Coastal communities, blue economy and the climate crisis: Framing just disruptions

Sungai Raya Kepulauan District is located on the coast separately and away from the Bengkayang Capital. The majority of the population including the coastal communities who work as fishermen. The coastal area has great potential but has not been used optimally. As a result, various problems arose, for example, the low level of health in the village, lack of public education because of limited school and lack of community economy further aggravate the situation. Therefore, we need a new concept for the development of coastal areas, namely the "Blue Economy". As for the measures to be implemented in the framework of the completion of the above problems through Community Empowerment Through Driven Development "SKP2" (Health, Fisheries, and Economic) Integrated In Realize "Blue Economy" Coastal Community and Islands Tough and Welfare (TARA), among others: (a) Enhanced Behavior clean and healthy Lifestyle (PHBs), the method which is used to overcome the problems, namely: workshop, health promotion include counseling on health behavior, socialization healthy latrines, clean water supply, sanitation, training of cadres teen idle and cadres posyandu, family formation standby and idle teenagers, socialization of ground use for medicinal plant families, provision of CPTS (Hand washing), and simple clean water filtration; (b) Increasing the entrepreneurial economy of agriculture and fisheries, methods which are used to overcome the problems, namely: the establishment and development of women farmers, making training Aquaponics pool tarp and net cages step, training cultivation and increasing fish production, training of fisheries product processing, training nursery plantation processing, processing of tourist management training, socialization packaging fishery products and plantations. (c) Improving education in an effort to support the government's compulsory education (12 years old), the method that used to overcome the problems, namely: the establishment of "Smart House B2" smart house B2 cadre training, training on making collages, mosaics and montage of simple materials, training methods Morance, cadre training education, and training management "Smart House B2”. Keywords: health behavior, Entrepreneurship Agricultural Economics, SKP2, Blue Economy, Coastal Communities

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Blue Economy: Community Case Studies Addressing the Poverty–Environment Nexus in Ocean and Coastal Management

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12114654 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (11) ◽

pp. 4654

Author(s):

Sulan Chen ◽

Charlotte De Bruyne ◽

Manasa Bollempalli

Keyword(s):

Case Studies ◽

Poverty Reduction ◽

Lessons Learned ◽

Coastal Communities ◽

Community Members ◽

Local Practices ◽

Blue Economy ◽

Socio Economic Impact ◽

Stakeholder Partnerships ◽

Multi Stakeholder

The objective of this paper is to examine how local practices of blue economy succeed in addressing the poverty–environment nexus in coastal communities. While many disciplines touch upon the concept of blue economy, little literature exists on how a sustainable blue economy approach can help bridge poverty–environment challenges, particularly at the community level. To illustrate this, we present three case studies of blue economy practices initiated and implemented by coastal communities in China, Samoa, and Vietnam. The outcomes from each case study are examined based on both their environmental and socio-economic impact. Lessons learned include the significant role of science and technology in innovating solutions, the crucial impact of community leaders in encouraging and amplifying both local needs and solutions, continuous advocacy, fulfilling the very important need for communities to witness tangible benefits of project implementation, and last but not least the availability of resources and know-how resulting from multi-stakeholder partnerships including local governing councils, NGOs, and community members. Local communities have an unrecognized potential for adaptation and innovation and that more proactive public policies are required to achieve environmental and poverty reduction objectives simultaneously.

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Planning for Sustainability: An Emerging Blue Economy in Russia’s Coastal Arctic?

