Barriers to climate change adaptation: insights from the sundarbans mangrove-based fisheries of Bangladesh

Islam Md. Monirul, . and Rahman Md. Asadur, . and Paul Bijoya, . and Khan Makidul Islam, . Barriers to climate change adaptation: insights from the sundarbans mangrove-based fisheries of Bangladesh. pp. 175-186. ISSN 0116-6514

Adaptation to climate change in mangrove-based fisheries is confronted by multiple barriers on which studies are limited. This study identified barriers to climate change adaptation faced by fishing communities dependent on the Sundarbans mangroves. The study also explored the possible linkages among the different barriers for the adaptation to climate change and ways to overcome them. Using both quantitative and qualitative approaches data were collected from September to December 2018 from two fishing communities dependent on the Sundarbans mangroves in Shyamnagar Upazila of Satkhira district. This study identified six categories of barriers: natural (cyclones floods riverbank erosions and salinity intrusion with increased frequencies and magnitudes) social (lack of education and awareness insecurity at the cyclone shelters and during fishing) institutional (weak enforcement of fisheries regulations and fishing bans) financial (unfavourable credit systems low income from fishing and commissions for harvesting natural resources) technological (shortcomings of the weather forecast lack of safety equipment and low-grade boats and engines) and informational (lack of training on climatic hazards management and lack of livelihoods alternatives). Some of these barriers are inter-related and overlapped with one another directly or indirectly and hampered the climate change adaptation in complex ways. This research provides a range of measures to help mitigate and overcome the barriers including mitigation of climate change proper education and awarenessraising enforcement of fisheries rules and regulations reconsideration of fishing ban in the Sundarbans favourable credit systems reduction of fees for collecting natural resources from the Sundarbans and technological development.

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Abstract

Adaptation to climate change in mangrove-based fisheries is confronted by multiple barriers on which studies are limited. This study identified barriers to climate change adaptation faced by fishing communities dependent on the Sundarbans mangroves. The study also explored the possible linkages among the different barriers for the adaptation to climate change and ways to overcome them. Using both quantitative and qualitative approaches data were collected from September to December 2018 from two fishing communities dependent on the Sundarbans mangroves in Shyamnagar Upazila of Satkhira district. This study identified six categories of barriers: natural (cyclones floods riverbank erosions and salinity intrusion with increased frequencies and magnitudes) social (lack of education and awareness insecurity at the cyclone shelters and during fishing) institutional (weak enforcement of fisheries regulations and fishing bans) financial (unfavourable credit systems low income from fishing and commissions for harvesting natural resources) technological (shortcomings of the weather forecast lack of safety equipment and low-grade boats and engines) and informational (lack of training on climatic hazards management and lack of livelihoods alternatives). Some of these barriers are inter-related and overlapped with one another directly or indirectly and hampered the climate change adaptation in complex ways. This research provides a range of measures to help mitigate and overcome the barriers including mitigation of climate change proper education and awarenessraising enforcement of fisheries rules and regulations reconsideration of fishing ban in the Sundarbans favourable credit systems reduction of fees for collecting natural resources from the Sundarbans and technological development.

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Item Type:	Article
AGROVOC Term:	Fisheries
AGROVOC Term:	Mangroves
AGROVOC Term:	Quantitative analysis
AGROVOC Term:	Qualitative analysis
AGROVOC Term:	Climate change
AGROVOC Term:	Constraints
AGROVOC Term:	Natural disasters
AGROVOC Term:	Social aspects
AGROVOC Term:	institutional aspects
AGROVOC Term:	Financial situation
Depositing User:	Mr. AFANDI ABDUL MALEK
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 00:54
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/9134

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