Adaptasi Nelayan Terhadap Perubahan Iklim dalam Model Pemanfaatan Ruang Pesisir di Desa Batu Belubang, Bangka Tengah

Abstract

ABSTRACT Bangka island as a whole has undergone a significant change related thereto. Group of fishermen coastal communities are the most vulnerab le to changing weather and coastal environment. In the village of Batu Belubang, frequent extreme weather phenomena of the cyclone and the rapid change of we ather, had forced the population to adapt to climate change. The livelihoods of fishermen who rely heavily on natural conditions cause the dependence on weather patterns and ocean activities. This research uses qualitative analysis with the positivistic approach. The method of data collection is done with the interview focused and observational field to see the real conditions and survey agencies to obtain preliminary data regarding the level of climate change that occurred in the region. The analysis is done by assessing the linkages/relationship of the destructive effects of climate change on livelihoods of fishermen. From the analysis carried out, the main reason for the occurrence of the transition is economic livelihood. This transition is triggered by vulnerability due to climate change and the existence of externalities, namely a deterioration of Tin prices and the pepper in the international market in 1990 which was then backed up by policy changes after regional autonomy in 2001. The welfare obtained from short-term floating mines have huge consequences for the coastal environmental damage that would lead to a condition in which a new vulnerability. Keywords : livelihood, adaptation, fisherman xi