vialard, Jérôme
Ziveri, Patrizia|||0000-0002-5576-0301
Reyes-García, Victoria|||0000-0002-2914-8055
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author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Climate change
East Africa
Gender
Indigenous and local knowledge
Scientific knowledge
Small-scale fisheries
topic Climate change
East Africa
Gender
Indigenous and local knowledge
Scientific knowledge
Small-scale fisheries
description Climate change poses severe threats to coastal social-ecological systems (SES) worldwide. Recent calls recognize the importance of including Indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) in research on climate change impacts. Yet studies that have attempted to weave ILK and scientific knowledge have seldom considered the gendered nature of climate change impacts. Building on the literature on gender and climate change and knowledge pluralism, this study contributes to addressing this research gap by exploring local knowledge on climate change impacts and its relation to scientific knowledge through a gendered approach and focusing on the Western Indian Ocean region, and more specifically on Kenya. We adopted a mixed methodology combining qualitative and quantitative approaches. We found evidence of pronounced climate change impacts on coastal SES both in the scientific literature and in local reports. Our findings highlight that there is an extensive overlap between information derived from scientific and local knowledge systems. Importantly, our study revealed reports of change that were only provided by SSF communities, namely changes in coastal dynamics, a decrease in rainfall, and a decrease in the abundance of green algae. Although we found gendered variations in changes reported by SSF communities, gendered differences of climate change impacts on SSF were not detected in the reviewed literature. Overall, our results suggest that knowledge cross-fertilization generates a holistic, relational, and place-based view of climate change impacts, which may support sound and gender-inclusive adaptive policies.
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Agencia Estatal de Investigación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 PRE2019-090126
European Commission https://doi.org/10.13039/501100000780 771056
Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca https://doi.org/10.13039/501100003030 2021/SGR-00182
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