Household livelihood resilience of pastoralists and smallholders to climate change in Western Himalaya, India

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作者
Kapruwan, Ritika [1 ]
Saksham, Atishaya Kumar [1 ]
Bhadoriya, Vivek Singh [1 ]
Kumar, Chitra [2 ]
Goyal, Yugank [3 ]
Pandey, Rajiv [4 ]
机构
[1] Forest Res Inst, Dehra Dun, India
[2] Amity Univ, Gwalior, India
[3] FLAME Univ, Pune, India
[4] Indian Council Forestry Res & Educ, Dehra Dun, India
关键词
Adaptive capacity; Cultural norms; Informality; Pastoralist; Social inclusion; CHANGE VULNERABILITY; ADAPTATION; FOOD; DIVERSIFICATION; COMMUNITIES; FRAMEWORK; SECURITY; POVERTY;
D O I
10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e24133
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Smallholders and pastoralists are particularly vulnerable to the impacts of climate change due to their high reliance on socio-ecological systems for their livelihood. Building their resilience to these adverse effects of climate change is crucial for mitigating their vulnerabilities, especially in remote and fragile ecosystems. This study aims to assess the climate change livelihood resilience of smallholders and pastoralists in the Indian Himalayas. We build a livelihood resilience index, using the three dimensions of resilience, namely assimilative capacity, autopoiesis and cognitive ability, and weighed using entropy-TOPSIS approach The dimensions of resilience was estimated through indicators by a household survey of 289 randomly selected respondents across the three districts of Garhwal Himalayas. The results showed that the livelihood resilience of smallholders was greater than pastoralists. Among pastoralists, settlement brought positive changes to their livelihood, opening the gateway to access basic facilities. Key findings of the study indicate that public policy should focus towards information accessibility, encouraging environmental awareness and conservation, promoting social inclusion and cooperatives, and fostering grass root organization structures like forest-level organisation through informality to strengthen the resilience of communities to climate change.
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