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The importance of worldwide linguistic and cultural diversity for climate change resilience
  • Ivan Couee
Ivan Couee
University of Rennes

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Abstract

Local minority languages and dialects, through the local knowledge and expertise associated with them, can play major roles in analyzing climate change and biodiversity loss, in facilitating community awareness of environmental crises and in setting up locally-adapted resilience and sustainability strategies. While the situation and contribution of deeply-rooted Indigenous Peoples are of emblematic importance, the issue of the relationships between cultural and linguistic diversity and environmental awareness and protection does not solely concern peripheral highly-specialized communities in specific ecosystems of the Global South, but constitutes a worldwide challenge, throughout all of the countries, whatever their geographical location, their economical development, or their political status. Environmental emergency and climate change resilience should therefore raise international awareness on the need to promote the survival and development of minority languages and dialects and to take into account their creativity and expertise in relation with the dynamics of their local environments.
07 Nov 2023Submitted to Ecology Letters
07 Nov 2023Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
07 Nov 2023Submission Checks Completed
07 Nov 2023Assigned to Editor
15 Nov 2023Reviewer(s) Assigned
23 Jan 2024Submission Checks Completed
23 Jan 2024Assigned to Editor
23 Jan 2024Reviewer(s) Assigned
28 Feb 2024Review(s) Completed, Editorial Evaluation Pending
06 Mar 2024Editorial Decision: Accept