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13094957 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (9) ◽

pp. 4957

Author(s):

Gao Tianming ◽

Nikolai Bobylev ◽

Sebastien Gadal ◽

Maria Lagutina ◽

Alexander Sergunin ◽

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Keyword(s):

Sustainable Development ◽

Planning Process ◽

Local Politics ◽

Development Strategies ◽

Coastal Communities ◽

Planning System ◽

The Arctic ◽

The Sustainable Development ◽

Blue Economy ◽

Strategy Planning

The main research objective of this study is to examine how coastal urban communities in the Arctic Zone of the Russian Federation (AZRF) organize the sustainable development (and emerging blue economy) strategy planning process. Along with this general objective, this study focuses on four more specific questions: First, to examine whether the sustainable development and blue economy concepts are integrated into the urban development strategies and whether they are a real priority for the northern coastal communities? Second, to figure out which local government and civil society institutions are involved in the policy planning process and whether this sphere of local politics is transparent and open to public discussions? Third, to find out which specific aspects of the sustainable development and coastal blue economy concepts are given priority in the municipal development strategies? Finally, to discuss whether the AZRF coastal sustainable development/blue economy strategies aim to solve short-term/most pressing problems or they suggest long-term policies built on sustainability principles and are oriented to solve fundamental socioeconomic and ecological problems of the AZRF coastal communities? The hypothesis of this study is that a properly designed strategy planning system would be helpful for both familiarizing northern municipalities with the blue economy concept and its effective implementation. This research is based on several empirical cases, including major Arctic coastal urban centers/ports—Anadyr, Arkhangelsk, Dudinka, Murmansk, Naryan-Mar, Pevek, Sabetta, and Severodvinsk.

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Opportunities and Strategies for the Blue Economy Through the Empowerment of Sumatera Coastal Communities in Supporting the Realization of the National Food Security

IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science ◽

10.1088/1755-1315/934/1/012039 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 934 (1) ◽

pp. 012039

Author(s):

S N Adiprayoga ◽

Joko Samiaji

Keyword(s):

Food Security ◽

Secondary Data ◽

Coastal Areas ◽

Community Empowerment ◽

Coastal Communities ◽

Data Sources ◽

Successful Implementation ◽

Fishery Resources ◽

Blue Economy ◽

National Food Security

Abstract A strategic step on food security was directed by president to the Ministry of Defence. Coastal communities are key actors in the realization of the blue economy and are the determinants of the successful implementation of Indonesia’s policy to becoming the Global Maritime Fulcrum. There are ten provinces on Sumatera which have marine coastal areas with abundant fishery potential. However, that potential has not been fully utilized. This article aims to review opportunities and strategies in realizing the blue economy by empowering coastal communities in the Sumatra. The method was a qualitative exploratory method with SWOT and combined with SSM analysis. The data sources were obtained through secondary data from literature studies, comparisons through multi institutions data. The study found that community empowerment can be done by considering the potential of fishery resources and the community’s interest in managing the fisheries sub-sector. The development of national food barns should be focused on the Blue Economy sector and can be started through the Sumatra region. Stakeholder synergy can be integrated in fostering, supervising and mobilizing coastal communities in supporting their welfare.

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Al Gore's new thinking on the climate crisis

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e644502010-001 ◽

2008 ◽

Author(s):

Al Gore

Keyword(s):

New Thinking ◽

Climate Crisis

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What we can learn from the parallels between the COVID-19 and the future climate change crises

10.32942/osf.io/eg6hr ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Rubén D. Manzanedo ◽

Peter Manning

Keyword(s):

Climate Change ◽

Global Economy ◽

Global Climate ◽

Future Climate Change ◽

Substantial Portion ◽

Preventative Measures ◽

The Future ◽

Behavioral Norm ◽

Climate Crisis ◽

Global Population

The ongoing COVID-19 outbreak pandemic is now a global crisis. It has caused 1.6+ million confirmed cases and 100 000+ deaths at the time of writing and triggered unprecedented preventative measures that have put a substantial portion of the global population under confinement, imposed isolation, and established ‘social distancing’ as a new global behavioral norm. The COVID-19 crisis has affected all aspects of everyday life and work, while also threatening the health of the global economy. This crisis offers also an unprecedented view of what the global climate crisis may look like. In fact, some of the parallels between the COVID-19 crisis and what we expect from the looming global climate emergency are remarkable. Reflecting upon the most challenging aspects of today’s crisis and how they compare with those expected from the climate change emergency may help us better prepare for the future.

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