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Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the Inland Fisheries of Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of Africa: Impacts of Climate Change on Inland Fisheries

Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the Inland Fisheries of Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of Africa: Impacts of Climate Change on Inland Fisheries

Imefon Udo Udo, Imekan Isaac Akpan
Copyright: © 2019 |Pages: 21
ISBN13: 9781522573876|ISBN10: 1522573879|ISBN13 Softcover: 9781522591467|EISBN13: 9781522573883
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-7387-6.ch011
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Udo, Imefon Udo, and Imekan Isaac Akpan. "Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the Inland Fisheries of Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of Africa: Impacts of Climate Change on Inland Fisheries." Climate Change and Its Impact on Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity in Arid and Semi-Arid Zones, edited by Ahmed Karmaoui, IGI Global, 2019, pp. 196-216. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7387-6.ch011

APA

Udo, I. U. & Akpan, I. I. (2019). Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the Inland Fisheries of Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of Africa: Impacts of Climate Change on Inland Fisheries. In A. Karmaoui (Ed.), Climate Change and Its Impact on Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity in Arid and Semi-Arid Zones (pp. 196-216). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7387-6.ch011

Chicago

Udo, Imefon Udo, and Imekan Isaac Akpan. "Potential Impacts of Climate Change on the Inland Fisheries of Arid and Semi-Arid Regions of Africa: Impacts of Climate Change on Inland Fisheries." In Climate Change and Its Impact on Ecosystem Services and Biodiversity in Arid and Semi-Arid Zones, edited by Ahmed Karmaoui, 196-216. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2019. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-5225-7387-6.ch011

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Abstract

Inland fisheries of arid and semi-arid regions of Africa are seriously threatened by negative impacts of climate change. Literature and several models show increase in temperature of 1.1oC in some areas. Sea level rise is projected to increase to 0.8 m by the year 2100. Fish yields have increased almost linearly by around half a million metric tons per decade over the past 60 years, while clear cyclical variations in the residuals of about 20 years' periodicity above and below the trend line have been observed. Although fisher folks, their communities, and local institutions are already constantly adapting to various forms of change, flimsiness in the wider governance and macro-economic environment has weakened the overall adaptive capacity of these regions and fishers are vulnerable to projected climate change. For significant benefits of inland fisheries to be accomplished, planned adaptation at scales from the local to the regional is very necessary.

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