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DOI	10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2019.101974
	Indigenous perceptions of climate anomalies in Malaysian Borneo
	van Gevelt T.; Abok H.; Bennett M.M.; Fam S.D.; George F.; Kulathuramaiyer N.; Low C.T.; Zaman T.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	0959-3780
卷号	58
英文摘要	Local 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. © 2019 Elsevier Ltd
英文关键词	Adaptation; Climate anomalies; Climate change; Indigenous communities; Perceptions; Sarawak
学科领域	adaptive management; climate change; indigenous population; perception; strategic approach; Borneo; East Malaysia; Malaysia; Sarawak
语种	英语
scopus关键词	adaptive management; climate change; indigenous population; perception; strategic approach; Borneo; East Malaysia; Malaysia; Sarawak
来源期刊	Global Environmental change
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/117015
作者单位	Department of Politics and Public Administration, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Institute of Social Informatics and Technological Innovations, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia; Department of Geography, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong; Fenner School of Environment and Society, Australian National University, Australia; School of Computing and Creative Media, University College of Technology Sarawak, Malaysia
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	van Gevelt T.,Abok H.,Bennett M.M.,et al. Indigenous perceptions of climate anomalies in Malaysian Borneo[J],2019,58.
APA	van Gevelt T..,Abok H..,Bennett M.M..,Fam S.D..,George F..,...&Zaman T..(2019).Indigenous perceptions of climate anomalies in Malaysian Borneo.Global Environmental change,58.
MLA	van Gevelt T.,et al."Indigenous perceptions of climate anomalies in Malaysian Borneo".Global Environmental change 58(2019).