WorldFish Community: Recent submissions
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Territorialization re-examined: transborder marine resources exploitation in Southeast Asia and Australia
(2010)Type: Book ChapterThis chapter re-examines the concept of territorialization to provide a framework for the anthropological analysis of the new phenomenon of transborder access to and appropriation of marine resources. The authors expand ... -
Estimates of strain additive and non-additive genetic effects for growth traits in a diallel cross of three strains of giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) in Vietnam
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleAdditive genetic, heterotic and strain reciprocal effects were estimated using a diallel cross of two local wild strains of the giant freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) in Vietnam (Dong Nai and Mekong) and a third ... -
Stream degradation, fish abundance and the potential viability of ornamental fisheries in south-western Cameroon
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleFifteen sites on nine second- and third-order streams in the Mount Cameroon area, with varying degrees of human disturbance, were sampled during wet and dry seasons over 21 months in 2003–2005 to estimate their potential ... -
Ecological knowledge interactions in marine governance in Kenya
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleProponents of integrated, collaborative, and adaptive governance advocate the inclusion of a diversity of stakeholders and their knowledge and values in governance processes. This paper examines knowledge interactions at ... -
Integrated management of aquatic resources: a Bayesian Approach to water control and trade-offs in Southern Vietnam
(2010)Type: Book ChapterThe BayFish-Bac Lieu model presented in this chapter is a Bayesian model that aims to identify optimal water control regimes and trade-offs between water uses in order to improve management of water-dependent resources in ... -
Interactions between changes in marine ecosystems and human communities
(2010)Type: Book ChapterThis chapter discusses how small-scale fisheries dependent human communities are interactive with marine ecosystems. It has shown how changes in the marine ecosystems can impact human fishing communities, and also how the ... -
Rice fields to prawn farms: a blue revolution in southwest Bangladesh?
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper examines freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium rosenbergii) farming in southwest Bangladesh where a large number of farmers have converted their rice fields to export oriented prawn farms, locally known as gher. The ... -
Estimation of annual yield of fish by guild in the Lower Mekong Basin: report for the NIES/the WorldFish Center project: Scenario-based assessment of the potential effects of alternative dam construction schemes on freshwater fish diversity in the Lower Mekong Basin
(2010)Type: ReportThis consultation is a contribution to an assessment of the impacts of basin development on fish production in the Lower Mekong Basin (LMB). Fish of different species respond to development activities, in particular ... -
Assessing forest canopy closure in a geospatial medium to address management concerns for tropical islands: Southeast Asia
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleThe present study outlines an approach to classify forest density and to estimate canopy closure of the forest of the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago. The vector layers generated for the study area using satellite data was ... -
Urban farming systems in Yaoundé: building a mosaic
(2010)Type: Book ChapterUrban agriculture is prevalent in Cameroon, the first country examined in this book of case studies, yet its role in urban life was little studied until the 1990s. At that time researchers began to look at some aspects of ... -
Diel burying by the tropical sea cucumber Holothuria scabra: effects of environmental stimuli, handling and ontogeny
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleUnderstanding concealment behaviour of marine animals is vital for population surveys and captive-release programmes. The commercially valuable sea cucumber Holothuria scabra Jaeger 1833 (Holothuroidea) can display a diel ... -
Allies, not aliens: increasing the role of local communities in marine protected area implementation
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleVarious management approaches have been proposed to address the alarming depletion of marine coastal resources. Prominent among them are community based management and the establishment of marine protected areas (MPAs). ... -
Baseline study: nutritional status, food security and fish consumption among people living with HIV/AIDS in Zambia
(2010)Type: ReportUnder the regional programme Fisheries and HIV/AIDS in Africa, the University of Zambia, in collaboration with the WorldFish Center, has undertaken a baseline survey of the nutritional status and fish consumption of people ... -
Outcome mapping
(2010)Type: ToolOutcome Mapping (OM) was developed by the International Development Research Center (IDRC) to deal with the complex changes resulting from development projects. -
The WorldFish Center: Malawi
(2010)Type: BriefThe role of the WorldFish Center is to research and disseminate appropriate aquaculture and fisheries technologies for sustainable agricultural intensification. To achieve these goals the WorldFish Center works in partnership ... -
Developing youth entrepreneurs: a viable youth employment strategy in Sri Lanka?
(2010)Type: Book ChapterEntrepreneurship training that leads to increased business creation and expansion is considered a viable employment strategy for youth globally. Many organizations in Sri Lanka have provided entrepreneurship training for ... -
Aquatic resources and environmental variability in Bac Lieu Province (Southern Vietnam)
(2010)Type: Book ChapterThe dynamics of aquatic resources in the canals of Sac Lieu Province, in southern Vietnam, are detailed and synthesized in this study. Nekton and eight environmental parameters were monitored in this province between 2004 ... -
Creating rural livelihoods in Solomon Islands through an environmentally friendly trade of marine ornamentals for the aquarium trade: lessons learned
(2010)Type: BriefThe marine ornamental trade became active in Solomon Islands in the mid-1980s, primarily through the wild harvest of corals and fish. The initiation of more sustainable techniques (cultured giant clams and farmed corals) ... -
Visioning
(2010)Type: ToolAlthough the precise origins of visioning are unclear, it is a widely used tool for defining stakeholder aspirations and a vision of the future in the context of a development intervention. -
Wetlands of the Yellow River Delta: a heritage to conserve and treasure [chinese version]
(2010)Type: BriefThe wetlands of the Yellow River delta face a situation common in many developing countries where the quest for rapid economic growth brings development to the doorstep of natural ecosystems and threatens their health and ...
