Social perspectives and recommendations

Balance risks and resources: integrating recommendations for businesses, policy makers and people

• Which future lake sites will have the most sustainable water supply and minimum potential for sedimentation and over what timescale?

• What are the cultural, social and economic pressures that may be in conflict when creating natural water storage areas in the mountain landscape?

• What is the current political context for water storage and exploitation and how may relevant policies account for changes in glacial runoff and landscape evolution?

• What are the opportunities for resource exploitation in the context of future environmental change?

• The study of coupled systems to understand the repercussions of disasters in the study area provided insights into the impact of glacier retreat on families living around Sibinacocha Lake. 

• The retreat of glaciers is anticipated to affect the relationship between natural resources and local human activities. Social perceptions at the Phinaya community center are consistent with the observed behavior of glaciers in the Cordillera Vilcanota and the Sibinacocha Lake basin (see results from the groups "Climate change and glacier retreat" and "Present and future lakes").

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• The social perspective study on the impact of glacial retreat employed the cross-sectional survey method. A total of 154 individuals, aged between 30 and 70, residing in 12 communities in the Vilcanota River basin, were interviewed. The interviews were conducted using the Computer-Assisted Personal Interviewing (CAPI) method, gathering information on gender, age, and economic activity. For this purpose, seven local interviewers were trained to collect data through face-to-face interviews using tablets and the LimeSurvey program.