Wahira J. Othman
INTRODUCTION
Concepts of resilience
Mangrove resilience: The capacity of mangrove
ecosystem to withstand disturbances and
management uncertainties
Social resilience: capacity of human communities
surrounding the mangroves to remain robust
when the resources decline or disappear
Social-ecological resilience conceptual framework
as summarise by Berkes and Folke (1998),
Walker et al. (2002) and www.resilience.org
Knowledge gap
Study's contributions
Study objectives
STUDY SITES
Methodology
Data collection
Field inventories for
biophysical data
Semi-structured
interviews and group
discussions
Secondary data
collections from
relevant institutions
Data Analysis
adaptive cycle
concept
Chi square test
Shannon Weiner
index of diversity
SPSS and Excel
Resilience Frame
work by Walker et al,
2002
Study findings
Management regime and its impact on
resilience
MARUHUBI
Maruhubi mangrove forest resources are under
Government management regime.
Although little is being done by the responsible
institution and without involving the local
community but the ecosystem is moving into
more resilient state
Results cont.
PETE
Co management has turned into co
Maruhubi
Pete
Underlying
factors are:
Poverty
Limited
livelihoods diversification
Lack
products
Conclusion
Recommendations