Migrants to the coasts : livelihood, resource management and global change in the Philippines
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Bibliographic Information
Migrants to the coasts : livelihood, resource management and global change in the Philippines
（Case studies on contemporary social issues / John A. Young, series editor）
Wadsworth Cengage Learning, c2009
Student ed
Note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This case study explores how conflicting global pressures to exploit and to conserve the fish and other resources of coastal Southeast Asia play out in a series of communities on Palawan Island in the Philippines whose residents rely on fishing for their livelihoods. Faced with declining fish catches, some residents have turned to destructive and illegal fishing practices while others have taken up farming or other new economic activities. The account considers a government program to relieve fishing pressures by establishing marine protected areas and creating "alternative livelihoods." The book also shows how ethnicity, gender, and evangelical religious conversion each figure in changing household economic strategies and other local efforts to cope with relentless global forces.
Table of Contents
List of Tables. List of Figures. Preface. 1. Southeast Asian Coastal Ecosystems in Distress. 2. San Vicente, a Coastal Philippine Municipality. 3. San Vicente and the Global Economy. 4. Making a Living in a Coastal Ecosystem. 5. Enter the Coastal Resource Management Project. 6. New Ways of Living. 7. Household Livelihoods and Conservation. Appendix A. Common Fish, Mangroves, and Sea Grasses in San Vicente. References Cited.
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