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Impact of tannery effluents on the aquatic environment of the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleThis study presents an overview of the existence and effects of six heavy metals, chromium (Cr), lead (Pb), cadmium (Cd), mercury (Hg), manganese (Mn), and aluminum (Al), in tannery effluents released to the Buriganga River ... -
Impact of the community-based fish culture system on expenditure and inequality: Evidence from Bangladesh
(2016)Type: Journal ArticleThis study investigated the impact of a Community-based Fish Culture (CBFC) system on household expenditure and how expenditure inequality in the fish-producing communities has changed due to involvement in the CBFC system. ... -
Impact of the Community-Based Fisheries Management on sustainable use of inland fisheries in Bangladesh
(2007)Type: Conference PaperResearch showed that fish production, abundance and biodiversity were significantly higher in CBFM project sites compared to control water bodies. Performance indicators also suggested that fisher-managed approach yielded ... -
Impacts of fishing bans for conservation on hilsa fishers' livelihoods: Challenges and opportunities
(2018)Type: Book ChapterThis study assesses the impacts of fishing bans in Bangladesh on the livelihoods of hilsa fisher communities and opportunities for improvement. This study found that although the bans have resulted in higher total hilsa ... -
Implementing resilience management: lessons from fishing communities in the Niger basin
(2010)Type: BriefSmall inland fisheries are important to the livelihoods of the poor in Africa, contributing both food security and income to millions of households living near freshwater lakes, reservoirs, rivers and floodplains. These ... -
Implications for equity and management
(1982)Type: Book ChapterThe economic efficiency and distribution of benefits from the fisheries of San Miguel Bay, Philippines are examined in this paper. The total annual value of catch from the Bay in 1980-1981 was estimated to be US6 million. ... -
Improved access to information on market and SSA technologies (BMPs)
Type: ManualThis manual is to assist in strengthening the skills, knowledge and attitudes of Small-Scale Aquaculture (SSA) household members with improved access to information on market and SSA technologies (BMPs) in Eastern and ... -
Improved fisheries management in the Barotse Floodplain of Zambia - An urgent call for action
(2013)Type: BriefAn estimated 70,000 people depend on the resources of the Barotse floodplain for their livelihood, food and nutrition security. However, poor management, increasing fishing pressure and use of destructive fishing gears ... -
Improved fisheries productivity and management in tropical reservoirs
(2009)Type: Working PaperThe 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 ... -
Improving fisheries in Cameroon
(2005)Type: BrochureThe Republic of Cameroon is a tropical West African country, slightly larger than California (475,000 km2), lying 60 north of the equator and 12° east of Greenwich. Recent estimates place the population slightly above 16 ... -
Improving Fishery Management in Support of Better Governance of Myanmar's Inland and Delta Fisheries
(2017)Type: BriefKnown as MYFish 2, the Improving Fishery Management in Support of Better Governance of Myanmar's Inland and Delta Fisheries project is funded by the Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). It ... -
Improving fishing incomes when resources are overfished
(1981)Type: Journal ArticleDespite increased evidence of overfishing of coastal and inland resources in the Indo-Pacific region, government fisheries development programmes, for the most part, retain their 'production' orientation. Using the familiar ... -
Improving livelihoods for coastal communities in the Pacific
(2005)Type: BrochureTo achieve sustainable use of living marine resources it will be necessary, in many cases, to reduce harvest rates from present levels. This will lead to a reduction of income in the short term. Community support for ... -
In the Spotlight: Anouk Ride
Type: BlogAnouk Ride is WorldFish's social scientist based in the Solomon Islands. Ride's research focuses on human wellbeing and social security. Ride works at the intersection of conflict, gender and social inclusion in small-scale ... -
In the Spotlight: Tasnuva Zaman
Type: BlogTasnuva Zaman is WorldFish's senior gender specialist based in Bangladesh. Zaman's research focuses on gender mainstreaming, which calls for an integrated gender perspective at all stages of development, and she works to ... -
Incentivizing co-management for impact: mechanisms driving the successful national expansion of tonga’s special management area program
(2020)Type: Journal ArticleThe expansion of coastal marine protected areas can suffer from two key drawbacks: (a) the difficulty of incentivizing local communities to manage areas for conservation when their livelihoods also depend on resource use; ... -
Increasing irrigation benefits and sustainability by integrating fisheries
(2019)Type: BrochureIrrigation systems and their reservoirs are complex, dynamic socio-ecological systems. With the right management, crop and fish production can both be increased, with the benefits shared equitably among nearby communities. ... -
Increasing productivity and improving livelihoods in aquatic agricultural systems: A review of interventions
(2013)Type: Working PaperAquatic agricultural systems (AAS) are food production systems in which the productivity of freshwater or coastal ecosystems contributes significantly to total household nutrition, food security, and income in developing ... -
Increasing social and ecological resilience of coastal fisheries
(2021)Type: BriefSmall-scale coastal capture fisheries produce almost half the fish consumed in low- and middle- income countries and employ more people than all other ocean economic sectors combined, but their resilience is undermined by ... -
Increasing the benefits and sustainability of irrigation through integration of fisheries: A guide for water planners, managers and engineers
(2019)Type: Internal ReportSections 1 Guidelines for planners and mangers produced on increasing benefits and sustainability of water infrastructure through integration of fisheries
