Indigenous climate adaptation sovereignty in a Zimbabwean agro-pastoral system: exploring definitions of sustainability success  using a participatory agent-based model

Eitzel, M. V.; Solera, Jon; Wilson, Kirsty; Neves, Kleber; Fisher, Aaron; Veski, Andre; Omoju, Oluwasola E.; Ndlovu, Abraham Mawere; Hove, Emmanuel Mhike

doi:10.5751/es-11946-250413

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“…As such, studies on climate change and IK focus more on adaptation than mitigation. This adaptation preference also follows the ongoing debate about the rights and justice issues associated with indigenous populations who are known to be innocent victims of climate change [29,31,32]. In addition, the mitigation-adaptation "marriage" is believed to continuously subjugate indigenous people, hence resulting in separate treatment by most scholars, who prefer to focus on adaptation.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…The community is capable of sharing and utilizing this knowledge to meet their livelihood and survival needs. There is evidence that indigenous climate knowledge is useful across the climate change spectrum, from climate impact assessment [1][2][3]11,13,[20][21][22][23][24] to adaptation [25][26][27][28][29][30] and mitigation [9,31]. Scholars advocating for climate change-IK integration argue that the understanding of climate change can be enhanced by harnessing the knowledge of indigenous people who have been religiously observing changes occurring in their environment.…”

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confidence: 99%

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“Trees Are Our Relatives”: Local Perceptions on Forestry Resources and Implications for Climate Change Mitigation

Chanza

Musakwa

2021

Sustainability

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The link between nature and society is vital for climate change mitigation and sustainable natural recourse management. Based on a case study of the indigenous people of Mbire in Zimbabwe, we argue that perceptions of indigenous people about forestry resources provide useful pointers toward framing climate mitigation interventions. This interest was necessitated by the growing call to address the suppression of forest-rich indigenous communities in climate change science. Accordingly, the aim of the study was to understand how indigenous people can contribute to the abatement of climate change. The study engaged 32 purposively selected elderly participants in focus group discussions; these participants had long histories of staying in the villages studied and were figures whom the locals regarded as “experts” in giving credible inferences about their environment. The participants corroboratively perceived forests and trees as their own “relatives”, who should not be harmed because of the support they continue to generously give to the people. Their construct of climate change relates to the gradual but continuing trivialization of cultural beliefs and abandonment of traditional practices, which they believe offend the spirits who have powers to influence the climate system. Although their attribution view on climate change is in contrast with that of mainstream climate scientists, we argue that their profound acknowledgement of climatic change, coupled with their scientific understanding of the intrinsic relationship between people’s wellbeing and the environment, are key entry points to design sustainable climate mitigation programs at community scales. The sustainability of such programs should not ignore local belief systems and strategies that communities use in preserving their forests.

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Section: Related Scholarshipmentioning

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“Trees Are Our Relatives”: Local Perceptions on Forestry Resources and Implications for Climate Change Mitigation

Chanza

Musakwa

2021

Sustainability

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“…[14] S: Context-sensitive, depending on context. [15] S: Depending on the nature and goals of the organization --> organizational sustainability [16] Sustainability of informal settlements [17] For a specific purpose: agricultural sustainability [18] Sustainable city: combines three dimensions of sustainability: environmental, economic, and social dimensions. [19] S: balance of economic, social, and environmental goals and the impact of human activity.…”

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Twenty First Century Challenges in the Context of Sustainable Architecture from Islamic Perspective

Rachmawati,

Nuffida

2024

JIA

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Many world issues are faced and then become challenges of the 21st century. This study aims to define these challenges and how to overcome them as alternative solutions in architecture, with the context of sustainable architecture from an Islamic perspective. The methods used are literature review and logical argumentation. The results show that the challenges of the 21st century in the context of sustainable architecture include fundamental issues, namely nature conservation, related to humanity and technology as specific objectives, and several other objectives of the Sustainable Development Goals. Challenges can be faced by integrating the handling of each aspect, focusing on humans. In the view of Islam, integrated solutions are carried out within the spirituality framework, where humans act as caliphs. Through education, a means of accelerating human knowledge is obtained; through a spiritual approach, humans will think twice about destroying the universe and its contents.

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“…The only challenge is that the lengthy period of engagement with ILP used in participatory studies or in the design of mitigation projects may not match with limited timeframes set by research organisations and aid institutions to develop knowledge for project interventions. However, many researchers maintain that tapping from the knowledge and experiences of indigenous people is an emancipatory and decolonial agenda of making the views of people affected by climate change matter in decision processes (Eitzel et al, 2020;Gay-Antaki, 2022).…”

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Overlaps of indigenous knowledge and climate change mitigation: evidence from a systematic review

Chanza,

Musakwa,

Kelso

2024

Front. Clim.

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There is now increasing acknowledgement of the role of indigenous and local people (ILP) in climate change, particularly in impact assessment, mitigation and adaptation. However, the methods and ways on how exactly indigenous and local knowledge (ILK) can be used in climate change action largely remain fragmented. While a growing share of scholarship has addressed the overlaps between ILK and adaptation, limited attention has been given on practical ways of working with indigenous communities to enhance knowledge of implementing mitigation actions. Without clearly articulated indigenous-sensitive methods for ILK integration in mitigation science, holders and users of this knowledge may remain at the boundaries of climate change action. Their knowledge and experiences may not be used to guide effective greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction activities. There are also fears that hurriedly and poorly developed mitigation projects that ignore indigenous and local communities may infringe their customary rights and livelihoods. To contribute to improved guidance on meaningful involvement of ILP in climate change mitigation, this study used the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analysis (PRISMA) to systematically review literature that links ILK and climate mitigation. We do this by (a) Identifying case studies that examine the overlaps of ILK and climate change mitigation from Scopus and Web of Science databases (n = 43); (b) analysing the methods used for engaging indigenous people in these studies; (c) determining the knowledge, ways, practices and experiences of ILP that show mitigation benefits; and (d) highlighting the direction for participatory engagement of ILP in mitigation research and practice. We have added to the emerging but fast growing knowledge on the overlaps of ILK and climate change mitigation. This intersection is evident in three ways: (a) Validation and application of concepts used to understand carbon sequestration; (b) GHG emission reduction mainly from natural resource dependent livelihoods involving ILP; and (c) the application of participatory methodologies in research and the practice of climate change mitigation. We conclude that studies that focus on the intersection of ILK and climate mitigation need to use indigenous-sensitive methodologies to give more benefits for climate mitigation objectives while recognising the rights of ILP.

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Indigenous climate adaptation sovereignty in a Zimbabwean agro-pastoral system: exploring definitions of sustainability success using a participatory agent-based model

Abstract: Indigenous climate adaptation sovereignty in a Zimbabwean agro-pastoral system: exploring definitions of sustainability success using a participatory agent-based model. Ecology and Society 25(4):13.

Cited by 9 publications

References 37 publications

“Trees Are Our Relatives”: Local Perceptions on Forestry Resources and Implications for Climate Change Mitigation

“Trees Are Our Relatives”: Local Perceptions on Forestry Resources and Implications for Climate Change Mitigation

Twenty First Century Challenges in the Context of Sustainable Architecture from Islamic Perspective

Overlaps of indigenous knowledge and climate change mitigation: evidence from a systematic review

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