Climate change and threatened communities : vulnerability, capacity, and action / edited by A. Peter Castro, Dan Taylor, and David W. Brokensha.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction / A. Peter Castro, Dan Taylor, and David W. Brokensha -- Climate change and forest conservation : a REDD flag for Central African forest people? / Philip Burnham -- Social vulnerability, climatic variability, and uncertainty in rural Ethiopia : a study of South Wollo and Oromiya Zones of eastern Amhara Region / A. Peter Castro -- Farmers on the frontline : adaptation and change in Malawi / Kate Wellard, Daimon Kambewa, and Sieglinde Snapp -- Risk and abandonment and the meta-narrative of climate change / Dan Taylor -- Mobilizing knowledge to build adaptive capacity : lessons from southern Mozambique / L. Jen Shaffer -- Climate change and the future of onion and potato production in West Darfur, Sudan : a case study of Zalingei locality / Yassir Hassan Satti and A. Peter Castro -- Comparing knowledge of and experience with climate change across three glaciated mountain regions / K.W. Dunbar, Julie Brugger, Christine Jurt, and Ben Orlove -- Aapuupayuu (the weather warms up) : climate change and the Eeyouch (Cree) of northern Quebec / Kreg Ettenger -- 'The one who has changed is the person' : observations and explanations of climate change in the Ecuadorian Andes / Kristine SkarbÃ, Kristin Vander Molen, Rosa Ramos, and Robert E. Rhoades -- Good intentions, bad memories, and troubled capital : American Indian knowledge and action in renewable energy projects / Raymond I. Orr and David B. Anderson -- Reclaiming the past to respond to climate change : Mayan farmers and ancient agricultural techniques in the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico / Betty Bernice Faust, Armando Anaya-HernaÌndez, and Helga Geovannini-AcunÌa -- Can we learn from the past? policy history and climate change in Bangladesh / David Lewis -- Local perceptions and adaptation to climate change : a perspective from Western India / Dineshkumar Moghariya -- Ethno-ecology in the shadow of rain and the light of experience : local perceptions of drought and climate change in east Sumba, Indonesia / Yancey Orr, Russell Schimmer, and Roland Geerken -- Local knowledge and technology innovation in a changing world : traditional fishing communities in Tam Giang Cau Hai lagoon, Vietnam / Thanh Vo and Jack Manno -- Conclusion : some reflections on indigenous knowledge and climate change / Dan Taylor, A. Peter Castro, and David W. Brokensha -- Resources / A. Peter Castro.