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The effects of climate change variability on rural livelihoods in Madre de Dios, Peru

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Studies of the effects of droughts and fires on the livelihoods of resource-dependent rural smallholders have been reported for the Brazilian Amazon, but less so for other Amazonian countries. To bridge this gap in the literature, our research analyzes how climate-related variability affects different livelihood activities involving management of natural resources in Madre de Dios in Peru, located in the southwestern Amazon. Madre de Dios fell within the epicenters of both the 2005 and 2010 Amazon droughts. We examine one key question: What are the effects of extreme climatic events on different livelihood activities in communities located across Madre de Dios? We apply the key concepts of livelihood vulnerability to guide our conceptual framework. This concept organized our field inquiry, which consisted of survey questionnaires applied to rural producers and workshops with diverse stakeholders. Results show that climatic variability has affected many local livelihood activities and thereby increased the vulnerability of rural communities in Madre de Dios. The greatest impacts were felt in agriculture due to increased temperatures and fires followed by high winds and heavy rains. Our findings bear implications for science communication for policy. Climate politics will advance action on climate change if the tactic is to focus on how climate change means extreme climatic events that will cause damage to people, property, and livelihoods.

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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank the Special Project of Madre de Dios, the Regional Government of Madre de Dios, the Madre de Dios Consortium, the Initiative for the Conservation of the Andean Amazon (ICAA) Phase II, and the National Amazonian University of Madre de Dios, all workshop participants and interviewees, and two anonymous reviewers.

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  1. Spatial Ecology and Conservation Lab, Center of Latin American Studies, University of Florida, 203 Reed Lab, Gainesville, FL, 32611-0410, USA

    Andrea Chavez Michaelsen

  2. Geospatial Center for Natural Resource Management Research, Universidad Nacional Amazónica de Madre de Dios, Av. Jorge Chávez s/n, Puerto Maldonado, Peru

    Leticia Huamani Briceño

  3. Ministry of the Environment, National Forest Program for Climate Change Mitigation, Puerto Maldonado, Peru

    Hector Vilchez Baldeon

  4. Department of Sociology, Criminology & Law, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA

    Stephen G. Perz

  5. International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam, The Hague, The Netherlands

    Julia Quaedvlieg

  6. CINDESO, Puerto Maldonado, Peru

    Rafael O. Rojas

  7. Zoobotanical Park and Land Use and Global Change Studies, Federal University of Acre and Woods Hole Research Center, Rio Branco, Acre, Brazil

    I. Foster Brown

  8. Universidad Nacional Agraria La Molina, Lima, Peru

    Raul Pinedo Mora

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Chavez Michaelsen, A., Huamani Briceño, L., Vilchez Baldeon, H. et al. The effects of climate change variability on rural livelihoods in Madre de Dios, Peru. Reg Environ Change 20, 70 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10113-020-01649-y

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