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AUTHOR
Hanne Jørstad
Vulnerability to climate change and adaptation strategies of local communities in Malawi: experiences of women fish-processing groups in the Lake Chilwa Basin
Abstract. In recent years, research on climate change and human security has received much attention among policy makers and academia alike. Communities in the Global South that rely on an intact resource base and struggle with poverty, existing inequalities and historical injustices will especially be affected by predicted changes in temperature and precipitation. The objective of this article is to better understand under what conditions local communities can adapt to anticipated impacts of climate change. The empirical part of the paper answers the question as to what extent local women engaged in fish processing in the Chilwa Basin in Malawi have experienced climate change and how they …
Utilising local knowledge for climate change adaptation : a case study of the lake Chilwa Basin climate change adaptation programme (LCBCCAP), Malawi
Master thesis in development management- University of Agder, 2012 It has been argued that local knowledge should be incorporated into climate change adaptation programmes in order to produce appropriate adaptation strategies. How local knowledge can and should be utilised is the topic if the study. The Lake Chilwa Climate Change Adaptation Programme aims to secure the livelihood of the 1.5 million people living in the Lake Chilwa Basin in south-eastern Malawi, by introducing adaptation and mitigation strategies. The assessment of how LCBCCAP and the Women Fish Processing Groups (WFPGs) utilises local knowledge brings great insight ways in which local knowledge can enhance climate change ad…