Climate Change: Recent submissions
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Climate variability and the Peruvian scallop fishery: the role of formal institutions in resilience building
(2009)Type: Journal ArticlePeru experiences recurrent ENSO (El Niño Southern Oscillation) events during which the Peruvian bay scallop (Argopecten purpuratus) undergoes substantial changes in its stock size. In the North of the country strong warm ... -
Vulnerability of national economies to the impacts of climate change on fisheries
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleAnthropogenic global warming has significantly influenced physical and biological processes at global and regional scales. The observed and anticipated changes in global climate present significant opportunities and ... -
Planning the use of fish for food security in the Pacific
(2009)Type: Journal ArticleFish is a mainstay of food security for Pacific island countries and territories (PICTs). Recent household income and expenditure surveys, and socio-economic surveys, demonstrate that subsistence fishing still provides the ... -
Climate change, small-scale fisheries and smallholder aquaculture
(2009)Type: Book ChapterFisheries and aquaculture both contribute to meeting the Millennium Development Goals but vulnerability to climate change threatens the contribution that they make to development. Impacts of climate change on small-scale ... -
Climate change: research to meet the challenges facing fisheries and aquaculture
(2009)Type: BriefClimate change poses new challenges to the sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture systems, with serious implications for the 520 million people who depend on them for their livelihoods and the nearly 3 billion people ... -
The future is now: how scenarios can help Senegalese and Mauritanian fisheries adapt to climate change
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleLocalized changes in the productivity of marine and inland waters induced by climate change will pose new challenges to the fishery and the aquaculture sectors in West Africa. However, climate change does not occur in ... -
Sea level rise and tigers: predicted impacts to Bangladesh's Sundarbans mangroves: a letter
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleThe Sundarbans mangrove ecosystem, shared by India and Bangladesh, is recognized as a global priority for biodiversity conservation. Sea level rise, due to climate change, threatens the long term persistence of the Sundarbans ... -
Fisheries production systems, climate change and climate variability in West Africa: an annotated bibliography
(2010)Type: BookThis bibliography is intended for people who are involved in fisheries, aquaculture, climate change, disaster management and policy development in West Africa or interested in one or more of these issues. The literature ... -
Fuelling the decline in UK fishing communities?
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleVolatile fuel prices are a threat to the viability of UK fishing communities. The economic and social impacts of rising fuel costs for fishers and communities in southwest England are examined. Fuel prices doubled between ... -
Managing climatic risks for enhanced food security: key information capabilities
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleFood security is expected to face increasing challenges from climatic risks that are more and more exacerbated by climate change, especially in the developing world. This document lists some of the main capabilities that ... -
Climate change, water and agriculture in the Greater Mekong Subregion
(2010)Type: ReportThe report reviews the current status and trends in water management in the Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS); assesses likely impacts of climate change on water resources to 2050 based on historical patterns and simulated ... -
Adaptation of floodplain fishing communities to hydro-climatic changes in the Niger basin: lessons learned
(2010)Type: BriefThe river floodplain ecosystems of the Sahelian region have recently undergone two major hydrological changes: (i) increased interannual variation in rainfall and (ii) a steep reduction of flood peaks and floodplain ... -
Adapting to climate change: the ecosystem approach to fisheries and aquaculture in the Near East and North Africa region
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleThe FAO/WorldFish Center Workshop on Adapting to Climate Change: the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries and Aquaculture in the Near East and North Africa took place in November, 2009 to identify and address the impacts created ... -
Rethinking agriculture in the Greater Mekong subregion: how to sustainably meet food needs, enhance ecosystem services and cope with climate change
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleNations of the Greater Mekong Subregion need to ‘rethink’ their agricultural industries to meet future food needs, given the social shifts and climate changes that are forecast for the coming decades. With better farming ... -
Impacts of climate variability and change on fishery-based livelihoods
(2010)Type: Journal ArticleThere is increasing concern over the consequences of global warming for the food security and livelihoods of the world’s 36million fisherfolk and the nearly 1.5 billion consumers who rely on fish for more than 20% of their ... -
Fish supply and demand scenarios in Cambodia and perspectives on the future role of aquaculture
(2011)Type: BriefFish is vital to the well-being and livelihoods to millions of people in the Lower Mekong Basin, many of whom are poor, relying on fish as a major source of animal protein, sometimes the only source. The supply of ‘free’ ... -
Towards integrated island management: lessons from Lau, Malaita, for the implementation of a national approach to resource management in Solomon Islands: final report
(2011)Type: ReportSolomon Islands has recently developed substantial policy aiming to support inshore fisheries management, conservation, climate change adaptation and ecosystem approaches to resource management. A large body of experience ... -
Sub-Saharan fish trade and nutrition in a changing climate
(2011)Type: BriefThere is an increasing ‘fish gap’ in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where fish supplies have failed to keep pace with the region’s growing demand. Despite the high dependence on fish for nutrition in much of the region, consumption ... -
Envisioning 2050: climate change, aquaculture and fisheries in West Africa. Dakar, Senegal 14-16 April 2010
(2011)Type: ReportThis report presents the activities and results of the workshop Envisioning 2050: Climate Change, Aquaculture and Fisheries in West Africa. The objectives of the workshop were to discuss critical issues and uncertainties ... -
Vision 2050: changement climatique, pêche et aquaculture en Afrique de l’Ouest Du 14 au 16 avril 2010, Dakar, Sénégal
(2011)Type: ReportCe rapport présente les activités et les résultats de l’atelier Vision 2050: Changement climatique, pêche et aquaculture en Afrique de l’Ouest. Les objectifs de l’atelier étaient de discuter les questions critiques et les ...
