Is resilience to climate change socially inclusive? Investigating theories of change processes in Myanmar

Forsyth, Tim

doi:10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.06.023

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“…Resilience toward CC is defined as the ability to withstand climatic shocks and risks [49]. Forsyth [50] provides a comprehensive review of the definition of CC resilience. The early definition stated that CC resilience is related mainly to the physical properties, such as infrastructure and ecosystems, and its stability during an occurrence of shocks.…”

Section: Background: Climate Change and Its Impact On Indonesian Agrimentioning

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Assessing the Role of the Perceived Impact of Climate Change on National Adaptation Policy: The Case of Rice Farming in Indonesia

Rondhi

Khasan

Mori

et al. 2019

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Climate change (CC) is one of the primary threats to the agricultural sector in developing countries. Several empirical studies have shown that the implementation of adaptation practices can reduce the adverse effects of CC. The likelihood of farmers performing adaptation practices is mostly influenced by the degree of CC impact that they perceive. Thus, we identified the characteristics of farmers that affect the degree of the CC impact that they perceive. We used data from the Indonesian Rice Farm Household survey consisting of 87,330 farmers. An ordered probit regression model was used to estimate the effect of each variable on the degree of the perceived impact of CC. The results of this study confirm those of previous empirical studies. Several variables that have been identified as having a positive effect on farmer adaptation practices, such as farmer education, land tenure, irrigation infrastructure, cropping system, chemical fertilizer application, access to extension services, and participation in farmer groups, negatively affect the degree of the perceived impact of CC. However, a different result was found in the estimation of the gender variable. We found that female farmers have a higher CC resilience and ability to withstand climatic shocks and risks than male farmers. Female farmers have a more positive perception of future farming conditions than male farmers. We recommend the implementation of a national adaptation policy that use and expand the channel of agricultural extension services to deliver the planned adaptation policy, and prioritizes farmers with insecure land tenure. Additionally, we encourage the increasing of female involvement in the CC adaptation practices and decision-making processes.

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Section: Background: Climate Change and Its Impact On Indonesian Agrimentioning

confidence: 99%

Assessing the Role of the Perceived Impact of Climate Change on National Adaptation Policy: The Case of Rice Farming in Indonesia

Rondhi

Khasan

Mori

et al. 2019

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“…The utility of a theory of change is therefore limited by its application, by how rigorous and genuinely collaborative it is and by how it impacts on decisions that determine outcomes. Reinforced by Forsyth (2018), theories of change risk perpetuating exclusionary practices if they fail to make assumptions explicit and include a diversity of perspectives.…”

Section: Theories Of Changementioning

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Transdisciplinary science for improved conservation outcomes

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Summary Major advances in biology and ecology have sharpened our understanding of what the goals of biodiversity conservation might be, but less progress has been made on how to achieve conservation in the complex, multi-sectoral world of human affairs. The failure to deliver conservation outcomes is especially severe in the rapidly changing landscapes of tropical low-income countries. We describe five techniques we have used to complement and strengthen long-term attempts to achieve conservation outcomes in the landscapes and seascapes of such regions; these are complex social-ecological systems shaped by interactions between biological, ecological and physical features mediated by the actions of people. Conservation outcomes occur as a result of human decisions and the governance arrangements that guide change. However, much conservation science in these countries is not rooted in a deep understanding of how these social-ecological systems work and what really determines the behaviour of the people whose decisions shape the future of landscapes. We describe five scientific practices that we have found to be effective in building relationships with actors in landscapes and influencing their behaviour in ways that reconcile conservation and development. We have used open-ended inductive enquiry, theories of change, simulation models, network analysis and multi-criteria analysis. These techniques are all widely known and well tested, but seldom figure in externally funded conservation projects. We have used these techniques to complement and strengthen existing interventions of international conservation agencies. These five techniques have proven effective in achieving deeper understanding of context, engagement with all stakeholders, negotiation of shared goals and continuous learning and adaptation.

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“…Beyond biodiversity, social diversity in the Amazon system is fundamental to the capability of coping with climate change impacts and it refers to a variety of elements including species, people, strategies, behaviors, organizations, institutions. Approaches to managing climate change without acknowledging diverse socio-economic barriers to resilience can be socially exclusionary [43]. The perception of changes by local communities is important for risk analysis and for subsequent societal decision-making.…”

Section: Vulnerability Three: Women Differentiated Vulnerabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The perception of changes by local communities is important for risk analysis and for subsequent societal decision-making. Strategies for community climate change coping must acknowledge, and be designed to correct, social factors/inequalities [43,44].…”

Section: Vulnerability Three: Women Differentiated Vulnerabilitymentioning

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From Multidisciplinarity to Transdisciplinarity and from Local to Global Foci: Integrative Approaches to Systemic Resilience Based upon the Value of Life in the Context of Environmental and Gender Vulnerabilities with a Special Focus upon the Brazilian Amazon Biome

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Economic and environmental interventions in the Anthropocene have created disruptions that are threatening the capacity of socio-ecological systems to recover from adversities and to be able to maintain key functions for preserving resilience. The authors of this paper underscore the benefits of a workshop-based methodology for developing a vision and an approach to the inner processes of creation that can be used to increase resilience, to cope with societal vulnerabilities and to develop the tools for future planning at local, regional and global scales. Diverse areas of discourse ranging from climate science and sustainability, to psychoanalysis, linguistics and eco-philosophy, contributed meaningfully to the transdisciplinary approach for enhancing resilience. A framework is proposed that can be used throughout society, that integrates the importance of human subjectivity and the variability of human contexts, especially gender, in shaping human experiences and responses to climate change impacts and challenges such as the covid-19 pandemic. Within the domain of socio-economic research, the authors challenge researchers and policy makers to expand future perspectives of resilience through the proposed systemic resilience vision. Movement towards transformative thinking and actions requires inner exploration and visualization of desirable futures for integrating ecological, social, cultural, ethical, and economic dimensions as agencies for catalyzing the transition to livable, sustainable, equitable, ethical, and resilient societies.

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Is resilience to climate change socially inclusive? Investigating theories of change processes in Myanmar

Cited by 53 publications

References 53 publications

Assessing the Role of the Perceived Impact of Climate Change on National Adaptation Policy: The Case of Rice Farming in Indonesia

Assessing the Role of the Perceived Impact of Climate Change on National Adaptation Policy: The Case of Rice Farming in Indonesia

Transdisciplinary science for improved conservation outcomes

From Multidisciplinarity to Transdisciplinarity and from Local to Global Foci: Integrative Approaches to Systemic Resilience Based upon the Value of Life in the Context of Environmental and Gender Vulnerabilities with a Special Focus upon the Brazilian Amazon Biome

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