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Successes and failures of crocodile conservation strategies in the Asia Pacific
Type: Book Chapter
In this chapter, the authors examine whether the leather trade or other economic uses of crocodiles really are key to conserving the threatened crocodilians in the Asia Pacific region. They review six species of crocodile ...
Spatial Data Quality Control for the Coral Triangle Atlas
Type: Journal Article
The Coral Triangle is a global priority for conservation and since the creation of the Coral Triangle Initiative in 2007 it has been a major focus for a multi-lateral conservation partnership uniting the regions six ...
Linking regional planning and local action: Towards using social network analysis in systematic conservation planning
Type: Journal Article
Social networks play an important role in facilitating effective and sustained connections between people responsible for regional conservation plans and those responsible for local conservation actions. Yet, few studies ...
The Coral Triangle Atlas: An integrated online spatial database system for improving coral reef management
Type: Journal Article
In this paper we describe the construction of an online GIS database system, hosted by WorldFish, which stores bio-physical, ecological and socio-economic data for the 'Coral Triangle Area' in South-east Asia and the ...
Classifying degrees of species commonness: North Sea fish as a case study
Type: Journal Article
Species commonness is often related to abundance and species conservation status. Intuitively, a "common species" is a species that is abundant in a certain area, widespread and at low risk of extinction. Analysing and ...
Workshop Report: Production and conservation of nutrient-rich small fish (SIS) in ponds and wetlands for nutrition security and livelihoods in South Asia
Type: Conference Paper
Small indigenous fish species (SIS) are an important source of essential macro- and micronutrients that can play an important role in the elimination of malnutrition and micronutrient deficiencies in the populations of ...
Exploring 'islandness' and the impacts of nature conservation through the lens of wellbeing
Type: Journal Article
Motivated by growing concern as to the many threats that islands face, subsequent calls for more extensive island nature conservation and recent discussion in the conservation literature about the potential for wellbeing ...
Lessons for resource conservation from two contrasting small-scale fisheries
Type: Journal Article
Small-scale fisheries present challenges to management due to fishers' dependency on resources and the adaptability of management systems. The authors compared social-ecological processes in the sea cucumber fisheries of ...
Coastal resources management, policy and planning in Bangladesh
Type: Book Chapter
This paper reviews the coastal fishery resources of Bangladesh emphasizing the coastal environment, capture fisheries and management issues relative to the sector. Bangladesh’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) covers an area ...
Strengthening community roles in aquatic resource governance in Uganda
Type: Report
Lake Victoria fisheries face severe environmental stresses. Stocks are declining in a context of increasing population and growing demand for the lake's resources. Rising competition between users is putting conservation ...