Browsing WorldFish Community by Author "Cinner, J.E."
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A framework for understanding climate change impacts on coral reef social-ecological systems
(2016)Type: Journal ArticleCorals and coral-associated species are highly vulnerable to the emerging effects of global climate change. The widespread degradation of coral reefs, which will be accelerated by climate change, jeopardizes the goods and ... -
A framework to assess national level vulnerability from the perspective of food security: The case of coral reef fisheries
(2012)Type: Journal ArticleMeasuring the vulnerability of human populations to environmental change is increasingly being used to develop appropriate adaptation policies and management plans for different economic sectors. We developed a national-level ... -
Building adaptive capacity to climate change in tropical coastal communities
(2018)Type: Journal ArticleTo minimize the impacts of climate change on human wellbeing, governments, development agencies, and civil society organizations have made substantial investments in improving people’s capacity to adapt to change. Yet to ... -
Conditions for successful co-management: lessons learned in Asia, Africa, the Pacific and the wider Caribbean
(2011)Type: Book ChapterThe purpose of this chapter is to present and discuss key conditions for the successful implementation of fisheries and coastal co-management identified in South-east Asia, Africa, the Pacific and the wider Caribbean. These ... -
Fishing dynamics associated with periodically harvested marine closures
(2013)Type: Journal ArticlePeriodically-harvested fisheries closures are emerging as a socially acceptable and locally implementable way to balance concerns about conserving ecosystem function and sustaining livelihoods. Across the Indo-Pacific ... -
Managing fisheries for human and food security
(2013)Type: Journal ArticleWe evaluate the current status of the global marine fisheries using the frameworks of conflict, food security and vulnerability. Existing trends suggest that there is likely to be greater food insecurity and fisheries ... -
Sixteen years of social and ecological dynamics reveal challenges and opportunities for adaptive management in sustaining the commons
(2019)Type: Journal ArticleEfforts to confront the challenges of environmental change and uncertainty include attempts to adaptively manage social–ecological systems. However, critical questions remain about whether adaptive management can lead to ...
