Assessing the sustainability of mangrove aquaculture – an interdisciplinary approach
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Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Germany
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University of Mataram, Indonesia
Aquaculture conducted in mangrove habitats is a common livelihood for many tropical coastal communities. However, land-based pond aquaculture faces numerous ecosystem provisioning and resource appropriation challenges. A functional mangrove ecosystem can decrease adverse impacts of aquaculture as well as mitigate flooding and erosion. Communities face challenges to organize labor and distribute resources. Our study operationalizes the diagnostic social-ecological system (SES) framework to assess the sustainability of mangrove aquaculture ponds on Lombok, Indonesia. It is the first of this kind at the local community level. We collected mixed-method empirical data through semi-structured and key informants interviews as well as natural field experiments, ecological field sampling and satellite imagery. Pond specific social and ecological data were used to calculate quantitative sustainability outcomes for individual ponds. Our analyses demonstrate the relationships between social-ecological system components that occur at the local community level. Key characteristics of the SES include a heavily modified natural system, high resource dependence, low economic value, high variability of environmental parameters and dependence on government subsidies. This study indicates the merits of applying an interdisciplinary approach to the evaluation of aquaculture activities to evaluate environmental impacts as well as livelihood opportunities.
Keywords:
mangrove aquaculture,
sustainability,
collective action,
Mixed-methods Research,
Social-ecological system (SES)
Conference:
IMMR | International Meeting on Marine Research 2016, Peniche, Portugal, 14 Jul - 15 Jul, 2016.
Presentation Type:
Oral presentation
Topic:
Aquaculture
Citation:
Senff
P,
Partelow
S,
Schlüter
A,
Kunzmann
A and
Buhari
N
(2016). Assessing the sustainability of mangrove aquaculture – an interdisciplinary approach.
Front. Mar. Sci.
Conference Abstract:
IMMR | International Meeting on Marine Research 2016.
doi: 10.3389/conf.FMARS.2016.04.00117
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Received:
10 May 2016;
Published Online:
13 Jul 2016.
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Correspondence:
Ms. Paula Senff, Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Bremen, Germany, psmsenff@gmail.com