Origin of the Livelihood Dilemma for Local Fisherman in Poyang Lake Wetland: a Ramsar Site in China

5th Annual International Conference on Material Science and Environmental Engineering

材料科学;生态环境科学

Xie, Dongming^1 ; Zhou, Guohong^1 ; Zhou, Yangming^2,3 ; Chen, Yayun^1 ; Jia, Junsong^2,3

Jiangxi Science and Technology Normal University, Nanchang, JIANGXI

330013, China^1

School of Geography and Environment, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang Jiangxi

330022, China^2

Key Laboratory of Poyang Lake Wetland and Watershed Research, Ministry of Education, Jiangxi Normal University, Nanchang Jiangxi

330022, China^3

关键词: Anthropic disturbances;    Ecological environments;    Global position systems;    Internal and external factors;    Landscape fragmentation;    Questionnaire surveys;    Semi structured interviews;    Water contamination;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/301/1/012091/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/301/1/012091

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

Poyang Lake is one of the first Ramsar sites in China; it has plenty of natural resources that support the survival of local residents. However, local fisherman have encountered a livelihood dilemma, as natural resources have declined, obviously because of the change in the ecological environment and anthropic disturbance. We seek to explain what lead to livelihood dilemma to the local fishermen, so semi-structured interviews, questionnaire surveys, Geographic information system (GIS), Remote sensing (RS), Global position system (GPS), and department data were used to analyze the internal and external factors for these dilemmas. The results explained the external factors including the exhaustion of natural resources, the drying up of wetlands, landscape fragmentation, water contamination, and disturbance through anthropic behavior; the internal factors included the ageing of fishermen, poor cultural quality, conservative ideas, and unreasonable fishing practices. Eco-compensation, industry transformation, and capacity innovation may help to resolve livelihood dilemmas for the local fisherman of the Poyang Lake wetlands.