Abstract
This preliminary study was conducted in order to know the perception of local communities of tehsil
Timergara, district Dir (Lower), Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan towards climate change during
September through November 2014. The study was aimed to identify the impacts of climatic changes
on the lives of local people of the study area, based on the last few years or a decade or two. The
study was conducted through administering a questionnaire to educated subjects while semi-structured
interviews were conducted from illiterate ones. The local communities’ perception was assessed both
quantitatively as well as qualitatively. All recruited respondents were of the opinion that climate
change has visible changes in their lives. All the respondents pointed out a reasonable risk of climate
change affected their lives and still continue. Their response demonstrated that change in climate is
having an equitable risk to lives of Dirvis. The recruited subjects was more inclined towards the
negativism (negative impacts of climate change) than positivism (positive impacts of climate change),
as perceived by them. Mass awareness campaigns by government and environmental protection
agencies is recommended in order to educate local communities regarding basic threats from climatic
change through pollution. All those anthropogenic activities and sources that lead to trigger climatic
changes, global warming, and greenhouse gases production should be addressed properly on priority
basis.
Sana Ullah, Tariq Mehmood Khan, Usman Khan, Khaista Rahman, Naseer Ullah, Tauseef Ahmad. (2015) THE PERCEPTION OF LOCAL COMMUNITY ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE AND ITS IMPACTS ON THEIR LIVES AT TEHSIL TIMERGARA, DISTRICT DIR (LOWER), KHYBER PAKHTUNKHWA PAKISTAN, Asian Journal of Agriculture and Biology, Volume 3, Issue 1.
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