Abstract

SOARES, Denise  and  GARCIA, Antonino. Percepciones campesinas indígenas acerca del cambio climático en la cuenca de Jovel, Chiapas - México. Cuad. antropol. soc. [online]. 2014, n.39, pp.63-89. ISSN 1850-275X.

This study is a first approach to knowledge and perceptions expressed by indigenous peasants Jovel Basin, located in Los Altos de Chiapas - Mexico, about the local evidence of climate change, especially the change in the frequency and intensity of frost, rain and hail. We are interested in to recover the positions about the impacts these phenomena in their living conditions through the application of semi-structured interviews. The results suggest that in these new times, affected by changes in rainfall, frost and hail, have been put into question known risk standpoint and local indicators of climate predictability.

Keywords : Climate change; Farmers; Indigenous; Vulnerability; Frost.

        · abstract in Spanish | Portuguese     · text in Spanish     · Spanish ( pdf )