Living on the margin: Ethnoecological insights from Marshall Islanders at Rongelap atoll
Living on the margin: Ethnoecological insights from Marshall Islanders at Rongelap atoll
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DOI：
10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2009.01.009
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发表时间：
2009-05-01
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8.9
通讯作者：
McClatchey, Will C.
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作者：
Bridges, K. W.;McClatchey, Will C.
居住在环礁上的太平洋岛民是最先开始受到全球气候变化影响的严重影响的人群之一。这些人的整个景观通常海拔不超过一米。极端的环境变化对这些社区来说并不新鲜。经过许多代人的努力，这些环礁文化经历了重大的、不可预测的、对当地具有破坏性的变化，这些变化的程度与气候变化所带来的影响程度相同。对朗格拉普环礁马绍尔群岛居民传统生态知识的研究有助于说明一些应对策略，这些策略使这些人在过去和当前的环境危机中能够保持弹性。采访显示，这些环礁居民积极管理最有可能受到气候变化影响的资源。 (C) 2009 年，爱思唯尔有限公司出版。
Pacific Islanders who live on atolls are among the first people who have begun to be seriously impacted by the effects of global climate change. These are the people whose entire landscape is typically no higher than one meter above sea level. Extreme environmental changes are nothing new to these communities. Over many generations these atoll cultures have survived major, unpredictable and locally devastating changes that are of the same magnitude as those expected from climate changes. An examination of traditional ecological knowledge of Marshall Islanders at Rongelap atoll serves to illustrate some of the coping strategies that have enabled these people to be resilient in the past and in the current environmental crisis. Interviews revealed that these atoll dwellers actively manage the resources that are most likely to be impacted by climate change. (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier Ltd.