Climate change awareness and risk perceptions in the coastal marine ecosystem of Palawan, Philippines.
Climate change awareness and risk perceptions in the coastal marine ecosystem of Palawan, Philippines.
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10.14324/111.444/ucloe.000054
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2023
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Culhane, Fiona
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Alcantara, Lutgardo B;Creencia, Lota A;Madarcos, John Roderick V;Madarcos, Karen G;Jontila, Jean Beth S;Culhane, Fiona
了解沿海社区对气候变化影响的认识和风险认知，对于制定有效的风险通报工具和缓解战略以减少这些社区的脆弱性至关重要。在这项研究中，我们研究了沿海社区的气候变化意识和风险感知的气候变化对沿海海洋生态系统的影响，海平面上升对红树林生态系统的影响，并作为一个因素影响珊瑚礁和海草床。这些数据是通过对来自菲律宾巴拉望的泰泰、阿博兰和普林塞萨港沿海地区的291名受访者进行面对面调查收集的。结果显示，大多数参与者（82%）认为气候变化正在发生，绝大多数（75%）认为气候变化对沿海海洋生态系统构成风险。当地气温上升和过多的降雨被认为是气候变化意识的重要预测因素。大多数与会者（60%）认为海平面上升会造成海岸侵蚀，影响红树林生态系统。对于珊瑚礁和海草生态系统，人为驱动因素和气候变化被认为具有高度影响，而海洋生计的影响较小。此外，我们发现气候变化风险感知受到极端天气事件的直接经验的影响（即，温度上升和降雨过多）和与气候有关的生计损害（即，收入下降）。人们对气候变化风险的看法也因家庭收入、教育、年龄组和地理位置而异。研究结果表明，解决贫困问题和有效宣传气候变化风险可以提高气候变化意识和风险认知。
Understanding coastal communities’ awareness and risk perceptions of climate change impact is essential in developing effective risk communication tools and mitigation strategies to reduce the vulnerability of these communities. In this study, we examined coastal communities’ climate change awareness and risk perceptions of climate change impact on the coastal marine ecosystem, sea level rise impact on the mangrove ecosystem and as a factor affecting coral reefs and seagrass beds. The data were gathered by conducting face-to-face surveys with 291 respondents from the coastal areas of Taytay, Aborlan and Puerto Princesa in Palawan, Philippines. Results showed that most participants (82%) perceived that climate change is happening and a large majority (75%) perceived it as a risk to the coastal marine ecosystem. Local temperature rise and excessive rainfall were found to be significant predictors of climate change awareness. Sea level rise was perceived by most participants (60%) to cause coastal erosion and to affect the mangrove ecosystem. On coral reefs and seagrass ecosystems, anthropogenic drivers and climate change were perceived to have a high impact, while marine livelihoods had a low impact. In addition, we found that climate change risk perceptions were influenced by direct experiences of extreme weather events (i.e., temperature rise and excessive rainfall) and climate-related livelihood damages (i.e., declining income). Climate change risk perceptions were also found to vary with household income, education, age group and geographical location. The results suggest that addressing poverty and effectively communicating climate change risks can improve climate change awareness and risk perceptions.