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T1 What do we know and what do we need to know about the macaronesian paleoclimate?: answering with participatory appraisal methods
A1 Nascimento Reyes, Lea de
A1 Fernández Lugo, Silvia
A1 Bermejo, Luis A.
A1 Fernández-Palacios, José María
K1 brainstorm
K1 last glacial cycle
K1 palaeoclimatic variables
K1 Macaronesian archipelagos
K1 participatory tools
K1 scientific discussion
K1 lluvia de ideas
K1 último ciclo glacial
K1 variables paleoclimáticas
K1 Macaronesia
K1 herramientas de participación
K1 discusión científica
AB Participatory appraisal (PA) is an approach or research procedure that seeks to incorporate the knowledge and opinions of a community with the aim of improving an area of concern. PA has several advantages over scientific discussions, as it can be used to share, analyse and evaluate diverse issues, and because it enhances creativity and group participation, regardless of participants’ backgrounds. PA is based on flexible, innovative, and highly visual tools that allow the generation of large amounts of information in short time. In this case, our aim was to define the state of knowledge about palaeoclimate of Macaronesia. To do this, we tried to address the following questions: What do we know? How sure are we? Do we agree? What are the key events and their consequences? Then, we established a research agenda by asking: What should we study next? Results indicated the best known regions (Azores-Canaries) and periods (Holocene to LGM), and highlighted a certain degree of uncertainty about our knowledge of climate history in the region. Key climatic events were mainly related to four environmental variables (temperature, humidity, wind regime and sea level oscillation), which were also considered as decisive variables for future research. Researchers agreed that most of the topics requiring future research should be addressed urgently.
PB Universidad de La Laguna. Servicio de Publicaciones
SN 978-84-15910-54-1
YR 2013
FD 2013
LK http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/23610
UL http://riull.ull.es/xmlui/handle/915/23610
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DS Repositorio institucional de la Universidad de La Laguna
RD 14-nov-2024