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Learning from disaster: community-based marine protected areas in Fiji

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2015

Yoshito Takasaki
Yoshito Takasaki*
Affiliation:
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Tsukuba, 1-1-1 Tennodai, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-8571 Japan, Tel/Fax: +81 29 853 6280. E-mail: takasaki@sk.tsukuba.ac.jp
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Abstract

This paper examines whether and how experiencing climate-related disasters can improve the rural poor's adaptation to climate change through community-based resource management. Original household survey data in Fiji capture the establishment of community-based marine protected areas following a tropical cyclone. Controlling for the endogeneity of household-level cyclone damage reveals that a household's exposure to the disaster increases its support for establishing marine protected areas, presumably for future safety nets. Evidence suggests that community members' social learning from disaster experience might facilitate their consensual decision making.

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Environment and Development Economics , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , February 2016 , pp. 53 - 77
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2015 

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