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BIO Web Conf.
Volume 155, 2025
10th-ICCC – 10th International Conference on Climate Change “Climate Change, Plant and Health”
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Article Number | 06002 | |
Number of page(s) | 8 | |
Section | Direct and Indirect Risks to Wellbeing | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/bioconf/202515506002 | |
Published online | 29 January 2025 |
Impact of climate change on small-scale fishers and adaptation strategies in Bengkulu, Indonesia
1 Department of Agricultural Socio-Economics, University of Bengkulu, Jl. WR. Supratman, Kandang Limun, Bengkulu, 38371, Indonesia
2 Department of Agricultural Socio-Economics, Gadjah Mada University, Bulaksumur, Caturtunggal, Sleman, Yogyakarta, 55281, Indonesia
* Corresponding author: gita.mulyasari@unib.ac.id
Climate change presents a significant global challenge for developing countries, especially Indonesia. However, this challenge also presents an opportunity for positive change, particularly in determining long-term investment decisions, including climate change adaptation and resilience measures. Uncertainty about future climate conditions makes the design of climate-supportive adaptive structures difficult and expensive, but it also opens the door for innovative solutions. This study reflects the perspective of small-scale fishers regarding the impacts of climate change and identifies the primary adaptation strategy. A survey was conducted in 700 small-scale fishery households to collect data on socioeconomic factors, climate change perceptions, and adaptation strategies. The research results show that 100% of small-scale fishers in the Bengkulu coastal area perceive climate change as harming their capture fisheries businesses. The level of adaptation carried out by small-scale fishers in the coastal regions of Bengkulu City could be significantly higher, as evidenced by the fact that only 15% of fishers have made efforts for climate change adaptation. Age, formal education, organizational membership, and access to climate information are crucial factors for adapting small-scale fishers to climate change. This research found that small-scale fisher’s awareness of climate change is deficient. Maximizing the use of fisher’s organizations and access to climate information can be helpful to climate change.
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