Coastal Communities Adaptation and Resiliency to Vulnerability: An Analysis of Livelihood Activities in Kenya
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Date
2008
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A socio-economic monitoring pilot project was initiated in Eastern Africa in 2002. The goal was to develop a regional socio-economic monitoring process that contributes to improving coastal and fisheries resource management.. Findings for the Diani-Chale area in Kenya are analyzed here, focusing on community livelihood strategies for three villages studied. On average, there were 5 people per household, 1.9 of whom were actively involved in providing food or income. The most important livelihood activities at the household level were small business, farming, tourism, formal employment and casual employment, fishing, sea related tourism, fish trading and other coastal related activities such as mangrove harvesting in decreasing order. Sea-based livelihood activities were undertaken by 33% households. Extractive marine and coastal activities included fishing, mangrove harvesting and crab collection. Non-extractive activities included boat operators, beach operators, diving operators and fish traders. Fishing was the second most common livelihood activity for households in Diani-Chale (32%), while fisheries accounted for 39% of all natural resources dependent activities.Page Range
pp.411-418Title of Parent Book or Report
Ten years after bleaching - facing the consequences of climate change in the Indian Ocean.CORDIO Status Report 2008Publisher or University
Coastal Oceans Research and Development in the Indian Ocean/Sida-SARECCollections