Social-Ecological Changes, Livelihoods and Resilience among Fishing Communities in Mafia Island Marine Park, Tanzania

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dc.contributor.authorMoshy, Victoria H.
dc.contributor.authorBryceson, Ian
dc.contributor.authorMwaipopo, Rosemarie
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-22T16:49:16Z
dc.date.available2016-09-22T16:49:16Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.descriptionFull text can be accessed at http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/08039410.2015.1065906en_US
dc.description.abstractAnalysis of societal dimensions is increasingly receiving attention in social–ecological resilience research. This study investigates the impacts of neo-liberal marine conservation and economic policies, and environmental changes on the livelihoods of two fishing communities in Mafia Island Marine Park, Tanzania, and their response strategies towards attempting to maintain livelihood resilience. These communities are in similar geographical and administrative settings but differ in their proximity to Park headquarters, conformity to Park regulations and engagement in fish trade. Data were collected through in-depth interviews, focus group discussions, direct observation and questionnaire surveys. Interviewees from both villages reported increasing poverty in terms of reduced capacity to meet their basic needs, and decreases in numbers of meals per day, variety of foods and fish consumption, reduced access to resources, low productivity and prices of local produce. Women experienced raised household responsibilities for food security and meeting other household needs. Their main responses to these changes included loan seeking, reduction of expenditures, skipping meals, selling assets, collective fishing, livelihoods diversification, change of fishing techniques and gears, abandoning of fishing activity and outward migration. Their responses only contributed to survival without resolving the challenges. Paying attention to these societal experiences is therefore necessary, if resilience of social–ecological systems in a marine conservation area is to be maintained or enhanced.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMoshy, V.H., Bryceson, I. and Mwaipopo, R., 2015, September. Social-ecological changes, livelihoods and resilience among fishing communities in Mafia Island Marine Park, Tanzania. In Forum for Development Studies (Vol. 42, No. 3, pp. 529-553). Routledge.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/08039410.2015.1065906
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11810/4256
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor & Francisen_US
dc.subjectSocial–ecological systemsen_US
dc.subjectLivelihoodsen_US
dc.subjectResponse strategiesen_US
dc.subjectResilienceen_US
dc.subjectMarine protected areasen_US
dc.subjectTanzaniaen_US
dc.titleSocial-Ecological Changes, Livelihoods and Resilience among Fishing Communities in Mafia Island Marine Park, Tanzaniaen_US
dc.typeJournal Article, Peer Revieweden_US
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