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Sustainability of fisheries through marine reserve: a robust modeling analysis
Type: Journal Article
Among the many factors that contribute to overexploitation of marine fisheries, the role played by uncertainty is important. This uncertainty includes both the scientific uncertainties related to the resource dynamics or ...
Diagnosis and management of small-scale fisheries in developing countries
Type: Journal Article
Small-scale fisheries (SSF) make important but undervalued contributions to the economies of some of the world’s poorest countries. They also provide much of the animal protein needed by societies in which food security ...
Vulnerability and adaptation of African rural populations to hydro-climate change: experience from fishing communities in the Inner Niger Delta (Mali)
Type: Journal Article
In this paper we examine ways Sahelian floodplain fishers have adapted to the strong environmental variations that have affected the region in the last two decades. We analyse their vulnerability and adaptive capacity in ...
Fisheries and the millennium development goals : solutions for Africa
Type: Brief
Africa, and in particular sub-Saharan Africa, stands out as facing tremendous difficulties in achieving even modest progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Today, over 46% of Africans live in absolute ...
Improved fisheries productivity and management in tropical reservoirs
Type: Working Paper
The objective of the project was to contribute to the current research on reservoirs enhancement fisheries in tropical countries through the implementation of a series of action-research activities implemented in two small ...
Inland fisheries and aquaculture
Type: Book Chapter
This review showed that the contributions from inland fisheries and aquaculture in economic and social development are undervalued and warrant integrated water management approach to address the various challenges presented ...
Power struggle, dispute and alliance over local resources: analyzing 'democratic' decentralization of natural resources through the lenses of Africa inland fisheries
Type: Journal Article
This paper is based on a global review of fisheries decentralization programs (co-management) in sub-Saharan Africa. Partly challenging the current narrative, but in line with experience in other sectors (e.g., forestry), ...
Technical guidelines for economic valuation of inland small-scale fisheries in developing countries
Type: Report
These “Technical Guidelines for Economic Valuation of Inland Small-scale Fisheries in Developing Countries” are one of the outputs of the project on “Food security and poverty alleviation through improved valuation and ...