Climate Change Adaptation Among Tibetan Pastoralists: Challenges in Enhancing Local Adaptation Through Policy Support

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	Climate Change Adaptation Among Tibetan Pastoralists: Challenges in Enhancing Local Adaptation Through Policy Support
	Fu, Yao 2,3; Grumbine, R. Edward 2; Wilkes, Andreas 4,5; Wang, Yun 6; Xu, Jian-Chu7 ; Yang, Yong-Ping1
刊名	ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
	2012-10-01
卷号	50 期号:4 页码:607-621
关键词	Tibetan Plateau Pastoral community Local ecological knowledge Climate Change adaptation
ISSN号	0364-152X
通讯作者	Yang, YP (reprint author), Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, 18 Shuangqing Rd, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China.,yangyp@mail.kib.ac.cn
英文摘要	While researchers are aware that a mix of Local Ecological Knowledge (LEK), community-based resource management institutions, and higher-level institutions and policies can facilitate pastoralists' adaptation to climate change, policy makers have been slow to understand these linkages. Two critical issues are to what extent these factors play a role, and how to enhance local adaptation through government support. We investigated these issues through a case study of two pastoral communities on the Tibetan Plateau in China employing an analytical framework to understand local climate adaptation processes. We concluded that LEK and community-based institutions improve adaptation outcomes for Tibetan pastoralists through shaping and mobilizing resource availability to reduce risks. Higher-level institutions and policies contribute by providing resources from outside communities. There are dynamic interrelationships among these factors that can lead to support, conflict, and fragmentation. Government policy could enhance local adaptation through improvement of supportive relationships among these factors. While central government policies allow only limited room for overt integration of local knowledge/institutions, local governments often have some flexibility to buffer conflicts. In addition, government policies to support market-based economic development have greatly benefited adaptation outcomes for pastoralists. Overall, in China, there are still questions over how to create innovative institutions that blend LEK and community-based institutions with government policy making.
类目[WOS]	Environmental Sciences
研究领域[WOS]	Environmental Sciences & Ecology
关键词[WOS]	PLATEAU ; VULNERABILITY ; COMMUNITY ; SYSTEMS ; CHINA
收录类别	SCI ; SSCI
资助信息	Chinese Academy of Sciences [XDA05130702]; Ford Foundation [1075-0729, 1090-0448]
语种	英语
WOS记录号	WOS:000308652800009
公开日期	2012-11-30
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.kib.ac.cn/handle/151853/15654]
专题	昆明植物研究所_资源植物与生物技术所级重点实验室
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res, Beijing 100083, Peoples R China 2.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Key Lab Biodivers & Biogeog, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Grad Univ, Beijing 100049, Peoples R China 4.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Ctr Mt Ecosyst Serv, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, Peoples R China 5.World Agroforestry Ctr, Beijing Off, Beijing, Peoples R China 6.Chinese Acad Sci, Kunming Inst Bot, Inst Tibetan Plateau Res Kunming, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, Peoples R China 7.World Agroforestry Ctr, Kunming 650204, Yunnan, Peoples R China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Fu, Yao,Grumbine, R. Edward,Wilkes, Andreas,et al. Climate Change Adaptation Among Tibetan Pastoralists: Challenges in Enhancing Local Adaptation Through Policy Support[J]. ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT,2012,50(4):607-621.
APA	Fu, Yao,Grumbine, R. Edward,Wilkes, Andreas,Wang, Yun,Xu, Jian-Chu,&Yang, Yong-Ping.(2012).Climate Change Adaptation Among Tibetan Pastoralists: Challenges in Enhancing Local Adaptation Through Policy Support.ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT,50(4),607-621.
MLA	Fu, Yao,et al."Climate Change Adaptation Among Tibetan Pastoralists: Challenges in Enhancing Local Adaptation Through Policy Support".ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT 50.4(2012):607-621.