From paper to action in climate change mitigation and adaptation: The case of the coffee rust in Chiapas
In the process of recognizing the multiple challenges that climate change presents to society and the environment, the number of studies, plans, and programs that discuss mitigation and adaptation has increased exponentially. Although a complex problem demands complex solutions, barriers to interdis...
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Instituto de Ecología, A.C.
2018
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| author | Libert-Amico, Antoine Paz-Pellat, Fernando |
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| description | In the process of recognizing the multiple challenges that climate change presents to society and the environment, the number of studies, plans, and programs that discuss mitigation and adaptation has increased exponentially. Although a complex problem demands complex solutions, barriers to interdisciplinary visions and intersectoral coordination persist. Particularly, office-based projects (paper) rarely reach the implementation stage (action), while few contemplate the synergies between mitigation and adaptation. This article analyses climate change plans and programs for the coffee sector considering the coffee rust epidemic, a disease caused by the fungus Hemileia vastatrix which has generated important losses to coffee production since the 2012/2013 cycle. Structural problems created ideal conditions for this disease which has been associated with climate change, whilst the institutional response has generated new challenges for coffee producing communities who live in biodiversity hotspots like the Chiapas Sierra Madre in southern Mexico. We discuss the synergies between climate change mitigation and adaptation by analyzing the campaign in favor of carbon stocks and biodiversity in shade-grown coffee plantations of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas. Designed in response to the current coffee rust epidemic, this campaign emphasizes deforestation, forest degradation and loss of ecosystem services that is associated with the current crisis of shade-grown coffee, with proposals set out to benefit both ecosystems and the coffee communities. We identify three challenges which mark the distance between paper and action, as exemplified in the case of the coffee crisis in the Chiapas Sierra Madre. |
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| spelling | oai:oai.myb.ojs.inecol.mx:article-19142022-11-29T22:57:12Z From paper to action in climate change mitigation and adaptation: The case of the coffee rust in Chiapas Del papel a la acción en la mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático: la roya del cafeto en Chiapas Libert-Amico, Antoine Paz-Pellat, Fernando Hemileia vastatrix planning REDD synergies agroforestry Hemileia vastatrix planeación REDD sinergias sistemas agroforestales In the process of recognizing the multiple challenges that climate change presents to society and the environment, the number of studies, plans, and programs that discuss mitigation and adaptation has increased exponentially. Although a complex problem demands complex solutions, barriers to interdisciplinary visions and intersectoral coordination persist. Particularly, office-based projects (paper) rarely reach the implementation stage (action), while few contemplate the synergies between mitigation and adaptation. This article analyses climate change plans and programs for the coffee sector considering the coffee rust epidemic, a disease caused by the fungus Hemileia vastatrix which has generated important losses to coffee production since the 2012/2013 cycle. Structural problems created ideal conditions for this disease which has been associated with climate change, whilst the institutional response has generated new challenges for coffee producing communities who live in biodiversity hotspots like the Chiapas Sierra Madre in southern Mexico. We discuss the synergies between climate change mitigation and adaptation by analyzing the campaign in favor of carbon stocks and biodiversity in shade-grown coffee plantations of the Sierra Madre de Chiapas. Designed in response to the current coffee rust epidemic, this campaign emphasizes deforestation, forest degradation and loss of ecosystem services that is associated with the current crisis of shade-grown coffee, with proposals set out to benefit both ecosystems and the coffee communities. We identify three challenges which mark the distance between paper and action, as exemplified in the case of the coffee crisis in the Chiapas Sierra Madre. En el proceso de reconocimiento de los desafíos múltiples que el cambio climático presenta para la sociedad y el ambiente, la cantidad de estudios, planes y programas que discuten la mitigación y adaptación ha aumentado exponencialmente. Si bien un problema complejo como el cambio climático requiere soluciones complejas, persisten barreras a visiones interdisciplinarias y a la coordinación intersectorial. En particular, proyectos de gabinete (el papel) difícilmente llegan a la etapa de implementación (la acción), mientras que pocos contemplan las sinergias entre mitigación y adaptación. Este trabajo analiza planes y programas de respuesta al cambio climático para el sector cafetalero en el contexto de la epidemia de roya del cafeto, enfermedad provocada por el hongo Hemileia vastatrix que ha generado pérdidas importantes en producción de café desde el ciclo 2012/2013. Problemas estructurales crearon condiciones idóneas para esta enfermedad asociada al cambio climático, a la vez que la respuesta institucional ha generado nuevos desafíos para las comunidades cafetaleras que viven en zonas de alta biodiversidad como la Sierra Madre de Chiapas en el sureste de México. El escrito discute las sinergias entre mitigación y adaptación al cambio climático por medio del análisis de la campaña a favor de los acervos de carbono y la biodiversidad en cafetales bajo sombra de la Sierra Madre de Chiapas. Diseñada en respuesta a la presente epidemia de roya del cafeto, dicha campaña pone énfasis en la deforestación, la degradación forestal y la pérdida de servicios ecosistémicos que ha generado la actual crisis del café bajo sombra, con propuestas de atención que beneficien tanto a ecosistemas como a comunidades cafetaleras. Se identifican tres desafíos que marcan la distancia entre el papel y la acción, ejemplificados en el caso de la crisis cafetalera de la Sierra Madre de Chiapas. Instituto de Ecología, A.C. 2018-12-18 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion application/pdf https://myb.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/myb/article/view/e2401914 10.21829/myb.2018.2401914 Madera y Bosques; Vol. 24 (2018): Special issue. Carbon in terrestrial ecosystems Madera y Bosques; Vol. 24 (2018): Número especial. Carbono en ecosistemas terrestres 2448-7597 1405-0471 spa https://myb.ojs.inecol.mx/index.php/myb/article/view/e2401914/1849 Derechos de autor 2018 Madera y Bosques |
| spellingShingle | Libert-Amico, Antoine Paz-Pellat, Fernando From paper to action in climate change mitigation and adaptation: The case of the coffee rust in Chiapas |
| title | From paper to action in climate change mitigation and adaptation: The case of the coffee rust in Chiapas |
| title_full | From paper to action in climate change mitigation and adaptation: The case of the coffee rust in Chiapas |
| title_fullStr | From paper to action in climate change mitigation and adaptation: The case of the coffee rust in Chiapas |
| title_full_unstemmed | From paper to action in climate change mitigation and adaptation: The case of the coffee rust in Chiapas |
| title_short | From paper to action in climate change mitigation and adaptation: The case of the coffee rust in Chiapas |
| title_sort | from paper to action in climate change mitigation and adaptation: the case of the coffee rust in chiapas |
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