A Comparison of Local Community Sustainability of Livelihood:A Case Study in Redang and Tioman Islands, Malaysia
In order to conserve and protect marine life, the Government of Malaysia has gazetted a total of 40 islands as marine parks. All activities that disrupt the stability of the marine eco-system are prohibited. This includes fishing which is the main occupation of communities on these islands. This policy had negatively affected the livelihood of the communities. This research analyzes and compares the case of communities of IuIaii Tioman (TIMP) and Pulau Rcdang Marine Parks (PRIMP). The analysis on livelihood sustainability is based on the perceptions of locals after the islands have been gazetted as marine parks. The five standard of living indicators which arc human, physical, natural/environment, social, finance as well as threats/ uncertainties towards socio-economic changes were anallyz.cd. The results show that in general, both the livelihood of both communities are satisfied in terms of human, physical and social assets. However, they lack satisfaction on the financial and natural/environmental aspects. The education element also needs to be addressed as there arc still school dropouts among the children of these island communities. Nonetheless, the locals are still safe from socio-economic threats/uncertainties and disease outbreaks/disasters. In comparing the RIMP and TIMP, it is found that the TIMP community has better sustainable livelihood than that of the RIMP locals.
sustainable livelihood Pulau Tioman Marine Park Pulau Redang Marine Park sustainability indicators
Tamat Sarmidi Norlida Hanim Mohd Salleh Zaimah Darawi Redzuan Othman
School of Economics,Faculty of Economics and Management, UKM 43600 Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia
国际会议
大连
英文
144-148
2011-07-10（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）