Elders in Peruvian Andes Help Interpret Climate Changes (fwd link)

[Phillip E Cash Cash]

Elders in Peruvian Andes Help Interpret Climate Changes

Written by Milagros Salazar
Monday, 04 June 2012 11:06

(IPS) - A unique response to the challenge of global warming is happening
in rural areas of Peru, where a network of indigenous elders is working out
how to adjust weather forecasts in the light of climate change, while
taking measures to safeguard their crops.

"Before, things happened at the right time. Now, strange things are going
on with the climate." This is the kind of comment that is heard frequently
in dozens of rural communities throughout the departments (provinces) of
Puno, Cuzco and Apurímac in the country’s southern Andean highlands.

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http://upsidedownworld.org/main/peru-archives-76/3666-elders-in-peruvian-andes-help-interpret-climate-changes-
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