Māori Interactions with Climate Change
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Date
2014-06
Authors
Loutit, Kylie
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University of Oregon
Abstract
Anthropogenic climate change is an international issue that will disproportionately
affect marginalized groups, such as Maori people of New Zealand. This paper examines
the contributing factors to Maori vulnerability and resilience to climate change, and
how Maori people are, and may continue to be, affected by climate change due to these
factors. The historic and current marginalization of Maori people has had, and will
continue to have, profound effects on their culture. The unprecedented impacts of
climate change are expected to exacerbate the social vulnerabilities of Maori. However.
climate change may also provide a venue for Maori empowerment and advocacy of
Maori worldviews through involvement in climate discussions. Empowerment and
cultural understanding will contribute to Maori resilience against climate change.
Description
45 pages. A thesis presented to the Department of Environmental Science and the Clark Honors College of the University of Oregon in partial fulfillment of the requirements for degree of Bachelor of Science, Spring 2014.
Keywords
Climate change, New Zealand, Māori, Indigenous, Vulnerability, Resilience