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Raising a unified voice: Supporting African small-scale fishers and fish workers to be heard
Type: Blog
Forty representatives of fisheries and regional organizations from across Africa have called for the strengthening of existing small-scale fisheries bodies and the creation of a new pan-African platform. These actions are ...
Illuminating Hidden Harvests country case study author: Elizabeth Palta Vega
Type: Blog
llluminating Hidden Harvests (IHH): The contribution of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development is a collaborative study led by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, Duke University, and WorldFish. In this ...
Small fry are beautiful: rethinking development in small-scale fisheries
Type: Blog
This blog emphasises different models of development in small-scale fisheries. It profiles WorldFish's work in the sustainable livelihoods space.
How scientific evidence can build cross-sector bridges for a better blue economy: Five questions with Dr. Gareth Johnstone, WorldFish DG
Type: Blog
The oceans’ resources are critical to life on earth, ranging from providing fish to enabling sea transport, and from mitigating climate change to tourism. These economic sectors and related policies together determine ...
Scientific food systems help biodiversity, livelihoods
Type: Blog
Evidence-based collaborative approaches need to be applied to conservation as a million animal and plant species are being pushed to the brink of extinction and fish stocks fall globally. Scientific food systems help ...
MuSIC workshop sounds positive note for visibility of small-scale fisheries
Type: Blog
Researchers, journalists and representatives from governments and civil societies from across Asia have taken the first steps to form a new network in support of small-scale fisheries. The Multi-Stakeholder Information and ...
Gender assumptions harm progress on climate adaption and resilience, new study finds
Type: Blog
Outdated assumptions around gender continue to hinder effective and fair policymaking and action for climate mitigation and adaptation, a new study published in Nature Climate Change has found.
‘I can’t catch enough fish’: Balancing water needs for farmers and fishers in Myanmar
Type: Blog
In Myanmar, rice is seen as the main staple food and irrigation infrastructure has expanded to boost its production. But these systems continue to be designed and managed without considering the potential impacts on inland ...
Hearing, counting and empowering women: GAF7 conference showcases gender equality progress and challenges
Type: Blog
Blogpost about some of the key topics and outcomes from the Gender in Aquaculture and Fisheries conference
Putul Rani, food hero
Type: Blog
Putul Rani is a passionate advocate for conserving hilsa, the national fish of Bangladesh. She is the general secretary of a hilsa-conservation group (HCG) in the remote fishing village of Kalapara, Patuakhali in the south ...