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The contribution of nearshore fish aggregating devices (FADs) to food security and livelihoods in Solomon Islands
Type: Journal Article
Fish 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 ...
Beyond gender-blind livelihoods: Considerations for coastal livelihood initiatives
Type: Working Paper
Sustainable and improved livelihoods are often entry points to enhance human well-being and the management of natural resources (Allison and Ellis 2001; Sulu et al. 2015). Yet research shows that many of these livelihood ...
Nearshore fish aggregating devices (FADs) for food security in Solomon Islands
Type: Brief
Coastal 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 ...
Malnutrition in rural Solomon Islands: An analysis of the problem and its drivers
Type: Journal Article
Solomon Islands, like many Pacific Island nations, suffer from the burden of malnutrition. External drivers including population growth, declining agriculture and fisheries productivity and global food trade have contributed ...
Nourishing island food systems in Solomon Islands: Operational Plan 2024
Type: Internal Report
The 2023 Operational plan outlined 27 milestones that we sought to complete during the year. Here
we provide a brief traffic light review of milestone completion organised by each of the four research pathways in our 2023 ...
CBRM Scaling and Networking Community Forum
Type: Brief
Scaling up community-based resource management (CBRM) in Pacific Island countries is a regional priority for sustainable development and food security. A forum with community members, provincial
fisheries officers, Ministry ...