Designing a methodology to evaluate local knowledge on global change and its role in the construction of future land use scenarios by local actors

The project developed the Local Knowledge Scenarios (LKS) method, which integrates field work and Agent-Based Models to document local perceptions of environmental change and their impact on decision-making. Testing across five diverse American regions revealed that local awareness of issues like deforestation in the Amazon does not always translate to the acceptance of environmental laws, and that fishing communities in Canada require national public policies to successfully diversify their income sources.

• The project developed the Local Knowledge Scenarios (LKS) method, which utilizes a combination of field work and Agent-Based Models to facilitate the participative construction of land use scenarios.
• In the Amazon region, while local populations show increased awareness regarding soil degradation from deforestation and hydrological changes, they do not accept the environmental laws intended to address deforestation, making the application of such laws difficult.
• In the Change Islands of Canada, the fishing community's ability to maintain living standards while diversifying into income sources like tourism is dependent on national public policies that permit adaptation to specific local situations.

APA

Tourrand, J.-F., Duarte, L. G., Carrizo, S. C., Woodrow, M., Grosskopf, H. M., & Waquil, P. D. (2010). Designing a methodology to evaluate local knowledge on global change and its role in the construction of future land use scenarios by local actors. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. https://iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/uploads/2014/03/SGP-HD_9.pdf

Chicago

Tourrand, Jean-François, Laura G. Duarte, Silvina Cecilia Carrizo, Maureen Woodrow, Hermes Morales Grosskopf, and Paulo Dabbad Waquil. Designing a methodology to evaluate local knowledge on global change and its role in the construction of future land use scenarios by local actors. Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research, 2010. https://iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/uploads/2014/03/SGP-HD_9.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{tourrand2010designing, author = {Tourrand, Jean-François and Duarte, Laura G. and Carrizo, Silvina Cecilia and Woodrow, Maureen and Grosskopf, Hermes Morales and Waquil, Paulo Dabbad}, title = {{Designing a methodology to evaluate local knowledge on global change and its role in the construction of future land use scenarios by local actors}}, institution = {Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research}, year = {2010}, month = may, url = {https://iai.int/admin/site/sites/default/files/uploads/2014/03/SGP-HD_9.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }