تعامل المجتمع التقليدي مع التغيرات المناخية في موريتانيا

Abstract

Each country experiencing rising temperatures and displacement seeks to create cooperation between the local community, civil society organizations and international organizations to find solutions.

This research aims to identify Mauritanian society through the behavior of a sample of it towards climate change, do you know it? And how to deal with it? In addition to identifying the most important practices they follow to adapt to climate events. The research was conducted in Nouakchott because it represents all regions of Mauritania (north, south, east and west), and all age and cultural levels. A random sample of 210 heads of household was selected in neighborhoods inhabited by students from the department (7 volunteers for the task).

The data was collected by personal interview, through the questionnaire form, during a period from the beginning of January to the end of March 2023. The researchers reached results, the most important of which was the high level of knowledge of these in the sense of climate change, and more than 60% of them are clearly aware of the meaning of climate changes, and the results showed that changes in temperature, average rainfall, drought intensity, and the intensity of storms and winds loaded with dust, were the most important manifestations of climate change, and with regard to adaptation to climate changes, it was found that More than 70% have good knowledge of adaptation mechanisms, and believe in the importance of adaptation mechanisms to climate change, 50% have good knowledge of the importance of these mechanisms, and 5% have no knowledge of climate change. As for the use of climate change adaptation mechanisms, 90% of them have a low score (40%) to medium (50%) on the use of some practices related to adaptation to climate change.

The research concluded with a set of recommendations, the most important of which is the expansion of more research and specialized studies to emphasize useful traditional adaptation mechanisms that the population understands and to stay away from mechanisms that sometimes require complex training, especially in sensitive areas.