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Migrants’ perspectives on environmental change and translocal practices in Morocco, Senegal, and the Democratic Republic of Congo

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  • Samuel Lietaer
  • Lore Van Praag
  • Hut Elodie
  • Michellier Caroline

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This qualitative study takes a translocal perspective by considering migrants’ views on environmental change, migration decisions and translocal practices in favour of environmental adaptation. This article addresses the following question: To what extent do migrants’ perceptions of environmental change in their region of origin influence their translocal practices in favour of adaptation to socio-environmental change? Our data show that while environmental change may not be the primary reason that people migrate, nor do they perceive it as such, their translocal practices may have very concrete impacts in environmentally fragile areas, especially with respect to non-migrants in the place of origin. Most practices (e.g. family economic remittances) are spontaneous and unintentionally adaptive to environmental change. In contrast, collective projects initiated through hometown associations, especially in Senegal and Morocco, often have a more intentional and proactive character, resulting in translocal adaptive socio-environmental dynamics.

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  • Samuel Lietaer & Lore Van Praag & Hut Elodie & Michellier Caroline, 2024. "Migrants’ perspectives on environmental change and translocal practices in Morocco, Senegal, and the Democratic Republic of Congo," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/373608, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
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    1. Samuel Lietaer & David Durand-Delacre, 2021. "Situating ‘migration as adaptation’ discourse and appraising its relevance to Senegal's development sector," ULB Institutional Repository 2013/335347, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles.
    2. Jørgen Carling, 2014. "Scripting Remittances: Making Sense of Money Transfers in Transnational Relationships," International Migration Review, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 48, pages 218-262, September.
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