Browsing WorldFish Community by Author "Ratner, B."

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    • Community Management by Decree? : lessons from Cambodia's fisheries reform 

      Ratner, B. (2006)
      Type: Journal Article
      The Cambodian government introduced a dramatic reform in 2001 that reduced the allocation of commercial fishing lots in favor of local community access. Hailed by community activists, the policy shift nevertheless ...

    • A framework to guide research engagement in the policy process, with application to small-scale fisheries 

      Ratner, B.; Dubois, M.; Morrison, T.; Tezzo, X.S.; Song, A.; Mbaru, E.; Chimatiro, S.; Cohen, P.J.; Mark Dubois: 0000-0002-8092-6465; Xavier Simon Andre Tezzo: 0000-0002-4509-2901; Philippa Jane Cohen: 0000-0002-9987-1943 (2022)
      Type: Journal Article
      Research-engaged decision making and policy reform processes are critical to advancing resilience, adaptation, and transformation in social-ecological systems under stress. Here we propose a new conceptual framework to ...

    • Investing in multi-stakeholder dialogue to address natural resource competition and conflict 

      Ratner, B.; Burnley, C.; Mugisha, S.; Madzudzo, E.; Oeur, I.; Mam, K.; Rüttinger, L.; Chilufya, L.; Adriázola, P.; Kosal Mam: 0000-0002-5022-9853 (2018)
      Type: Journal Article
      How can multi-stakeholder dialogue help assess and address the roots of environmental resource competition and conflict? This article summarises the outcomes and lessons from action research in large lake systems in Uganda, ...

    • Reasserting Community: The Social Challenge of Wastewater Management in Panajachel, Guatemala 

      Ratner, B.; Gutierrez, R. (2004)
      Type: Journal Article
      This article assesses recent efforts in a multiethnic town in the Guatemalan highlands to address wastewater pollution, which threatens public health and tourism, the basis of the town's economy. Reporting on an ongoing ...

    • Securing a just space for small-scale fisheries in the blue economy 

      Cohen, P.J.; Allison, E.; Andrew, N.; Cinner, J.; Evans, L.; Fabinyi, M.; Garces, L.R.; Stephen, H.; Hicks, C.; Hughes, T.; Jentoft, S.; Mills, D.J.; Masu, R.; Mbaru, E.; Ratner, B.; Philippa Jane Cohen: 0000-0002-9987-1943; David Jonathan Mills: 0000-0003-0181-843X (2019)
      Type: Journal Article
      The vast development opportunities offered by the world’s coasts and oceans have attracted the attention of governments, private enterprises, philanthropic organizations and international conservation organizations. ...

    • The Don Sahong dam and Mekong fisheries 

      Baran, E.; Ratner, B. (2007)
      Type: Brief
      A science brief on the effects of the construction of Don Sahong dam on fisheries in the Mekong estuary.

    • Undervalued and overlooked: sustaining rural livelihoods through better governance of wetlands 

      Ratner, B.; Ha, D.T.; Kosal, M.; Nissapa, A; Chanphengxay, S. (2004)
      Type: Working Paper
      Increasing awareness about wetlands is essential to improving their management, but it is not enough. Also needed are fundamental shifts in the ways that wetland resources are valued, and in the ways that decisions are ...

    • Webinar: Improving research engagement to support policy and institutional change 

      Ratner, B. (2020)
      Type: Video
      Improving research engagement to support policy and institutional change Too often, research aiming to inform public policies or strengthen institutions for effective policy implementation remains disconnected from the ...