Congratulations to Dr. Paola Torres-Slimming on her recent article, entitled “Climatic Changes, Water Systems, and Adaptation Challenges in Shawi Communities in the Peruvian Amazon”, that was recently published in Sustainability for a special issue on Local Water Security for Health.
Climate change impacts on water systems have consequences for Indigenous communities. As the lead-author of the article, Paola worked in partnership with Indigenous Shawi to document climatic changes on water systems and resultant impacts on health and livelihoods, and explored adaptation options and challenges.
Paola’s study documents how Indigenous peoples are experiencing climatic impacts on water systems, and highlights how non-climatic drivers, such as deforestation, exacerbate climate change impacts on water systems and community livelihoods in the Peruvian Amazon.
