Resilient small-scale fisheries: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
Fish Trade for a Better Future program brochure
(2015)Type: BrochureOver the past 5 years, fish processors and traders, along with government leaders, have begun to demand a change in the way Africa trades its fish. In May 2014, the second Conference of African Ministers of Fisheries and ... -
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 ... -
Evaluating the management effectiveness of marine protected areas at seven selected sites in the Philippines
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleFisheries is a vital sector in the Philippine economy, providing a significant source of both domestic and export earnings while meeting essential food security and nutritional requirements. However, marine resources in ... -
Community water access, availability and management in the Tonle Sap region, Cambodia
(2015)Type: ReportDuring the rollout of CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) in Tonle Sap in 2013, water management was highlighted as one of the key development challenges. With limited capacity to regulate water, ... -
A characterization of community fish refuge typologies in rice field fisheries ecosystems
(2015)Type: ManualIn rural Cambodia, fish is a source of food and income to millions of people. However, there has been a real threat to fish populations in natural wetlands due to the degradation of aquatic biodiversity and habitat, illegal ... -
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 ... -
Nearshore fish aggregating devices (FADs) for food security in Solomon Islands
(2015)Type: BriefCoastal 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 ... -
Optimising the use of nearshore fish aggregating devices for food security in the Pacific Islands
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleIt is widely recognised that anchored, nearshore fish aggregating devices (FADs) are one of the few practical 'vehicles' for increasing access to tuna to help feed the rapidly growing rural and urban populations in many ... -
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 ... -
Livelihoods and fisheries governance in a contemporary Pacific Island setting
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleInshore 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 ... -
Understanding leadership in the environmental sciences
(2015)Type: Journal ArticleLeadership is often assumed, intuitively, to be an important driver of sustainable development. To understand how leadership is conceptualized and analyzed in the environmental sciences and to discover what this research ... -
Community visioning and action plans: Tonle Sap hu
(2015)Type: ReportThe process of rolling out the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) in 12 target villages in the Tonle Sap region in Cambodia throughout 2013 involved several important tasks at different stages. ... -
Focal community profiles for Barotse Hub, Zambia.
(2015)Type: ReportThe purpose of the CGIAR Research Program on Aquatic Agricultural Systems (AAS) focal community profiles is to provide basic descriptions of initial conditions in each community where AAS works in the Barotse Floodplain ... -
Participatory diagnosis of coastal fisheries for North Tarawa and Butaritari island communities in the Republic of Kiribati
(2016)Type: ReportIn support of the Kiribati National Fisheries Policy 2013-2025, the ACIAR project "Improving Community-Based Fisheries Management in Pacific Island Countries" aims to develop and nurture the structures, processes and ... -
Five principles for network success in Solomon Islands
(2017)Type: BriefIn Solomon Islands, networks consisting of multiple partners are gaining momentum because of their potential to improve the capacity of communities, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and government stakeholders to achieve ...