Speaker: Samiya Selim| Director and Professor of the Center for Sustainable Development, University of Liberal Arts, Bangladesh.
Small-scale fisheries in Bangladesh provide a dynamic setting of ecosystems, vulnerabilities, adaptation, resilience, and uncertainties caused by changing climate and blue growth. As the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events are expected to increase, it is crucial to understand how fishers and fish resources are affected by it and how their daily responses contribute to their ability to adapt to changing weather conditions. Using a mixed method approach, our four-year research identifies and investigates the impacts, response and adaptation strategies adopted by small-scale fishers in Moheshkhali and Patharghata upazila of Bangladesh to deal with extreme weather events and mega development projects.