Pubblicazione scientifica

Coastal livelihood transitions under globalization with implications for trans-ecosystem interactions

FILONE TECNOLOGICO	TEMA
economia circolare e sostenibilità
produzione e cattura

RIASSUNTO

Anthropogenic threats to natural systems can be exacerbated due to connectivity between marine, freshwater, and terrestrial ecosystems, complicating the already daunting task of governance across the land-sea interface. Globalization, including new access to markets, can change social-ecological, land-sea linkages via livelihood responses and adaptations by local people. As a first step in understanding these trans-ecosystem effects, we examined exit and entry decisions of artisanal fishers and smallholder farmers on the rapidly globalizing Caribbean coast of Nicaragua. We found that exit and entry decisions demonstrated clear temporal and spatial patterns and that these decisions differed by livelihood. In addition to household characteristics, livelihood exit and entry decisions were strongly affected by new access to regional and global markets. The natural resource implications of these livelihood decisions are potentially profound as they provide novel linkages and spatially-explicit feedbacks between terrestrial and marine ecosystems. Our findings support the need for more scientific inquiry in understanding trans-ecosystem tradeoffs due to linked-livelihood transitions as well as the need for a trans-ecosystem approach to natural resource management and development policy in rapidly changing coastal regions.

DATA

Data di pubblicazione: 27/10/2017

AUTORI

KRAMER DANIEL B
STEVENS KARA
WILLIAMS NICHOLAS E
SISTLA SEETA A
RODDY ADAM B
URQUHART GERALD R

ENTE DI AFFERENZA

JAMES MADISON COLLEGE & DEPT FISHERIES & WILDLIFE MICHIGAN STATE UNIV EAST LANSING MI USA
NATL OCEANIC & ATMOSPHERIC ADMIN
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES PROGRAM UNIV COLORADO BOULDER CO USA
HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE AMHERST MA USA
YALE SCHOOL OF FORESTRY & ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES YALE UNIV NEW HAVEN CT USA
LYMAN BRIGGS COLLEGE & DEPT FISHERIES & WILDLIFE MICHIGAN STATE UNIV EAST LANSING MI USA
UNIV WAIKATO NEW ZEALAND

RIVISTA

PLoS ONE, 12(10), e0186683

IMPACT FACTOR

2,870

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