- Title
- Climate change perception and response: Case studies of Fishers from Antigua and Efate
- Creator
- Blair, Adelle A.C.; Momtaz, Salim
- Relation
- Ocean & Coastal Management Vol. 157, Issue 1 May 2018, p. 86-94
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2018.02.015
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2018
- Description
- The impacts of climate change have been experienced in many countries around the world more so in developing countries although their contribution to this global problem is minimal (Nurse et al., 2014). With limited resources, they lack the required capacity to adequately address the impacts of climate change especially in those Small Island Developing States (SIDS) where the negative impacts have been greatest (Scobie, 2016). Their reliance on natural resources makes them extremely vulnerable in terms of their food security and economic development, especially those located in the Caribbean Sea and the Pacific Ocean (Nurse et al., 2014). These resources have been exploited largely in an unsustainable manner, putting these countries' economies at risk. Their marine resources have been stressed and are now threatened because of overexploitation, habitat degradation and loss, pollution from mainly land-based sources and invasive species (Shelton, 2014). According to the IPCC (2007), climate change poses the most serious threat to the long-term health and survival of these marine resources. In addition to the stresses on marine resources, it has been reported (Dey et al., 2016, Valmonte-Santos et al., 2016) that climate variability and change have also superimposed a number of effects on tropical fisheries in the Caribbean and the South Pacific including sea level rise, increases in ocean temperature and acidity and changes in ocean circulation. These changes are likely to have significant impacts on the marine ecosystems which support socio-economic activities such as tourism and commercial fisheries.
- Subject
- climate change; global problem; natural resources; marine resources
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1451164
- Identifier
- uon:44111
- Identifier
- ISSN:0964-5691
- Language
- eng
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