Community perceptions towards the risks and benefits of a mangrove restoration project

2021 ◽  
pp. 79-86
Author(s):  
Hiromi Yamashita ◽  
Naoyuki Mikami
Keyword(s):  
Community Perceptions ◽  
Mangrove Restoration ◽  
Restoration Project ◽  
Risks And Benefits

scholarly journals In Our Backyard: Perceptions About Fracking, Science, and Health by Community Members

2020 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-51
Author(s):  
Jane A. McElroy ◽  
Christopher D. Kassotis ◽  
Susan C. Nagel
Keyword(s):  
Oil And Gas ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Health Research ◽  
Community Perceptions ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Potential Threat ◽  
Risks And Benefits ◽  
Increased Risk ◽  
Unconventional Oil And Gas ◽  
Garfield County

Unconventional oil and gas (UOG) extraction (fracking) has increased in the United States, as well as interest in the associated risks and benefits. This study’s purpose was to qualitatively examine residents’ perceptions about UOG development in their community. Fifteen interviewees involving residents of Garfield County, Colorado, a drilling-dense region, were transcribed and analyzed. The study found six themes: (1) health concerns, both human and animal, (2) power struggles between government and industry/between industry and residents, and (3) perception and some acceptance of increased risk. Less common themes were (4) reliance on science to accurately determine risk, (5) frustration with potential threat and loss of power, and (6) traffic and safety concerns. Community perceptions of UOG development are complex, and understanding the position of community members can support the need for additional public health research and impact assessments regarding community exposures from UOG drilling operation exposures.

scholarly journals Evidence for Mangrove Restoration in the Mahakam Delta, Indonesia, Based on Households’ Willingness to Pay

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Heru Susilo ◽  
Yoshifumi Takahashi ◽  
Mitsuyasu Yabe
Keyword(s):  
Willingness To Pay ◽  
Contingent Valuation Method ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Mangrove Restoration ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Restoration Project ◽  
Valuation Method ◽  
Local Residents ◽  
Transfer Method ◽  
Mahakam Delta

Mangroves provide multiple benefits for local communities’ livelihoods. However, in the Mahakam delta mangroves have declined considerably. This study examines the factors affecting households’ willingness to pay (WTP) for mangrove restoration in three villages in the Mahakam delta and determines whether a mangrove restoration project would be viable and should be implemented in the study area or not. The contingent valuation method was applied through a double-bound dichotomous choice format to estimate the WTP for mangrove restoration. The results showed that over 80% of perception of respondents considered the benefits of mangroves were essential that associated with their livelihoods. Local residents tended to be willing to pay more for mangrove restoration when they acknowledged the benefits of mangroves and when they felt that the sustainability of mangrove ecosystems was their responsibility. The benefits transfer method was also used to estimate the costs and benefits of an ongoing mangrove restoration project in the study area. The benefits provided by mangroves, as estimated based on households’ WTP, clearly outweighed the costs for the mangrove restoration project. We conclude that mangrove restoration should be implemented in the study area by increasing local communities’ awareness and responsibility to protect and manage the mangrove a sustainable.

scholarly journals Disappearing Mangroves: The Epistemic Politics of Climate Adaptation in Guyana

2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 242-268 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah E. Vaughn
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Climate Adaptation ◽  
Expert Group ◽  
Relational Ontology ◽  
Mangrove Restoration ◽  
Restoration Project ◽  
Changing Climate ◽  
Mangrove Ecosystems ◽  
Vulnerability To Climate Change ◽  
Research Objects

This article details the epistemic politics that shape the climate adaptation of sea defense in Guyana. Rethinking the material arrangements of expertise in the Anthropocene, I track the work of a group of technoscientific experts participating in the Guyana Mangrove Restoration Project (GMRP). In an attempt to redesign sea defense around mangrove ecosystems, GMRP participants recognize that climate adaptation is not solely dependent on their well-intentioned efforts. As research objects, mangroves are not only forms of evidence but also tools that guide expert action and distinctions in day-to-day labor. Moreover, mangroves draw out the explicit contingencies of modeling, placing expert groups in tension with one another as each seeks to advance their own ideas for mangrove protection, management, or change. I show that this relational ontology is emblematic of climate-adaptation policy’s broader operative logics, or what I call inverse performativity. This is a process whereby an unruly world forces one expert group to seek help from others, building a new ecology of expertise to adapt to a changing climate. Impermanent and wondrous, mangroves urge us to think more creatively about vulnerability to climate change and the kinds of practices that inspire knowledge about it.

The Risks and Benefits of Test-Enhanced Learning From Scientific-Seductive Texts

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael C. Mensink ◽  
Scott R. Hinze ◽  
Mark R. Lewis ◽  
Kirk Weishaar
Keyword(s):  
Risks And Benefits ◽  
Test Enhanced Learning ◽  
Enhanced Learning
Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document