Impact of climate change on small-scale fishers and adaptation strategies in Bengkulu, Indonesia
Climate change presents a significant global challenge for developing countries, especially Indonesia. However, this challenge also presents an opportunity for positive change, particularly in determining long-term investment decisions, including climate change adaptation and resilience measures. Un...
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| author | Mulyasari Gita Cahyadinata Indra Irham |
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| description | Climate change presents a significant global challenge for developing countries, especially Indonesia. However, this challenge also presents an opportunity for positive change, particularly in determining long-term investment decisions, including climate change adaptation and resilience measures. Uncertainty about future climate conditions makes the design of climate-supportive adaptive structures difficult and expensive, but it also opens the door for innovative solutions. This study reflects the perspective of small-scale fishers regarding the impacts of climate change and identifies the primary adaptation strategy. A survey was conducted in 700 small-scale fishery households to collect data on socioeconomic factors, climate change perceptions, and adaptation strategies. The research results show that 100% of small-scale fishers in the Bengkulu coastal area perceive climate change as harming their capture fisheries businesses. The level of adaptation carried out by small-scale fishers in the coastal regions of Bengkulu City could be significantly higher, as evidenced by the fact that only 15% of fishers have made efforts for climate change adaptation. Age, formal education, organizational membership, and access to climate information are crucial factors for adapting small-scale fishers to climate change. This research found that small-scale fisher’s awareness of climate change is deficient. Maximizing the use of fisher’s organizations and access to climate information can be helpful to climate change. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-41b7e190a95643c2853f858444bda0152025-02-05T10:43:24ZengEDP SciencesBIO Web of Conferences2117-44582025-01-011550600210.1051/bioconf/202515506002bioconf_10thiccc_06002Impact of climate change on small-scale fishers and adaptation strategies in Bengkulu, IndonesiaMulyasari Gita0Cahyadinata Indra1Irham2Department of Agricultural Socio-Economics, University of BengkuluDepartment of Agricultural Socio-Economics, University of BengkuluDepartment of Agricultural Socio-Economics, Gadjah Mada UniversityClimate change presents a significant global challenge for developing countries, especially Indonesia. However, this challenge also presents an opportunity for positive change, particularly in determining long-term investment decisions, including climate change adaptation and resilience measures. Uncertainty about future climate conditions makes the design of climate-supportive adaptive structures difficult and expensive, but it also opens the door for innovative solutions. This study reflects the perspective of small-scale fishers regarding the impacts of climate change and identifies the primary adaptation strategy. A survey was conducted in 700 small-scale fishery households to collect data on socioeconomic factors, climate change perceptions, and adaptation strategies. The research results show that 100% of small-scale fishers in the Bengkulu coastal area perceive climate change as harming their capture fisheries businesses. The level of adaptation carried out by small-scale fishers in the coastal regions of Bengkulu City could be significantly higher, as evidenced by the fact that only 15% of fishers have made efforts for climate change adaptation. Age, formal education, organizational membership, and access to climate information are crucial factors for adapting small-scale fishers to climate change. This research found that small-scale fisher’s awareness of climate change is deficient. Maximizing the use of fisher’s organizations and access to climate information can be helpful to climate change.https://www.bio-conferences.org/articles/bioconf/pdf/2025/06/bioconf_10thiccc_06002.pdf |
| spellingShingle | Mulyasari Gita Cahyadinata Indra Irham Impact of climate change on small-scale fishers and adaptation strategies in Bengkulu, Indonesia BIO Web of Conferences |
| title | Impact of climate change on small-scale fishers and adaptation strategies in Bengkulu, Indonesia |
| title_full | Impact of climate change on small-scale fishers and adaptation strategies in Bengkulu, Indonesia |
| title_fullStr | Impact of climate change on small-scale fishers and adaptation strategies in Bengkulu, Indonesia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of climate change on small-scale fishers and adaptation strategies in Bengkulu, Indonesia |
| title_short | Impact of climate change on small-scale fishers and adaptation strategies in Bengkulu, Indonesia |
| title_sort | impact of climate change on small scale fishers and adaptation strategies in bengkulu indonesia |
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