Vulnerability of artisanal fishing communities to flood risks in coastal southwest Nigeria

Adelekan, Ibidun; Fregene, Tosan

doi:10.1080/17565529.2014.951011

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“…In Benin, Dossou and Gl ehouenou- Dossou (2007) identified passive adaptation practices such as moving sandy sediments and beach rocks to more deficient and vulnerable areas in order to protect infrastructure located near the seashore of Cotonou (Figure 3 left). In Nigeria, vulnerable fisher folks in Ogun coastal area have expressed the need to access credit from cooperative societies or banks to increase labor and acquire assets that will improve their capacity to deal with the increasing incidence of floods (Adelekan and Fregene 2015). Active adaptation measures, involve building structures at the coast or into the sea to alleviate the impact of SLR.…”

Section: Adaptation To Sea Level Rise Among Coastal Communities In Wementioning

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Taking Stock of Climate Change Induced Sea Level Rise across the West African Coast

Nyadzi

Bessah

Kranjac-Berisavljevic³

2020

Environmental Claims Journal

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The impact of climate induced sea level rise (SLR) is a major threat, likely to continue even if greenhouse gas concentrations were stabilized. SLR will not be geographically uniform. Developing countries are most impacted because of their low adaptive capacity. This study reviewed the most recent scientific evidence of the impact, vulnerability and adaptation of coastal areas in West Africa to climate induced SLR. The results show an increasing rate in SLR for the near and further future. Coastal communities in West Africa are vulnerable to erosion, flooding and inundation resulting in the loss of many coastal lands and ensuing socioeconomic consequences. Therefore adaptation is a matter of urgency. Given that relatively little and unbalanced information exists on this subject for those areas, we call for the need to invest resources into studying and protecting coastal communities in West Africa against current and future impacts of climate change and SLR.

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Section: Adaptation To Sea Level Rise Among Coastal Communities In Wementioning

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Taking Stock of Climate Change Induced Sea Level Rise across the West African Coast

Nyadzi

Bessah

Kranjac-Berisavljevic³

2020

Environmental Claims Journal

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“…According to IPCC (2014), climate change may account for this with future floods expected to be more frequent and more intense. In the coastal areas of Southwestern Nigeria, it was revealed that more than 70% of households were vulnerable to floods with a weighted impact index of 3.1 to 4.4 of the maximum possible score of 5.0 (Adelekan and Fregene, 2015). It was projected that with a 0.5-1 m sea level rise, Nigeria could potentially experience more frequent storm surges and an anticipated 3.2 million people would be at risk from flooding (Morand et al, 2012).…”

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Facing climate variability in sub-Saharan Africa: analysis of climate-smart agriculture opportunities to manage climate-related risks

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-In the literature, a lot of information is available about climate change perceptions and impacts in sub-Saharan Africa. However, there is limited attention in the region to emerging initiatives, technologies and policies that are tailored to building the adaptive capacity of agricultural systems to climate change and variability. In this paper, we discuss the prospects for climate-smart agriculture technologies and enabling policies in dealing with climate change and variability at different sub-regional levels of sub-Saharan Africa to sustain farm productivity and livelihoods of agrarian communities. The review provides substantial information suggesting that without appropriate interventions, climate change and variability will affect agricultural yields, food security and add to the presently unaceptable levels of poverty in sub-Saharan Africa. Although some of them were already existing, the past decades have seen the development and promotion of climate-smart agriculture innovations such as the use of high yielding drought tolerant crop varieties, climate information services, agricultural insurance, agroforestry, water harvesting techniques, integrated soil fertility management practices, etc. In the context of climate change, this appears as a stepping up approach to sustainably improving farm productivity, rural livelihoods and adaptive capacity of farmers and production systems while contributing to mitigation. The development of regional, sub-regional and national climate change policies and plans targeted at mitigating climate change and improving adaptive capacity of the African people have also been developed to enable mainstreaming of climate-smart agriculture into agricultural development plans. Financial commitments from governments and development agencies will be crucial for improving large scale adoption of climate-smart agriculture.Keywords: agriculture development / adaptation / climate change and variability / food security / risk management Résumé -Variabilité climatique en Afrique subsaharienne : analyse des opportunités d'agriculture climato-intelligente pour la gestion des risques. De nombreuses informations sont disponibles sur les perceptions et impacts du changement climatique en Afrique subsaharienne. Cependant, il est porté peu d'attention aux initiatives, technologies et politiques émergentes qui renforceraient la capacité d'adaptation des systèmes agricoles aux changement et variabilités climatiques. Dans cet article, nous analysons les perspectives en matière de technologies et de politiques d'agriculture climato-intelligente, qui permettraient de faire face au changement et à la variabilité climatiques dans différentes sous-régions d'Afrique subsaharienne, afin de soutenir la productivité agricole et les moyens de subsistance des communautés rurales. Les résultats de cette analyse suggèrent que les changements et variabilités climatiques affecteront les rendements agricoles, la sécurité alimentaire et aggraveront les niveaux actuels inacceptables de pauvreté en Afriq...

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“…Precipitation changes for West Africa include a projected variability in seasonal monsoonal rains (Adeniyi 2016), and there is evidence that the timing and amount of rain that falls during the rainy season have changed (Dossou and Glehouenou-Dossou 2007). In southwestern Nigeria, the rainy season appears to have shifted from March-November to May-October (Adelekan and Fregene 2015), and in Ghana, there seems to be less predictability in the onset of monsoonal rains (Koomson et al 2020). Changes to the amount and timing of precipitation during the rainy seasons can modify the amount of freshwater input to lagoons and disturb the natural cycle of lagoon opening.…”

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Climate Change Impact and Adaptation: Lagoonal Fishing Communities in West Africa

Davies-Vollum

Raha

Koomson

2021

African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation

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Lagoons are a common feature of the low-lying West African coastline. These lagoons are resource-rich and biodiverse. The small-scale fishing communities, which border them, are dependent on the resources and ecosystem services for their livelihoods and well-being. Climate change has had significant and diverse effects on both the lagoons and their surrounding communities. Sea level rise has caused erosion of the coast and increased the risk of floods. Changes to rainfall patterns have caused shifts in lagoon ecosystems and physical cycles. Of particular relevance to lagoon fishing communities is the fluctuation in quantity and distribution of fish catch that they rely upon for economic livelihood. Understanding the vulnerability of these communities to the effects of climate change is critical to supporting and developing successful adaptations. Using a case study from Ghana, sustainable livelihoods approach (SLA) and vulnerability framework are used to characterize the community vulnerability, giving insight into the temporal and spatial dynamics of vulnerability and how subsections of the community may be identified and prioritized for adaptation interventions. A scalar analysis of the relevant coastal and environmental frameworks and policy to support climate change adaptation in coastal communities reveals the common challenges in implementing adaptation interventions and strategies in the region. A policy gap exists between high level, institutional coastal, and climate directives and implementation of climate adaptations at the local level. That gap might be bridged by a participatory approach that places coastal communities at the center of creating and enacting climate change adaptations.

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Vulnerability of artisanal fishing communities to flood risks in coastal southwest Nigeria

Cited by 28 publications

References 81 publications

Taking Stock of Climate Change Induced Sea Level Rise across the West African Coast

Taking Stock of Climate Change Induced Sea Level Rise across the West African Coast

Facing climate variability in sub-Saharan Africa: analysis of climate-smart agriculture opportunities to manage climate-related risks

Climate Change Impact and Adaptation: Lagoonal Fishing Communities in West Africa

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