Local Differentiation in Diversification Challenges in Eleven Coastal Villages in Iloilo Province, Philippines

Andriesse, Edo

doi:10.1057/s41287-019-00233-3

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“…Drivers that shape fisherfolk livelihoods, strategies and governance may be located in scales and spaces beyond the coastal environment. The fisheries and development literature have further argued that there is no one size fits all institutional design in fisheries governance (Kosamu, 2015; Finkbeiner et al ., 2017; Andriesse, 2019). The case studies underscore the importance of understanding the role of institutions in adaptive strategies of fishing communities, while capturing the local interactions of top‐down, central state and bottom‐up, community‐based management.…”

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“…These stressors particularly apply to impoverished fisherfolk with low levels of human capital. While most Southeast Asian countries are now classified as middle‐income countries, fisherfolk find it difficult, if not impossible, to benefit from new opportunities and become part of the middle class (Betcherman and Marschke, 2016; Andriesse, 2019). Instead, they endure socio‐economic volatility around the poverty line, at risk of being overlooked when living just above the official poverty thresholds.…”

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Can fishing communities escape marginalisation? Comparing overfishing, environmental pressures and adaptation in Thailand and the Philippines

Andriesse

Kittitornkool

Saguin

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Asia Pacific Viewpoint

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In this article, we compare four fishing‐based areas in Thailand and the Philippines to examine if and how small‐scale fishing communities are able to escape marginalisation. Three questions guide our inquiry: (i) How have fishing communities been affected by overfishing, climate change and other pressures? (ii) What adaptive strategies have these communities employed to mitigate socio‐economic and environmental challenges? (iii) What has been the impact of these strategies on (escaping) marginalisation? Through a survey of 393 fishing‐based households and semi‐structured interviews with 59 key informants we find an uneven mixture of drivers, strategies and impacts. Respondents varyingly attribute declining fish catch to illegal fishing, overfishing, population increase, climate change and pollution. The case studies illustrate various degrees of adaptive successes that result from integration of top‐down and bottom‐up initiatives, and availability and access to livelihood strategies. However, the impact of adaptive strategies on overcoming marginalisation remains meagre and constrained by, among others, the power of illegal and commercial fishing and the absence of integrated spatial planning. We call for policy interventions and further research that takes into account the integration of top‐down and bottom‐up institutions, and the multiple dimensions and spaces of the drivers that shape fisherfolk marginalisation.

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Can fishing communities escape marginalisation? Comparing overfishing, environmental pressures and adaptation in Thailand and the Philippines

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Saguin

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“…After 2015, the coastal community in Estancia gradually returned to fishing, and by late 2018 only two out of the 23 surveyed households were still engaged in growing seaweed (see Table 1). Compared to other studies the respondents are representative of fisherfolk in Iloilo Province (Andriesse, 2020), but it is noteworthy that the sample does not include households that are not engaged in fishing.…”

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“…As Mangahas (2004, p. 12) noted: 'The strategy for survival of the majority of households involves managing several debts simultaneously.' From the 1990s until recently, average incomes have generally been below legislated provincial minimum wages (Andriesse, 2020;Mangahas, 2004, p. 9).…”

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Local divergence and obstacles to spur inclusive coastal development in Iloilo Province, the Philippines

Andriesse

2022

Asia & Pacific Policy Stud

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This purpose of this article is to demonstrate (1) how growing seaweed in the central Philippines is affected by multifaceted local dynamics and (2) how it is also dependent on the complementary livelihood strategies of in situ and ex situ diversification. This article explores the livelihood trajectories of 45 households that were all engaged in growing seaweed in 2015. Surveys and semi-structured interviews were conducted with households and key informants in two municipalities. Results reveal a process of livelihood divergence. While in one municipality growing seaweed has become a relative success, virtually all households in the other municipality have had to stop growing seaweed, returned to fishing, and remained poor. The reasons for this divergence can be found in the spheres of environmental challenges, value chain governance dynamics, and local coastal governance. Three implications are put forward that could improve the inclusiveness of coastal development in the Philippines and beyond.

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Rural Livelihoods Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: Farmers and Fishers in Thailand and Vietnam

Andriesse

Pham

Dinh³

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COVID-19 and a World of Ad Hoc Geographies

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Local Differentiation in Diversification Challenges in Eleven Coastal Villages in Iloilo Province, Philippines

Cited by 5 publications

References 35 publications

Can fishing communities escape marginalisation? Comparing overfishing, environmental pressures and adaptation in Thailand and the Philippines

Can fishing communities escape marginalisation? Comparing overfishing, environmental pressures and adaptation in Thailand and the Philippines

Local divergence and obstacles to spur inclusive coastal development in Iloilo Province, the Philippines

Rural Livelihoods Amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic: Farmers and Fishers in Thailand and Vietnam

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