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Two steps forward, two steps back: The role of innovation in transforming towards community-based marine resource management in Solomon Islands
Type: Journal Article
In 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 ...
Dialogue to address the roots of resource competition: Lessons for policy and practice
Type: Report
Conflict 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 ...
Innovations to strengthen aquatic resource governance on Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake
Type: Report
Cambodia'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 ...
Aquaculture and food security, poverty alleviation and nutrition in Ghana: Case study prepared for the Aquaculture for Food Security, Poverty Alleviation and Nutrition project
Type: Report
This 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 ...
From conflict to collaboration in natural resource management: A handbook and toolkit for practitioners working in aquatic resource systems
Type: Manual
Natural 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 ...
Fisheries research using digital tablets in Myanmar
Type: Book Chapter
The 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 ...
Collaborating for resilience: conflict, collective action, and transformation on Cambodia's Tonle Sap Lake
Type: Journal Article
Tha 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 ...
Impact of tannery effluents on the aquatic environment of the Buriganga River in Dhaka, Bangladesh
Type: Journal Article
This 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 ...
Collaborating for Resilience: A practitioner's guide
Type: Manual
In 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
Type: Journal Article
Community-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 ...