Climate resilient pen system in floodplain wetlands: An adaptive strategy for fisheries enhancement and biodiversity conservation

Abstract

Inland capture fisheries has unique features of natural resource harvesting linked with global ecosystem process. Climate change and associated stressors are affecting wetland fisheries and livelihood of fishers. Therefore, innovative research programme on the biological, physical, climate variation issues, socio-economic and institutional factors influencing potential changes of the ecosystem and strategies for their sustainable restoration is essential. In this context, the primary emphasis should be on sensitizing fishers and demonstrating climate resilient technologies as a reliable tool for coping up with adverse impact of climate change. This kind of technological demonstration and adoption strategy by fishers can help to increase the innovative adaptive capacity of wetland fishers in changing climatic scenario.