Adapting towards climate change impacts: strategies for small scale fishermen in Malaysia
As with the global scenario, a number of climate change ‘symptoms’ are being detected in Malaysia. Local scholars have looked into the problems of rising temperature, rising sea level, extreme rainfall and extreme winds, which are causing coastal and mangrove erosion and degradation of marine resour...
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| author | Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi D’Silva, Jeffrey Lawrence |
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| description | As with the global scenario, a number of climate change ‘symptoms’ are being detected in Malaysia. Local scholars have looked into the problems of rising temperature, rising sea level, extreme rainfall and extreme winds, which are causing coastal and mangrove erosion and degradation of marine resources. In turn, these issues are affecting the small-scale fishermen who rely heavily on weather stability to conduct their social and economic routines. This paper analyses six adaptation strategies, namely, reducing the risks associated with fishing routines, strengthening social relationships, managing fishermen's climate change knowledge, facilitating the community's learning of alternative skills, involving fishermen in climate change adaptation planning, and enhancing fishermen's access to credit. These suggestions are hoped to provide basis for concerned parties to develop adaptation strategies that are in line with small-scale fishermen's needs, abilities and interests. |
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| spelling | upm-607702019-03-28T03:16:10Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60770/ Adapting towards climate change impacts: strategies for small scale fishermen in Malaysia Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi D’Silva, Jeffrey Lawrence As with the global scenario, a number of climate change ‘symptoms’ are being detected in Malaysia. Local scholars have looked into the problems of rising temperature, rising sea level, extreme rainfall and extreme winds, which are causing coastal and mangrove erosion and degradation of marine resources. In turn, these issues are affecting the small-scale fishermen who rely heavily on weather stability to conduct their social and economic routines. This paper analyses six adaptation strategies, namely, reducing the risks associated with fishing routines, strengthening social relationships, managing fishermen's climate change knowledge, facilitating the community's learning of alternative skills, involving fishermen in climate change adaptation planning, and enhancing fishermen's access to credit. These suggestions are hoped to provide basis for concerned parties to develop adaptation strategies that are in line with small-scale fishermen's needs, abilities and interests. Elsevier 2017 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/60770/1/Adapting%20towards%20climate%20change%20impacts%20strategies%20for%20small%20scale%20fishermen%20in%20Malaysia.pdf Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril and Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi and D’Silva, Jeffrey Lawrence (2017) Adapting towards climate change impacts: strategies for small scale fishermen in Malaysia. Marine Policy, 81. 193 - 201. ISSN 0308-597X; ESSN: 1872-9460 https://pdf.sciencedirectassets.com/271824/1-s2.0-S0308597X17X00055/1-s2.0-S0308597X16308466/main.pdf?x-amz-security-token=AgoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEGsaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJIMEYCIQC1V2Qtsy95Y0kUzrzl5fhFLKcrrF1SK%2BJx7XKQmAD5ZwIhAPusa9WH26Bh36TDpCMGtA20YHpDtRxHJP1swFk7cP 10.1016/j.marpol.2017.03.032 |
| spellingShingle | Mohamed Shaffril, Hayrol Azril Abu Samah, Asnarulkhadi D’Silva, Jeffrey Lawrence Adapting towards climate change impacts: strategies for small scale fishermen in Malaysia |
| title | Adapting towards climate change impacts: strategies for small scale fishermen in Malaysia |
| title_full | Adapting towards climate change impacts: strategies for small scale fishermen in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Adapting towards climate change impacts: strategies for small scale fishermen in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adapting towards climate change impacts: strategies for small scale fishermen in Malaysia |
| title_short | Adapting towards climate change impacts: strategies for small scale fishermen in Malaysia |
| title_sort | adapting towards climate change impacts: strategies for small scale fishermen in malaysia |
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