SDEC Lab Postdoctoral Research Fellow Henry Bartelet conducted workshops in Leyte Province, the Philippines, to report and discuss preliminary findings from the Sydney Environment Institute funded research project on “Mapping Social Networks to Understand Disparities in Who Benefits (and Who Loses) from Climate Adaptation Projects.”
This research project developed and applied a novel social network and systems mapping approach to assess how power, influence and access to adaptation resources shape adaptation project outcomes, using a pilot study on the Leyte Tide Embankment Project in the Philippines.
Four reporting workshops were held across three communities where project fieldwork was conducted across the ~40km stretch of the Leyte Tide Embankment: Tacloban, Palo, and Tanauan. These workshops were organized in collaboration with the local research partner: Eastern Visayas State University. Participation and interest in the workshop were overwhelming, with over a total of 80 participants, including fisherfolks, community members, local government officials, regional government agencies, businesses, academics, and NGOs.
Social Dynamics and Environmental Change 