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Article: Indigenous perceptions of climate anomalies in Malaysian Borneo

TitleIndigenous perceptions of climate anomalies in Malaysian Borneo
Authors
KeywordsClimate change
Climate anomalies
Indigenous communities
Perceptions
Adaptation
Issue Date2019
PublisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/gloenvcha
Citation
Global Environmental Change, 2019, v. 58, article no. 101974 How to Cite?
AbstractLocal perceptions of climate anomalies influence adaptation behaviour. Specifically, perceptions that are more accurate and homogenous at the community-level are more likely to facilitate the collective action required to adapt to the local effects of climate anomalies experienced by many indigenous communities. We combine primary data on perceptions of climate anomalies from 200 individuals in six Penan villages in Sarawak, Malaysia with instrumental climate data. We find that perceptions of climate anomalies vary substantially in terms of occurrence and magnitude, and do not generally correlate with instrumental climate data. We operationalise the Penan forest sign language (Oroo’) as a measure of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and find only weak evidence of a systematic statistical association with perceptions of climate anomalies among our sampled respondents. Our findings suggest caution in advancing adaptation strategies in indigenous communities that are predominantly premised on TEK. Instead, our findings suggest that in designing adaptation measures, indigenous communities may benefit by engaging in forums where community members and external stakeholders can come together, share their perceptions and observations of climate change, and reach a collective consensus on the community-level effects of climate change and pathways towards adaptation.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/275147
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2023 Impact Factor: 8.6
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 2.996
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dc.contributor.authorvan Gevelt, TA-
dc.contributor.authorAbok, H-
dc.contributor.authorBennett, MM-
dc.contributor.authorFam, SD-
dc.contributor.authorGeorge, F-
dc.contributor.authorKulathuramaiyer, N-
dc.contributor.authorLow, CT-
dc.contributor.authorZaman, T-
dc.date.accessioned2019-09-10T02:36:30Z-
dc.date.available2019-09-10T02:36:30Z-
dc.date.issued2019-
dc.identifier.citationGlobal Environmental Change, 2019, v. 58, article no. 101974-
dc.identifier.issn0959-3780-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/275147-
dc.description.abstractLocal perceptions of climate anomalies influence adaptation behaviour. Specifically, perceptions that are more accurate and homogenous at the community-level are more likely to facilitate the collective action required to adapt to the local effects of climate anomalies experienced by many indigenous communities. We combine primary data on perceptions of climate anomalies from 200 individuals in six Penan villages in Sarawak, Malaysia with instrumental climate data. We find that perceptions of climate anomalies vary substantially in terms of occurrence and magnitude, and do not generally correlate with instrumental climate data. We operationalise the Penan forest sign language (Oroo’) as a measure of traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) and find only weak evidence of a systematic statistical association with perceptions of climate anomalies among our sampled respondents. Our findings suggest caution in advancing adaptation strategies in indigenous communities that are predominantly premised on TEK. Instead, our findings suggest that in designing adaptation measures, indigenous communities may benefit by engaging in forums where community members and external stakeholders can come together, share their perceptions and observations of climate change, and reach a collective consensus on the community-level effects of climate change and pathways towards adaptation.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherPergamon. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.elsevier.com/locate/gloenvcha-
dc.relation.ispartofGlobal Environmental Change-
dc.subjectClimate change-
dc.subjectClimate anomalies-
dc.subjectIndigenous communities-
dc.subjectPerceptions-
dc.subjectAdaptation-
dc.titleIndigenous perceptions of climate anomalies in Malaysian Borneo-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailvan Gevelt, TA: tvgevelt@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailBennett, MM: mbennett@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.authorityvan Gevelt, TA=rp02324-
dc.identifier.authorityBennett, MM=rp02356-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.101974-
dc.identifier.scopuseid_2-s2.0-85071773472-
dc.identifier.hkuros305100-
dc.identifier.hkuros306407-
dc.identifier.volume58-
dc.identifier.spagearticle no. 101974-
dc.identifier.epagearticle no. 101974-
dc.identifier.isiWOS:000495473400020-
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom-
dc.identifier.issnl0959-3780-

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