Rural coastal fishery systems in tropical island nations are undergoing rapid change. Using a case study from eastern Sri Lanka, this paper examines the ways in which indigenous Coastal-Vedda fishers experience and respond to such change. We conducted semi-structured interviews ( n = 74), focus group discussions ( n = 17, 98 participants), and key informant interviews ( n = 38) over a 2-year period (2016–2019). The changes that most Coastal-Vedda fishers experience are disturbance from Sri Lankan ethnic war, changes in climate and the frequency and severity of natural disasters, increased frequency of human-elephant conflicts, increasingly unpredictable weather patterns, and transformation of the Coastal-Vedda due to social modernisation. We used a resilience-based conceptual framework focusing on place, human agency, collective action and collaboration, institutions, indigenous and local knowledge systems, and learning to examine fishers’ responses to rapid changes. We identified three community-level adaptive strategies used by the Coastal-Vedda: adaptive institutions with a multi-level institutional structure that facilitates collective action and collaboration, the use of culture-based fisheries (CBF), and diversification of livelihoods. We also recognized four place-specific attributes that shaped community adaptations: cultural identity and worldviews, co-management of CBF, flexibility in choosing adaptive options, and indigenous and local knowledge systems and learning. These adaptive strategies and place-specific attributes provide new insights for scientists, policymakers, and communities in the region, enabling them to more effectively work together to support community adaptation.

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气候变化和对社会生态变化的适应：斯里兰卡土著人民和以文化为基础的渔业案例

热带岛屿国家的农村沿海渔业系统正在发生快速变化。本文使用斯里兰卡东部的案例研究，研究了土著沿海维达渔民体验和应对这种变化的方式。我们在 2 年期间（2016-2019 年）进行了半结构化访谈（n = 74）、焦点小组讨论（n = 17，98 名参与者）和关键知情人访谈（n = 38）。大多数沿海韦达渔民经历的变化是斯里兰卡民族战争的干扰、气候变化以及自然灾害的频率和严重程度、人象冲突的频率增加、越来越不可预测的天气模式以及沿海韦达河因气候变化而发生的变化。到社会现代化。我们使用了一个基于弹性的概念框架，专注于地方、人类代理、集体行动和合作、机构、土著和地方知识体系，以及学习检查渔民对快速变化的反应。我们确定了 Coastal-Vedda 使用的三个社区层面的适应性战略：具有促进集体行动和合作的多层次体制结构的适应性机构、基于养殖的渔业 (CBF) 的使用以及生计的多样化。我们还认识到塑造社区适应的四个特定于地方的属性：文化认同和世界观、CBF 的共同管理、选择适应性选项的灵活性以及土著和地方知识体系和学习。这些适应性策略和特定地点的属性为该地区的科学家、决策者和社区提供了新的见解，