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Global and national burden of diseases and injuries among children and adolescents between 1990 and 2013: Findings from the global burden of disease 2013 study
(2016)Type: Journal ArticleThe literature focuses on mortality among children younger than 5 years. Comparable information on nonfatal health outcomes among these children and the fatal and nonfatal burden of diseases and injuries among older children ... -
Global Aquaculture: Where is Nigeria?
(2022)Type: PresentationWorkshop on Nigerian Aquaculture: Status, Prospects and Future Growth - Rohana Subasinghe - Global Aquaculture: Where is Nigeria? -
Global change in African fish trade: engine of development or threat to local food security?
(2008)Type: Working PaperToday fish is the most traded food commodity in the World. This situation is not without generating potential issues. On the one hand, fish trade is said to support economic growth processes in developing countries by ... -
Global documentation of fish introductions: the growing crisis and recommendations for action.
(2006)Type: Journal ArticleFish provides 15% of the total animal protein in human diets. It is also the primary source of livelihood for 35 million people (30 M in Asia and 2.6 M in Africa). The increase in global population and demand for fish ... -
Global food supply: Certify sustainable aquaculture?
(2013)Type: Journal ArticleAquaculture, the farming of aquatic organisms, provides close to 50% of the world's supply of seafood, with a value of U.S. $125 billion. It makes up 13% of the world's animal-source protein (excluding eggs and dairy) and ... -
Global human footprint on the linkage between biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in reef fishes
(2011)Type: Journal ArticleDifficulties in scaling up theoretical and experimental results have raised controversy over the consequences of biodiversity loss for the functioning of natural ecosystems. Using a global survey of reef fish assemblages, ... -
Global study on small-scale fisheries to provide vital knowledge, recognizes UN report
(2019)Type: BlogThe Illuminating Hidden Harvests study will provide critical knowledge and information on small-scale fisheries globally, informing the way forward for sustainable development of the sector. This vital contribution was ... -
Global Symposium on Gender and Fisheries : Seventh Asian Fisheries Forum, 1-2 December 2004, Penang, Malaysia
(2006)Type: Conference ProceedingsThe 18 papers contained in this volume represent a substantive contribution to the literature on the topic of gender and fisheries. Drawing on work undertaken around the globe, the results described here confirm and extend ... -
Global Symposium on Women in Fisheries
(2002)Type: Conference ProceedingsAll over the world, women contribute in multiple ways to the production, processing, marketing and management of fish and other living aquatic resources. The first ever Global Symposium on Women in Fisheries, held in ... -
Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleUp-to-date evidence on levels and trends for age-sex-specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality is essential for the formation of global, regional, and national health policies. In the Global Burden of Disease Study ... -
Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleUp-to-date evidence about levels and trends in disease and injury incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability (YLDs) is an essential input into global, regional, and national health policies. In the Global Burden ... -
Good aquaculture practice
(2013)Type: PosterPoster showing key steps in pond culture in Bangladesh -
Good fresh fish handling practices
(2022)Type: PosterThis poster highlights good post-harvest practices for fresh fish trading. This is distributed fish processors, vendors and local markets. This poster contains step-by-step descriptions of key messages to be shared to ... -
Good governance of rice field fishery management
(2015)Type: BriefRice field fisheries refer to the capture of wild fish and other aquatic animals from flooded rice field agroecosystems and their supporting infrastructure, such as canals, channels, streams and other bodies of water. ... -
Good post-harvest practices for fresh fish trading: Facilitator guide
(2021)Type: Training MaterialThis English language training material is a facilitator guide for peer to peer learning on better management practices for post-harvest handling and trading of fresh fish -
A good practice guide for ethical and inclusive communications involving small-scale fisheries
(2022-09-20)Type: ManualThis guide provides practical and simple guidance on how to communicate about small-scale fisheries in an inclusive, responsible and ethical way that respects the 108 million rights holders who depend on small-scale fisheries ... -
‘Good science’: Using sex-disaggregated data in small-scale fisheries research and policy
(2019)Type: BlogGlobally, relatively few data are available about women’s role in small-scale fisheries, despite their active participation as fishers, processors, traders and marketers. This calls for greater efforts by researchers, ... -
Google earth engine script for semi-automated mapping of small reservoirs using sentinel-2 satellite imagery
(2022)Type: Source CodeGoogle Earth engine script for semi-automated mapping of small reservoirs using Sentinel-2 satellite imagery. It is developed to support suitability analysis for multiple uses (including fisheries) of reservoirs in Ghana. -
Governance and decentralization reforms in small-scale fisheries: an African perspective
(2009)Type: Book ChapterRelying on a framework that highlights different dimensions of ‘decentralization’, this paper reviews fisheries co-management programmes as they have been implemented over the last 20 years in sub-Saharan Africa. It shows ... -
Governance and institutional changes in fisheries : issues and priorities for research
(2006)Type: Working PaperThis volume contains the discussion papers presented at a workshop on governance and institutional changes in fisheries and its impact on the poverty reduction and environmental integrity in developing countries held on ...

















