Browsing by Author "Porcuna-Ferrer, Anna"

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    High life satisfaction reported among small- scale societies with low incomes
    (2024) Galbraith, Eric D.; Barrington-leigh, Christopher; Minarro, Sara; Fernandez, Santiago Alvarez-; Attoh, Emmanuel M. N. A. N.; Benyeia, Petra; Calvet-mira, Laura; Carmona, Rosario; Chakauya, Rumbidzayi; Chen, Zhuo; Chengula, Fasco; Fernandez-Llamazares, Alvaro; Garcia-del-amo, David; Glauser, Marcos; Huanca, Tomas; Izquierdo, Andrea E.; Junqueira, Andre B.; Lanker, Marisa; Li, Xiaoyue; Mariel, Juliette; Miara, Mohamed D.; Porcher, Vincent; Porcuna-Ferrer, Anna; Schlingmann, Anna; Seidler, Reinmar; Shrestha, Uttam Babu; Singh, Priyatma; Torrents-Tico, Miquel; Ulambayar, Tungalag; Wu, Rihan; Reyes-Garcia, Victoria
    Global polls have shown that people in high- income countries generally report being more satisfied with their lives than people in low- income countries. The persistence of this correlation, and its similarity to correlations between income and life satisfaction within countries, could lead to the impression that high levels of life satisfaction can only be achieved in wealthy societies. However, global polls have typically overlooked small- scale, nonindustrialized societies, which can provide an alternative test of the consistency of this relationship. Here, we present results from a survey of 2,966 members of Indigenous Peoples and local communities among 19 globally distributed sites. We find that high average levels of life satisfaction, comparable to those of wealthy countries, are reported for numerous populations that have very low monetary incomes. Our results are consistent with the notion that human societies can support very satisfying lives for their members without necessarily requiring high degrees of monetary wealth.
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    Local studies provide a global perspective of the impacts of climate change on Indigenous Peoples and local communities
    (2024-01-08) Reyes-García, Victoria; García-Del-Amo, David; Porcuna-Ferrer, Anna; Schlingmann, Anna; Abazeri, Mariam; Attoh, Emmanuel M. N. A. N.; Vieira da Cunha Ávila, Julia; Ayanlade, Ayansina; Babai, Daniel; Benyei, Petra; Calvet-Mir, Laura; Carmona, Rosario; Caviedes, Julián; Chah, Jane; Chakauya, Rumbidzayi; Cuní-Sanchez, Aida; Fernández-Llamazares, Álvaro; Galappaththi, Eranga K.; Gerkey, Drew; Graham, Sonia; Guillerminet, Théo; Huanca, Tomás; Ibarra Eliessetch, José Tomás; Junqueira, André B.; Li, Xiaoyue; López-Maldonado, Yolanda; Mattalia, Giulia; Samakov, Aibek; Schunko, Christoph; Seidler, Reinmar; Sharakhmatova, Victoria; Singh, Priyatma; Tofighi-Niaki, Adrien; Torrents-Ticó, Miquel; LICCI Consortium
    Indigenous Peoples and local communities with nature-dependent livelihoods are disproportionately affected by climate change impacts, but their experience, knowledge and needs receive inadequate attention in climate research and policy. Here, we discuss three key findings of a collaborative research consortium arising from the Local Indicators of Climate Change Impacts project. First, reports of environmental change by Indigenous Peoples and local communities provide holistic, relational, placed-based, culturally-grounded and multi-causal understandings of change, largely focused on processes and elements that are relevant to local livelihoods and cultures. These reports demonstrate that the impacts of climate change intersect with and exacerbate historical effects of socioeconomic and political marginalization. Second, drawing on rich bodies of inter-generational knowledge, Indigenous Peoples and local communities have developed context-specific responses to environmental change grounded in local resources and strategies that often absorb the impacts of multiple drivers of change. Indigenous Peoples and local communities adjust in diverse ways to impacts on their livelihoods, but the adoption of responses often comes at a significant cost due to economic, political, and socio-cultural barriers operating at societal, community, household, and individual levels. Finally, divergent understandings of change challenge generalizations in research examining the human dimensions of climate change. Evidence from Indigenous and local knowledge systems is context-dependent and not always aligned with scientific evidence. Exploring divergent understandings of the concept of change derived from different knowledge systems can yield new insights which may help prioritize research and policy actions to address local needs and priorities.