The Fishery-Fisherganean Life Society Strategy In The Country's

Villages In Dealing With Climate Change (Case Study In

Werinama District, Eastern Part Seram
Regency, Maluku Province)

Rahful Ahmad Madaul

Region and City Planning Magister Study Program SAPPK, ITB
Email : rafulahmad@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Climate change influence has been coerced society to adapt and to do living
strategy with purpose to decrease impact caused by climate change. This living strategy
has related with how society to manage they are having natural capital and assets.
Society living strategy can be conducted collectively (grouped) and individually
(household) Factors have influenced a society living strategy individually can be seen
from natural capital, physically capital, human capital that is education level, skill,
occupation and health. While collectively is social capital that is capability to make
network, capability to work together, capability to change information and society
affectivity.
Seram Island villages in Maluku Province, one of them in Werinama District,
Eastern Part Seram Regency is obtained a society life depend on agriculture sector and
fishery sector all at once. This society is having better chance for survive, because is
having alternative with use those two living sources. On other hand, however, it had
constraint with land transportation access not available yet to connect between villages
up to regency city. Only alternative when society would be went to district is pass
through sea using machined boats. It is spent much more money, longer time and very
depend to natural condition.
By qualitative method, this research has made effort to identify farmer-fisherman
societies living strategy at coastal area in Werinama District that is Perak, Bemo,
Werinama, Bemo, Batuasa and Tobo Villages. Focus that is how far this farmer-
fisherman has survived in climate change condition and what is strategy to do also
result from farmer-fisherman society at focus location of study area.
Generally, farmer-fisherman societies at study area have known about climate
change and they was having some living strategy to live carried out that influence
toward food tenacity and welfare. Household living strategy to cope with climate
change, especially at villages as this research focus that is with some activities among
them using forest product, using household employee, consumption pattern change and
making food reserve. It is also some move profession and to change as village society
consumption pattern. Collectively or grouped, farmer-fisherman society was doing
fishery and agriculture product processing managements simultaneously.

Key Words: Climate Change, Living Strategy, Farmer-Fisherman Society, Collective,

Individual

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 Isolated Coastal Area Society Living Strategy in Cope with Climate
Change (Case Study in Tobo and Batuasa
Villages, Werinama District, Eastern Part
Seram Regency, Maluku Province)

Rahful Ahmad Madaul

Region and City Planning Magister Study Program SAPPK, ITB
Email : rafulahmad@gmail.com

ABSTRACT
Climate change influence has been coerced society to adapt and to do living
strategy with purpose to decrease impact caused by climate change. This living strategy
has related with how society to manage they are having natural capital and assets.
Society living strategy can be conducted collectively (grouped) and individually
(household) Factors have influenced a society living strategy individually can be seen
from natural capital, physically capital, human capital that is education level, skill,
occupation and health. While collectively is social capital that is capability to make
network, capability to work together, capability to change information and society
affectivity.
Seram Island villages in Maluku Province, one of them in Werinama District,
Eastern Part Seram Regency is obtained a society life depend on agriculture sector and
fishery sector all at once. This society is having better chance for survive, because is
having alternative with use those two living sources. On other hand, however, it had
constraint with land transportation access not available yet to connect between villages
up to regency city. Only alternative when society would be went to district is pass
through sea using machined boats. It is spent much more money, longer time and very
depend to natural condition.
By qualitative method, this research has made effort to identify farmer-fisherman
societies living strategy at coastal area in Werinama District that is Batuasa and Tobo
Villages. Focus that is how far this farmer-fisherman has survived in climate change
condition and what is strategy to do also result from farmer-fisherman society at focus
location of study area.
Generally, farmer-fisherman societies at study area have known about climate
change and they was having some living strategy to live carried out that influence
toward food tenacity and welfare. Household living strategy to cope with climate
change, especially at villages as this research focus that is with some activities among
them using forest product, using household employee, consumption pattern change and
making food reserve. It is also some move profession and to change as village society
consumption pattern. Collectively or grouped, farmer-fisherman society was doing
fishery and agriculture product processing managements simultaneously.

Key words: Living Strategy, Farmer-Fisherman Societies, Maluku

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