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The black box of power in polycentric environmental governance
Type: Journal Article
Failure to address unsustainable global change is often attributed to failures in conventional environmental governance. Polycentric environmental governance—the popular alternative—involves many centres of authority ...
Lake Nasser fisheries: Recommendations for management, including monitoring and stock assessment
Type: Report
This study sought to improve the baseline knowledge of the fisheries of Lake Nasser and to make recommendations for the improved management of the fisheries, including stock assessment. The study included the review of key ...
Livelihoods and fisheries governance in a contemporary Pacific Island setting
Type: Journal Article
Inshore 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 ...
Illuminating hidden harvests: The contribution of small-scale fisheries to sustainable development
Type: Brief
FAO, WorldFish and Duke University are working in partnership with experts globally to revisit and build on the Hidden Harvest study in 2012. Encompassing the pre-harvesting, harvesting and post-harvesting sectors of inland ...
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 ...
Lake Nasser fisheries: Literature review and situation analysis
Type: Report
This study sought to improve the baseline knowledge of the fisheries of Lake Nasser and to make recommendations for the improved management of the fisheries, including stock assessment. This review draws heavily from the ...
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 ...
‘Good science’: Using sex-disaggregated data in small-scale fisheries research and policy
Type: Blog
Globally, relatively few data are available about women’s role in small-scale fisheries, despite their active participation as fishers, processors, traders and marketers. This calls for greater efforts by researchers, ...
Porter un nouvel éclairage sur les captures non visibles: La contribution de la pêche artisanale au développement durable
Type: Brief
En 2012, la FAO, la Banque mondiale et WorldFish ont publié une étude Hidden Harvest: The global contribution of capture fisheries. Pour soutenir la dynamique croissante de mise en oeuvre des Directives SSF, et en réponse ...
Resilience and social thresholds in small-scale fishing communities
Type: Journal Article
Change has become a pervasive global force with implications for the sustainability of social-ecological systems. In this context, understanding how much disturbance systems can absorb, where critical thresholds lie, and ...