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Research legitimacy as a precursor to effectiveness: the role of equitable partnerships in transforming aquatic food systems
Type: Journal Article
Competing interests in aquatic food systems pose challenges for small-scale food producers trying to secure their place in the blue economy. These challenges include development aspirations, pressure from conservation ...
The role of voluntary commitments in realizing the promise of the Blue Economy
Type: Journal Article
Voluntary (or non-binding) commitments offer an action-oriented mechanism for addressing interconnected, complex and pressing issues. Though not designed to replace negotiated or binding outcomes, voluntary commitments can ...
Social sustainability and equity in the blue economy
Type: Journal Article
The ocean economy has the potential to improve human wellbeing. Yet, in practice, its rapid acceleration is often producing few benefits and substantial social harms for rural and resource-dependent coastal communities. ...
Characterizing antibiotics in LCA—a review of current practices and proposed novel approaches for including resistance
Type: Journal Article
Purpose
With antibiotic resistance (ABR) portrayed as an increasing burden to human health, this study reviews how and to what extent toxicological impacts from antibiotic use are included in LCAs and supplement this with ...
Human health impacts of dams and reservoirs: Neglected issues in a One Health perspective
Type: Journal Article
Dams have often been constructed for hydropower, water storage and to support socio-economic development, particularly in areas of water stress. In many places, the water stored in human-made reservoirs is essential to ...
Demand for imported versus domestic fish in Nigeria
Type: Journal Article
Fish is among the most important animal-sourced foods in Africa and is crucial in combating malnutrition. Fish demand in Africa has far outpaced supply as the import share rose from 16% in 1970 to 39% by 2017. Little is ...
Ramsar Convention and the wise use of wetlands: rethinking inclusion
Type: Journal Article
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands emphasizes the “wise use” of wetlands by conserving the ecological character of wetlands while managing the socio-economic value these landscapes hold for different stakeholders. Reviewing ...
Engaging the tropical majority to make ocean governance and science more equitable and effective
Type: Journal Article
How can ocean governance and science be made more equitable and effective? The majority of the world’s ocean-dependent people live in low to middle-income countries in the tropics (i.e., the ‘tropical majority’). Yet the ...
Factors impacting antimicrobial resistance in the South East Asian food system and potential places to intervene: A participatory, one health study
Type: Journal Article
Background: With AMU projected to increase, South East Asia (SEA) is at high risk of experiencing disproportionate health, social, and economic burdens due to antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Our objective was to identify ...
Environmental justice in coastal systems: Perspectives from communities confronting change
Type: Journal Article
Life in the Pacific is characterised by interconnected, fast and slow socio-ecological change. These changes inevitably involve navigating questions of justice, as they shift who benefits from, owns, and governs resources, ...