Community-based coastal resource management knowledge utilization of fisherfolk in Batan Bay, Aklan, Philippines
2002
Catedrilla, L.C.
Results revealed that local government officials, extension workers, researchers and even co-fisherfolk, relatives, friends and neighbors are the knowledge sources within the CBCRM [community-based coastal resources management] knowledge and information system in Batan Bay. Their reliability, credibility and sensitivity to the knowledge user's concerns figure significantly in the knowledge acquisition, selection and adoption of Batan Bay fisherfolk. Knowledge content relevance, applicability, practicality and clarity together with the knowledge medium accessibility, credibility and effectiveness are factors to reckon with in the effective transfer and utilization of CBCRM knowledge. Economic and political factors have also brought about notable effects in the knowledge utilization behavior of the Batan Bay fisherfolk. The lack of financial resources hinders the acquisition and implementation of needed CBCRM knowledge while political interventions fueled by political affiliations impede the effective knowledge transfer to target users i.e. the fisherfolk. The low level of involvement of LGU [local government unit] extension workers in the planning, implementation and evaluation of the CBCRM programs or activities in Batan Bay contributes to poor program sustainability, hence, decreases the potential for the development of a sustained and high level of community education
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