3.3
Upended Lives
Traditional livelihoods, cultural practices, and mobility patterns are thrown into disarray amidst the climate crisis.
3.3
Upended Lives
Traditional livelihoods, cultural practices, and mobility patterns are thrown into disarray amidst the climate crisis.
3.3
Upended Lives
Traditional livelihoods, cultural practices, and mobility patterns are thrown into disarray amidst the climate crisis.
Climate change is challenging people's ability to make a living and ensure subsistence for their families.
Climate change is challenging people's ability to make a living and ensure subsistence for their families.
Climate change is challenging people's ability to make a living and ensure subsistence for their families.
Coffee farmers in Costa Rica talked of the struggle that sustaining their livelihood has become. Rainfall variability is jeopardizing the health of soil and crops. It has also led to misalignment between harvesting and labor cycles, which are driven by the temporary migration of Nicaraguan and Panamanian workers.
The inconsistency in coffee harvests has forced many migrant workers to look for jobs elsewhere. Without the needed labor, coffee growers watch their crops go unharvested and spoil, even when yields are high. This causes worries about their ability to survive until the next season.
Climate disruption to livelihoods and food cultivation practices have profound cultural implications. In Suriname and Costa Rica, affected communities have seen cultural norms altered, from dietary habits to community interactions.
For Suriname’s Indigenous Wayana, barter and food exchange between villages, a staple social practice key to sustaining communal connections, has been disturbed by chronic flooding:
Coffee farmers in Costa Rica talked of the struggle that sustaining their livelihood has become. Rainfall variability is jeopardizing the health of soil and crops. It has also led to misalignment between harvesting and labor cycles, which are driven by the temporary migration of Nicaraguan and Panamanian workers.
The inconsistency in coffee harvests has forced many migrant workers to look for jobs elsewhere. Without the needed labor, coffee growers watch their crops go unharvested and spoil, even when yields are high. This causes worries about their ability to survive until the next season.
Climate disruption to livelihoods and food cultivation practices have profound cultural implications. In Suriname and Costa Rica, affected communities have seen cultural norms altered, from dietary habits to community interactions.
For Suriname’s Indigenous Wayana, barter and food exchange between villages, a staple social practice key to sustaining communal connections, has been disturbed by chronic flooding:
Coffee farmers in Costa Rica talked of the struggle that sustaining their livelihood has become. Rainfall variability is jeopardizing the health of soil and crops. It has also led to misalignment between harvesting and labor cycles, which are driven by the temporary migration of Nicaraguan and Panamanian workers.
The inconsistency in coffee harvests has forced many migrant workers to look for jobs elsewhere. Without the needed labor, coffee growers watch their crops go unharvested and spoil, even when yields are high. This causes worries about their ability to survive until the next season.
Climate disruption to livelihoods and food cultivation practices have profound cultural implications. In Suriname and Costa Rica, affected communities have seen cultural norms altered, from dietary habits to community interactions.
For Suriname’s Indigenous Wayana, barter and food exchange between villages, a staple social practice key to sustaining communal connections, has been disturbed by chronic flooding:
"I have family in Kawemhakan and Apetina [two Indigenous Wayana villages], and they often send me manioc. In recent months, they haven't done so. Why haven't they? Their farmland has been flooded. They've asked us to send them rice instead.”
Focus group participant, Suriname
"I have family in Kawemhakan and Apetina [two Indigenous Wayana villages], and they often send me manioc. In recent months, they haven't done so. Why haven't they? Their farmland has been flooded. They've asked us to send them rice instead.”
Focus group participant, Suriname
"I have family in Kawemhakan and Apetina [two Indigenous Wayana villages], and they often send me manioc. In recent months, they haven't done so. Why haven't they? Their farmland has been flooded. They've asked us to send them rice instead.”
Focus group participant, Suriname
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