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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 ... -
Determination of moulting events in rock lobsters from pleopod clipping
(2013)Type: Journal ArticleRock lobster growth is routinely measured for research to optimise management measures such as size limits and quotas. The process of estimating growth is complicated in crustaceans as growth only occurs when the animal ... -
Lessons from implementing, adapting and sustaining community-based adaptive marine resource management
(2014)Type: BriefCommunity-based marine resource management is recognized by the Government of Solomon Islands as the principle strategy for use in marine conservation and small-scale fisheries management. This strategy is particularly ... -
The contribution of nearshore fish aggregating devices (FADs) to food security and livelihoods in Solomon Islands
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleFish aggregating devices, or FADs, are used widely in developing countries to concentrate pelagic fish, making them easier to catch. Nearshore FADs anchored close to the coast allow access for rural communities, but despite ... -
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 ... -
Marine Protected Areas in the Coral Triangle: Progress, Issues, and Option
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleThe six Coral Triangle countries-Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Solomon Islands, and Timor-Leste-each have evolving systems of marine protected areas (MPAs) at the national and local levels. More than ... -
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 ... -
Innovations to strengthen aquatic resource governance on Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake
(2014)Type: ReportCambodia's recent freshwater fishery sector reform, instigated at the top level of government, is one of the country's most significant contemporary policy developments addressing natural resources management and rural ... -
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 ... -
Strengthening collective action to address resource conflict in Lake Kariba, Zambia
(2014)Type: ReportWhere natural resources are a key component of the rural economy, the ability of the poor to realize their visions for the future depends significantly on institutional structures that govern resource access and management. ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Do non-users value coral reefs?: Economic valuation of conserving Tubbataha Reefs, Philippines
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleThe main purpose of the study is to determine whether non-use values exist among residents of Quezon City, hundreds of kilometers away from Tubbataha Reefs. The dichotomous choice contingent valuation method (CVM) was ... -
Is community-based fisheries management realising multiple objectives? Examining evidence from the literature
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleCommunity-based and co-management approaches are key strategies for small-scale fisheries management. The expansion of these approaches is particularly apparent in the Pacific, where communities rely heavily on small-scale ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Small-scale fisheries through the wellbeing lens
(2014)Type: Journal ArticleDespite longstanding recognition that small-scale fisheries make multiple contributions to economies, societies and cultures, assessing these contributions and incorporating them into policy and decision-making has suffered ...
