Socio-economic predictors of Inuit hunting choices and their implications for climate change adaptation
In the Arctic, seasonal variation in the accessibility of the land, sea ice and open waters influences which resources can be harvested safely and efficiently. Climate stressors are also increasingly affecting access to subsistence resources. Within Inuit communities, people differ in their involvem...
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crroyalsociety:10.1098/rstb.2022.0395 2024-06-02T08:02:30+00:00 Socio-economic predictors of Inuit hunting choices and their implications for climate change adaptation Hillemann, Friederike Beheim, Bret A. Ready, Elspeth National Science Foundation 2023 http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0395 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstb.2022.0395 https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full-xml/10.1098/rstb.2022.0395 en eng The Royal Society https://royalsociety.org/journals/ethics-policies/data-sharing-mining/ Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences volume 378, issue 1889 ISSN 0962-8436 1471-2970 journal-article 2023 crroyalsociety https://doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2022.0395 2024-05-07T14:16:39Z In the Arctic, seasonal variation in the accessibility of the land, sea ice and open waters influences which resources can be harvested safely and efficiently. Climate stressors are also increasingly affecting access to subsistence resources. Within Inuit communities, people differ in their involvement with subsistence activities, but little is known about how engagement in the cash economy (time and money available) and other socio-economic factors shape the food production choices of Inuit harvesters, and their ability to adapt to rapid ecological change. We analyse 281 foraging trips involving 23 Inuit harvesters from Kangiqsujuaq, Nunavik, Canada using a Bayesian approach modelling both patch choice and within-patch success. Gender and income predict Inuit harvest strategies: while men, especially men from low-income households, often visit patches with a relatively low success probability, women and high-income hunters generally have a higher propensity to choose low-risk patches. Inland hunting, marine hunting and fishing differ in the required equipment and effort, and hunters may have to shift their subsistence activities if certain patches become less profitable or less safe owing to high costs of transportation or climate change (e.g. navigate larger areas inland instead of targeting seals on the sea ice). Our finding that household income predicts patch choice suggests that the capacity to maintain access to country foods depends on engagement with the cash economy. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Climate change adaptation needs a science of culture’. Article in Journal/Newspaper Arctic Climate change inuit Kangiqsujuaq Sea ice Nunavik The Royal Society Arctic Canada Kangiqsujuaq ENVELOPE(-71.960,-71.960,61.599,61.599) Nunavik Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 378 1889 |
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In the Arctic, seasonal variation in the accessibility of the land, sea ice and open waters influences which resources can be harvested safely and efficiently. Climate stressors are also increasingly affecting access to subsistence resources. Within Inuit communities, people differ in their involvement with subsistence activities, but little is known about how engagement in the cash economy (time and money available) and other socio-economic factors shape the food production choices of Inuit harvesters, and their ability to adapt to rapid ecological change. We analyse 281 foraging trips involving 23 Inuit harvesters from Kangiqsujuaq, Nunavik, Canada using a Bayesian approach modelling both patch choice and within-patch success. Gender and income predict Inuit harvest strategies: while men, especially men from low-income households, often visit patches with a relatively low success probability, women and high-income hunters generally have a higher propensity to choose low-risk patches. Inland hunting, marine hunting and fishing differ in the required equipment and effort, and hunters may have to shift their subsistence activities if certain patches become less profitable or less safe owing to high costs of transportation or climate change (e.g. navigate larger areas inland instead of targeting seals on the sea ice). Our finding that household income predicts patch choice suggests that the capacity to maintain access to country foods depends on engagement with the cash economy. This article is part of the theme issue ‘Climate change adaptation needs a science of culture’. |
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Hillemann, Friederike Beheim, Bret A. Ready, Elspeth Socio-economic predictors of Inuit hunting choices and their implications for climate change adaptation |
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Socio-economic predictors of Inuit hunting choices and their implications for climate change adaptation |
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Socio-economic predictors of Inuit hunting choices and their implications for climate change adaptation |
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Socio-economic predictors of Inuit hunting choices and their implications for climate change adaptation |
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socio-economic predictors of inuit hunting choices and their implications for climate change adaptation |
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