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programs to safeguard against child marriage not only in the communities where immediate and sudden
environmental emergencies have occurred but also to the areas where climate induced disasters may not seem
very visible but which has slow but cascading and long term impact on households in terms of livelihood and social
aspects.

66 Persistent vulnerability among seaweed growing communities in Iloilo Province,
the Philippines

Edo Andriesse

Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea, Republic of

Categories

9. Population and Environment, Climate Change and Sustainable Development

Abstract

The Philippine rural and urban population is growing fast and there is a continuous lack of employment generating
investments. In various Southeast Asian countries young graduates can find decent jobs in the manufacturing and
services sector, yet economic growth does not translate into an opportunity to become part of the Philippine middle
class. Unsurprisingly, millions of Filipinas and Filipinos work overseas, but not everyone can benefit from "exodus
capitalism". The Philippine government has promoted the cultivation of carrageenan seaweed in central and
southern Philippines since the early 2000s. While the coastal zones around Mindanao Island are excellent, clean
areas for seaweed, the central Philippines has proven to be a much more challenging region. This presentation
provides insights into seaweed as a "diversification crop" in Iloilo Province, from the perspectives of environmental
pressures, poverty issues, and local politics. We conducted fieldwork in two municipalities early 2015, late 2018,
and early 2019, focusing on issues such as population growth, typhoons, water pollution, the declining seaweed
price, the role of fisher folk associations, the power of Mayors, and the politics of overseas aid. The results provide
interesting implications for supporting rural coastal development.

PS 5.3 Children and Youth

11:00am - 12:30pm Wednesday, 4th August, 2021

Presentation Type LIVE Session
Moderator: Maria Paz N. Marquez , Sri Purwatiningsih

1120 Determinants of Child Deprivation in Eastern Indonesia

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Nigel Roy Tantan , Erni Tri Astuti
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1 BPS - Statistics Indonesia, Toraja Utara, Indonesia. BPS - Polytechnic of Statistics STIS, Jakarta, Indonesia
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