Bharti, Vandana (2024) Transitioning from vulnerability to viability: Learnings from COVID-19 pandemic. p. 24.
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Chilika Lagoon, the largest brackish water lagoon in Asia, not only supports a congregation of migratory birds but is also a source of employment for the small-scale fishers living in the nearby villages. These small-scale fishers contribute to national as well as global food security and secure income throughout the year. However, the livelihood of small-scale fishers is marginalized due to several natural and anthropogenic drivers. While there has been considerable research on various drivers causing vulnerability in history, this working paper sheds light on the role of the recent pandemic, COVID-19, as a crucial driver leading to multiple vulnerabilities. Using Chilika Lagoon, India as a case study, this paper explains how the tenure of the COVID-19 pandemic, from the days of lockdown to non-isolation days, led small-scale fishers to new types of vulnerability in terms of social, economic and environmental dimensions. The era of the pandemic has also shown the adaptability of small-scale fishers at the short-term level and major role of governance in the long-term viability of small-scale fishers by considering COVID-19 as a lesson. First, this paper outlines the existing vulnerabilities and new vulnerabilities that emerged during the COVID-19 pandemic. Second, it analyzes the multilevel coping responses by fishers and the institutions. Third, it discusses the expectations of fishers in terms of better administration. Finally, the study concludes with a vision that it would be beneficial to ponder short-term coping responses of small-scale fishers along with good governance for the transition from vulnerability to long-term viability.
| Item Type: | Articles |
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| Keywords: | Vulnerability, Chilika Lagoon, Small-scale Fisheries, Mitigation, Livelihoods, Food Security, COVID-19, Fishing Communities, Governance |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Kokila ICSF Krish |
| Date Deposited: | 04 Jun 2025 09:31 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Jun 2025 09:31 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/21961 |
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