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Fish farmers’ perceptions, impacts and adaptation on/of/to climate change in Africa (The case of Egypt and Nigeria)
(2018)Type: Book ChapterPerception is the bed rock to really apprehend the assertiveness and interpretations of the farmers which are the grass root receptors or benefactors of the effects of climate change. Individual perception and knowledge ... -
Building organisational capacity for ecosystem-based adaptation and disaster risk reduction in the Lake Chilwa Basin
(2018)Type: Book ChapterThis chapter presents an analysis of organisational capacity for climate change management (especially adaptation) and disaster risk management in the Lake Chilwa Basin developed through the implementation of the programme. ... -
Balancing between livelihood and biodiversity conservation: a model study on gear selectivity for harvesting small indigenous fishes in southern Bangladesh
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleThis study has determined a suitable mesh size for small indigenous fish species (SIS) harvesting and has also developed a new gill net operation technique taking into consideration of aquatic biodiversity conservation, ... -
Myanmar's fisheries in transition: Current status and opportunities for policy reform
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleMyanmar's fisheries are among the most important globally but remain some of the least documented. The fisheries sector occupies an important place in Myanmar's economy and culture, and is set to change rapidly as the ... -
Small fish make you and your child smart and healthy (Burmese version)
(2018)Type: PosterThis poster is about the healthy benefits of small indigenous fish species for children. -
Be croc wise
(2018)Type: PosterThis poster shows the various ways of avoiding attack from crocodiles. -
Land use patterns and influences of protected areas on mangroves of the eastern tropical Pacific
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleMangroves are one of the most productive ecosystems in the world, sustaining millions of coastal livelihoods. However, their area of occurrence has been greatly reduced over the last century. In this study, we identify ... -
Priority actions for dugong and seagrass conservation in Solomon Islands
(2018)Type: BriefDugongs (Dugon dugon) are seagrass community specialists that inhabit warm coastal and island areas from tropical to subtropical Indo-West Pacific waters. They feed primarily on seagrass. In August 2018, dugongs became ... -
Inequality and the Biosphere
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleRising inequalities and accelerating global environmental change pose two of the most pressing challenges of the twenty-first century. To explore how these phenomena are linked, we apply a social-ecological systems perspective ... -
Fish consumption in urban Lusaka: The need for aquaculture to improve targeting of the poor
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleAquaculture in Zambia is growing and likely to play an important role for food and nutrition security in the country. While outputs in capture fisheries and small-scale aquaculture are stagnating, commercial aquaculture ... -
Feed the Future Bangladesh Aquaculture and Nutrition Activity: Environmental Due Diligence (EDD)
(2018)Type: ReportThe 22CFR216 made USAID legally responsible and accountable to ensure environmental compliance in all of its activities. The Feed the Future Bangladesh Aquaculture and Nutrition Activity received environmental clearance ... -
Aquaculture Technical, Vocational and Entrepreneurship Training for Improved Private Sector and Smallholder Skills project in Zambia
(2018)Type: BriefZambia currently has a high rate of youth unemployment. There are also noticeable disparities between men and women in the labor force, especially a lack of women formally working in the fisheries sector who have received ... -
Moving beyond the shrimp farm: Spaces of shared environmental risk?
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleKey environmental challenges faced by the aquaculture sector demonstrate that aquaculture production is not isolated from the surrounding environment, and we see a policy shift towards area-based approaches. However, without ... -
Aquatic habitats in the Ayeyarwady Basin and their biodiversity
(2018)Type: ReportThis document provides a description of the general freshwater habitats found throughout the Ayeyarwady Basin. With a wide range of riverine and wetland habitats and high levels of species biodiversity, the Ayeyarwady River ... -
Too big to ignore: Gender and climate change adaptation in the Lake Chilwa Basin
(2018)Type: Book ChapterVarious studies have illustrated how gender differences could affect ecosystembased adaptation based on gender-based preferences and perceptions, social and economic roles and institutional arrangements. However, these ... -
Reimagining large-scale open-water fisheries governance through adaptive comanagement in hilsa shad sanctuaries
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleAlmost a half million fishers in Bangladesh are predominantly reliant on the hilsa shad (Tenualosa ilisha) fishery in the Meghna River and estuarine ecosystem. This paper adopts a broadened concept of social-ecological ... -
Improving the livelihoods and wellbeing of women fish retailers: Success stories from the STREAMS project in Egypt
(2018)Type: BrochureThis booklet presents stories of women fish retailers in the governorates of Kafr El-Sheikh (Lower Egypt) and Fayoum (Upper Egypt). The livelihoods of these women retailers were supported by several market interventions ... -
Fisheries in the Ayeyarwady Basin
(2018)Type: ReportThe Ayeyarwady State of the Basin Assessment (SOBA) is one of the major knowledge outputs of the Ayeyarwady Integrated River Basin Management (AIRBM) Project prepared by Hydro-Informatics Centre (HIC). SOBA aims to inform ... -
Drivers of mangrove ecosystem service change in the Sundarbans of Bangladesh
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleMangroves are now well known to provide a range of ecosystem services that benefit local populations, though such ecosystem services are at risk from mangrove deforestation and degradation across much of the tropics. This ... -
In-farm cost of an outbreak of diarrhoea in lambs
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleThis article analyses the cost of diarrhoea in lambs on dairy sheep farms located in Grosseto (Italy).



















