| Sumario: | Recent research has determined the importance of analyzing the
relationship between climate variability and the dynamics of
insecurity, violence and human mobility in Honduras and other
countries in the region. Most of these efforts tend to focus on data
and studies that demonstrate the correlations between these
variables at the regional or national level in order to inform
programs and strategies for climate change, citizen security,
migration, displacement, natural resource management, food
security, among others. However, this study aims to make a local
level analysis of these interrelationships to capture the climatic,
environmental, social, economic and cultural specificities of a
single community: Cedeño, municipality of Marcovia, department of
Choluteca. This proposal aims to highlight the importance of
understanding local specificities in order to inform as accurately as
possible the eventual policies, programs, strategies or
interventions designed for the region.
Using qualitative methodologies with an ethnographic and
participatory approach, this report identifies and develops the local
causal pathways of the climate security and human mobility nexus
in the community of Cedeño, accounting for local experiences and
the need to address the problems studied in a systemic and
participatory method. Thus, the five causal pathways of climate
security and human mobility identified in this community were:
1. Displacements caused by coastal erosion and flooding shape the
dynamics of conflict and cooperation around access to basic
services and land tenure in safe areas.
2. Some individuals and families in flood zones experience
involuntary immobility, exacerbating their vulnerability and
associated human security risks.
3. Environmental degradation influenced by economic activities
impacts livelihoods, exacerbating human security risks and
increasing people's climate vulnerability.
4. Climate impacts and hydrological phenomena that impact the
main livelihood force mobility towards neighboring areas with
greater marine and coastal resources, increasing the safety risks
for fishermen.
5. Human mobility to rural, urban and international destinations
generates opportunities to cope with the loss of traditional
livelihoods, although it is also associated with perceptions and
risks of insecurity.
Similarly, this research includes seven collective action proposals
from the inhabitants of the village of Cedeño to address the
interrelated issues of climate, security and human mobility in the
community. It is important to emphasize that just as the causal
pathways analysis highlighted the need to recognize and address
the problems in a systemic way, these proposals and action plans
also aim to implement systemic solutions to the challenges
analyzed. As in the identification and development of local causal
pathways, the participatory approach was fundamental in the
formulation of these proposals, ensuring that the solutions reflect
the experiences, needs and priorities of the community's
inhabitants.
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