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Navigating the institutional landscape: introduction and overview
Type: Book
Southeast Asia is one of the world's most productive areas in terms of fisheries and other coastal resources. These resources are important to the local, regional and national economies. Coastal areas are also the focus ...
Alternative livelihoods in a coastal village
Type: Conference Paper
This study presents a gendered case study of landless and low-income dwellers in a coastal community whose lives depend not only on fishing but a variety of income-generating activities. It looks into the possibilities of ...
Institutional issues and perspectives in the management of fisheries and coastal resources in southeast Asia
Type: Report
In developing countries, institutional weaknesses and constraints are pervasive in the fisheries and coastal resources management sector. Legal, policy and institutional frameworks are not crafted to suit the unique features ...
Aquaculture for diversification of small farms within forest buffer zone management: an example from the uplands of Quirino Province, Philippines.
Type: Book Chapter
Upland farming systems can have severe negative effects through intensified slash-and-burn activities, erosion-enhancing farm practices on moderate to steep slopes, and further encroachment into forest areas. ICLARM studied, ...
Community-based approaches to marine and coastal resources management in the Philippines: a policy perspective
Type: Book
This is a study undertaken to ascertain the elements and trends at the local and national levels, which define therights and rules that provide the management framework for the implementation of different types of locally ...
Tilapia broodstock development for saline waters in the Philippines
Type: Journal Article
Four Oreochromis species were used in the study. Progenies from the 27 cross combinations (5 pure breds and 22 crossbreds) were evaluated in 10 environments with different salinity levels and agro-climatic conditions using ...
Evaluation of the integrated municipal council as an institution for co-management in the coastal zone
Type: Report
This study on the Integrated Municipal Council, Philippines (IMC) has the following objectives; (1) to evaluate the IMC as an institution for co-management in the coastal area of the Philippines, (2) to determine the impact ...
Working wives in Philippine coastal fisheries
Type: Conference Paper
The decision to work is ultimately a decision on how to spend time; the choice being based on a comparison of the gains derived from market opportunities and the benefits of staying at home. Once in the labor force, the ...
Experience with marine protected area planning and management in the Philippines.
Type: Journal Article
Marine protected areas were established in the Philippines as early as 1974. These early models on Sumilon and Apo Islands and others set forth a framework for coral reef management that has been shown to enhance fish ...