The 2004 Tsunami in Aceh and Southern Thailand: Coastal Ecosystem Services, Damages and Resilience

Cochard, Roland

doi:10.5772/14398

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“…In the same vein, several studies have linked biodiversity loss due to obtaining petroleum in the deep waters (Fisher et al 2014) and natural gas using hydraulic fracturing (Ellsworth 2013). Together, these studies indicate that human activities disturb the ecosystem and when disaster strikes, there will be more damage to human lives, livelihoods and environment (UNEP 2009; Cochard 2011) and increased economic losses (Cochard 2011).…”

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Impact of Natural Disasters on Biodiversity: Evidence Using Quantile Regression Approach

2019

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Biodiversity is vital as it supports major economic activities and employment but it is at risk and is declining rapidly in many parts of the world. This study examines the impact of total natural disasters on the number of endangered species (fish, mammal, bird and plants) for a sample of 110 countries in the year 2015. Ordinary least squares and quantile regression are employed to explain the relationship between occurrences of total disasters and species in danger for these countries. The OLS results suggest that the occurrences of natural disasters exhibit positive relationship with biodiversity loss. Our further analysis using quantile regression study suggest that countries with lower biodiversity loss are more likely to experience decrease of endangered plants with the increasing number of natural disaster occurrences as compared to countries with higher biodiversity loss. These countries will also experience more loss in birds in danger when the population grows. In addition, countries with higher biodiversity loss are more likely to face decrease in threatened birds due to the increase in the percentage of the protected area and income per capita as compared to countries with lower biodiversity loss. However, all the variables have no significance influence on the threatened fish species. Urban population growth effect on threatened mammals is greater at higher quantiles whereas the effect of income per capita is much greater in the countries with higher biodiversity loss but after a certain point, the income per capita decreases with higher biodiversity loss.

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Impact of Natural Disasters on Biodiversity: Evidence Using Quantile Regression Approach

2019

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“…To date, few studies focusing on bio-shields have convincingly taken account of wave variability caused by these effects; conclusions regarding the role of vegetation have, therefore, tended to reflect personal bias rather than objective fact (1)(2)(3). In contrast, the work by Laso Bayas et al (5) life in villages reveals that not only topography but also vegetation can have a decisive influence (5).…”

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“…By contrast, forests planted solely for protection against tsunamis are a rare exception (1). Undeniably, forests are an important resource for some communities and also play a substantial role in supporting recovery from disasters; for example, large amounts of wood and other forest resources were needed for posttsunami survival and reconstruction in Aceh (1,3,8). To optimize tsunami evacuation plans and provide advice on how to build and replant back safer, therefore, risk managers need to understand better the forest functions within specific landscape settings (1,8).…”

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“…Here, the role of education (from village to university level) is crucial in addition to research and adaptive restoration management. Without education, there will be no long-term development, and in the absence of professionals trained in engineering and forestry, there will be neither sustainable early warning systems nor multifunctional coastal forest plantations (1,3,17).…”

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“…In an effort to build back better, some environmentalists promoted the idea of planting coastal greenbelts as life-protecting components of sustainable coastal planning. Scientific assessments, however, produced inconclusive results regarding the function and use of such tsunami bio-shields and sparked controversy about the efficient use of aid money (2)(3)(4). The seminal study by Laso Bayas et al (5) in PNAS contributes important evidence to this debate.…”

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