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Collaborating for Resilience: A practitioner's guide
(2014)Type: ManualIn many countries, resource conflict is a leading risk to livelihoods. For some communities, it is a matter of survival. Yet, many development interventions aiming to address these challenges fail or fall far short of their ... -
Dialogue to address the roots of resource competition: Lessons for policy and practice
(2014)Type: ReportConflict management is an intrinsic element of natural resource management, and becomes increasingly important amid growing pressure on natural resources from local uses, as well as from external drivers such as climate ... -
Fish for the future: Fisheries development and food security for Kiribati in an era of global climate change
(2014)Type: ReportThe Republic of Kiribati is a vast South Pacific island group with one of the largest exclusive economic zones (EEZs) in the world. Kiribati waters support a wealth of marine fisheries activities. These activities occur ... -
Reaping the reef: Provisioning services from coral reefs in Solomon Islands
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleCoral reefs are recognized as globally important ecosystems, for their fisheries, tourism and biodiversity values in particular, with an estimated annual contribution of $30 billion to the global economy. The benefits that ... -
Two steps forward, two steps back: The role of innovation in transforming towards community-based marine resource management in Solomon Islands
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleIn many coastal nations, community-based arrangements for marine resource management (CBRM) are promoted by government, advocated for by non-government actors, and are seen by both as one of the most promising options to ... -
Overfishing and the replacement of demersal finfish by shellfish: An example from the english channel
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleThe worldwide depletion of major fish stocks through intensive industrial fishing is thought to have profoundly altered the trophic structure of marine ecosystems. Here we assess changes in the trophic structure of the ... -
Collaborating for resilience: conflict, collective action, and transformation on Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleTha authors report on outcomes and lessons learned from a 15-month initiative in Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake. Employing the appreciation-influence-control (AIC) model of participatory stakeholder engagement, the initiative ... -
Aquaculture and food security, poverty alleviation and nutrition in Ghana: Case study prepared for the Aquaculture for Food Security, Poverty Alleviation and Nutrition project
(2014)Type: ReportThis study provides an overview of the aquaculture sector in Ghana. It assesses the actual and potential contribution of aquaculture to poverty reduction and food security, and identifies enabling conditions for and drivers ... -
The Coral Triangle Atlas: An integrated online spatial database system for improving coral reef management
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleIn 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 ... -
Locally-managed marine areas: multiple objectives and diverse strategies
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleCommunity-based management and co-management are mainstream approaches to marine conservation and sustainable resource management. In the tropical Pacific, these approaches have proliferated through the spread of locally-managed ... -
Fisheries research using digital tablets in Myanmar
(2014)Type: Book ChapterThe present paper introduces a new method for data gathering using digital tablets in the field. The method is part of a fisheries study aimed at identifying migration patterns and breeding sites of key commercial fish ... -
Fish Trade for a Better Future program brochure
(2015)Type: BrochureOver the past 5 years, fish processors and traders, along with government leaders, have begun to demand a change in the way Africa trades its fish. In May 2014, the second Conference of African Ministers of Fisheries and ... -
Operationalizing the ecosystem approach to small-scale fisheries Management in the Philippines: The Iligan Bay Alliance of Misamis Occidental
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper describes the application of the participatory diagnosis and adaptive management (PDAM) framework to analyze the governance of small-scale fisheries and the potential for adopting the Ecosystem Approach to ... -
Community water access, availability and management in the Tonle Sap region, Cambodia
(2015)Type: ReportDuring the rollout of CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) in Tonle Sap in 2013, water management was highlighted as one of the key development challenges. With limited capacity to regulate water, ... -
Evaluating the management effectiveness of marine protected areas at seven selected sites in the Philippines
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleFisheries is a vital sector in the Philippine economy, providing a significant source of both domestic and export earnings while meeting essential food security and nutritional requirements. However, marine resources in ... -
A characterization of community fish refuge typologies in rice field fisheries ecosystems
(2015)Type: ManualIn rural Cambodia, fish is a source of food and income to millions of people. However, there has been a real threat to fish populations in natural wetlands due to the degradation of aquatic biodiversity and habitat, illegal ... -
Nearshore fish aggregating devices (FADs) for food security in Solomon Islands
(2015)Type: BriefCoastal fisheries are central to the lives of rural Solomon Island villages, supplying daily food and serving as one of the few sources of income. Yet, it is predicted that coastal fisheries in Solomon Islands, like many ... -
From conflict to collaboration in natural resource management: A handbook and toolkit for practitioners working in aquatic resource systems
(2014)Type: ManualNatural resource management is closely linked to conflict management, prevention and resolution. Managing natural resources involves reconciling diverging interests that often lead to conflict, which can undermine management ... -
Optimising the use of nearshore fish aggregating devices for food security in the Pacific Islands
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleIt is widely recognised that anchored, nearshore fish aggregating devices (FADs) are one of the few practical 'vehicles' for increasing access to tuna to help feed the rapidly growing rural and urban populations in many ... -
Livelihoods and fisheries governance in a contemporary Pacific Island setting
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleInshore marine resources play an important role in the livelihoods of Pacific Island coastal communities. However, such reliance can be detrimental to inshore marine ecosystems. Understanding the livelihoods of coastal ...
