Ecosystem-Based Strategies for Community Resilience to Climate Variability in Indonesia

Fedele, Giacomo; Desrianti, Febrina; Gangga, Adi; Chazarin, Florie; Djoudi, Houria; Locatelli, Bruno

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“…fishing, agriculture). Hence the present level of deforestation is exceedingly hazardous for both hilly areas and for the coastal areas as it is increasing residents' exposure to climate change impacts while decreasing community resilience and adaptive capacity (Fedele et al 2016). Hence, given the level of concern regarding all of these circumstances, the present research was conducted to assess the impact of Rohingya refugee influx on loss of vegetation cover in Ukhiya sub-district, by conducting a quantitative evaluation of forest cover change in Ukhiya sub-district utilizing an NDVI (normalized difference vegetation index) analysis and questionnaire survey.…”

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Rohingya refugee flooding and changes of the physical and social landscape in Ukhiya, Bangladesh

Quader

Dey

Malak

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Environ Dev Sustain

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Bangladesh has been dealing with one of the world's largest refugee emergencies along its border with Myanmar (especially in the rough wooded zone of Ukhiya sub-district, Cox's Bazar) due to a massive influx of Rohingya refugees, particularly since 25 August 2017. Resulting high impacts threaten the viability of local plantation as well as natural forests (societal and ecological assets). This research aims to evaluate the impact of the influx on the physical landscape in the Ukhiya sub-district as well as changes of socio-cultural landscape. The study was relied on both geo-spatial and survey data analysis. We argue that Rohingya flooding has a significant impact on changes of physical and socio-cultural landscape of the area in and around Rohingya camps. Results from the normalized difference vegetation index analysis identified that during 2015-2018 the forestry adjacent to the Kutupalong camps (Ukhiya sub-district) declined by 11.23 km 2 . Forestry cover fell from approximately 68.9% of all land to 2.72%; the decline representing about 15.2% of the entire forested area. Furthermore, the highest elevated area of Kutupalong camps (estimated to be 41 m) is likewise affected by anthropogenic activities, for instance, wholesale cutting into the slope, and street and stair construction which is gradually rising the potentiality of landslide and inland flood in several camps. Out of which 27.76% settlements, 0.35% and 9.61% settlements are at risk of landslide and flood, respectively, in the Kutupalong RC and Kutupalong extension campsite. A large proportion of Rohingyas also used wood for fuel; wood used originates from the adjacent forest and is the primary explanation for forestry consumption in Ukhiya sub-district. Its forests and elevation will never return to their original condition if the consumption of forestry assets proceeds unabated. It is argued, that these research findings may inspire locals, national, and global aid agencies to contribute to the introduction of forestry management and environmental protection.

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Rohingya refugee flooding and changes of the physical and social landscape in Ukhiya, Bangladesh

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Dey

Malak

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“…Farmer's adaptation strategies vary in each region depending on its physical landscape, socioeconomic, and institutional condition (Below et al, 2012;Deressa, Hassan, Ringler, Alemu, & Yesuf, 2009;Khanal et al, 2018;Tompkins & Adger, 2004). Nevertheless, climate change adaptation practices that applied in several developing countries including Indonesia are still limited (Dang, Li, Bruwer, & Nuberg, 2014;Fedele et al, 2016).…”

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“…Farmers with higher social capital tend to be more adaptive to climate change impacts. Natural resource management also become imperative to support community resilience as ecosystem services in reducing climate-related disaster vulnerabilities (Fedele et al, 2016). Farmers have already recognized about the risk of climate change, but the awareness of adaptation remained low (Putri & Suryanto, 2012).…”

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Community Resilience to Climate Change in Agricultural Sector (Case Study of Sentolo Subdistrict)

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Riasasi²,

Sekaranom

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Climate change has become a global issue over last decades. Its impact affects to various aspects of human life. Uncertainty of dry and wet seasons present a consequence to and create losses on agriculture sector. Therefore, resilience to climate change is necessary for farmers. This research aims to identify exposure, sensitivity, and adaptive capacity within the framework of community resilience to climate change in agricultural sector. Parameters used in this research include rainfall variability representing system exposure, landuse and topography representing sensitivity, and farmer’s knowledge and behavior representing adaptive capacity. Secondary data used in this research are daily rainfall data, land use and topographic maps, while primary data obtained by interview using purposive sampling method to measure adaptive capacity of farmers community. We employ trend, spatial, and descriptive analysis. The results show that Sentolo Subdistrict has a relatively high exposure to extreme events both in wet and dry seasons that occurred 5 times in 12 years. However, this high exposure did not affect agriculture sector on Sentolo significantly, both in terms of damages and losses to farmers. It indicates that the sensitivity to climate change in this area is low, while farmers’ community in Sentolo has a high level of adaptive capacity. They have sufficient level of knowledge to climate change, better adjustment to technology and well-managed assets. This interplay shows that the agricultural community in the study area has a relatively high resilience to climate change.

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Transformative adaptation to climate change for sustainable social-ecological systems

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Donatti

Harvey

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Ecosystem-Based Strategies for Community Resilience to Climate Variability in Indonesia

Cited by 4 publications

References 34 publications

Rohingya refugee flooding and changes of the physical and social landscape in Ukhiya, Bangladesh

Rohingya refugee flooding and changes of the physical and social landscape in Ukhiya, Bangladesh

Community Resilience to Climate Change in Agricultural Sector (Case Study of Sentolo Subdistrict)

Transformative adaptation to climate change for sustainable social-ecological systems

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