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The effects of climate change on people in the Andes: melting glaciers mean drought, tension and conflict for Peru’s mountain people in and around Huascarán National Park

    Rodney Garrard

Eco.mont Vol. 4 Nr. 1, pp. 35-40, 2012/06/01

Journal on Protected Mountain Areas Research and Management

doi: 10.1553/eco.mont-4-1s35

doi: 10.1553/eco.mont-4-1s35


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doi:10.1553/eco.mont-4-1s35



doi:10.1553/eco.mont-4-1s35

Abstract

The effects of climate and glaciers on society have been particularly severe in Peru’s Cordillera Blanca (White Mountains) – home of the indigenous Quechua-speaking people. Some even go so far as to say Peruvians have paid a higher price than most for melting glaciers. Yet, despite convincing arguments in call-to-action internet bulletins and scientific articles, little information is available regarding human responses to, or societal impacts of, diminishing glaciers in mountain regions, especially those in developing countries.

Keywords: societal-impacts-of-glacier-change water-supply climate-change-mitigation conservation livelihoods-and-development participatory-natural-resource-management