«The Time is Not Right»: Perceptions about Climate Change in Indigenous Communities in the Peruvian Amazon region

Abstract

In the last decade, the indigenous communities of the Peruvian Amazon region have been experimenting the effects of climate change, especially extreme climatic events such as abnormal droughts and flooding, as well as other seasonal changes. This article presents some of the main results of a research project about the perception of indigenous communities about climate change. The research was developed in two periods, between 2011 and 2016, and the field-work took place in communities of four different indigenous peoples: Asháninka, Awajún, Shipibo-Konibo and Kukama, communities located in the Peruvian regions of Junín, San Martín, Ucayali y Loreto.