Resilience studies of an Indonesian coral reef: Ecological and social assessments in Karimunjawa National Park

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The global impact of climate change is threatening the resilience of coral reef ecosystems; yet, human-associated local scale disturbances are still driving the decline of reefs around the world. Tropical reefs are largely located in less-developing regions such as Indonesia that is within the center for coral biodiversity known as the Coral Triangle region. Coastal and islands communities of Indonesia are characteristically dependent to reef resources in terms of their livelihood, which requires local managers to be capable of identifying key information of the response of reef ecosystems to local disturbances and the subsequent impact on the livelihoods of the associated people. As local reef stressors is yet linked to the livelihood regime, managing reef also means finding socially adaptable solutions to reduce key social drivers that are giving potentially negative feedbacks to the ecosystem. The aim of this thesis was to incorporate the concept of social and ecological resilience

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