Miscellaneous themes: Recent submissions
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Influence of built structures on local livelihoods: case studies of road development, irrigation and fishing lots
(2007)Type: ReportThis report documents the results from an assessment of the influence of built structures on the livelihoods of Tonle Sap communities, as part of the livelihoods component of the “Study of the Influence of Built Structures ... -
Influence of built structures on Tonle Sap fisheries : synthesis report
(2007)Type: ReportThis document is a synthesis of the major findings and recommendation of a study on the influence of built structures on the fisheries of the Tonle Sap Lake. The multidisciplinary study analysed the influence and impact ... -
Combining top-down and bottom-up modelling approaches of land use/ cover change to support public policies: application to sustainable management of natural resources in northern Vietnam
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleOver recent years, the scientific community has developed different modelling methodologies of land use/cover change (LUCC) depending on their intended use, and also on the scale of investigation, disciplinary background ... -
Problem formulation and options assessment: science-guided deliberation in environmental risk assessment of transgenic fish
(2007)Type: Book ChapterThis chapter provides an overview of problem formulation and options assessment (PFOA) for scientists, risk assessment specialists, industry representatives and other interested public stakeholders who may be involved in ... -
Simplification of seagrass food webs across a gradient of nutrient enrichment
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleAnthropogenic nutrient enrichment has resulted in significant changes in food web structure. Although such changes have been associated with the loss of diversity and ecosystem services, little empirical work has been done ... -
Fishing in, fishing out: transboundary issues and the territorialization of blue space
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleIn this paper, we consider transboundary access to and appropriation of resources as a part of the territorialization of space by the state. This implies that environmental concerns about transboundary resource access are ... -
Rice research, technological progress, and poverty: the Bangladesh case
(2007)Type: Book ChapterThis case study assesses the impact on poverty of the technological changes in rice cultivation made by IRRI and its national partners in Bangladesh. Modern varieties (MVs) with higher yield potential were first introduced ... -
The European union's 2010 target: putting rare species in focus
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleThe European Union has adopted the ambitious target of halting the loss of biodiversity by 2010. Several indicators have been proposed to assess progress towards the 2010 target, two of them addressing directly the issue ... -
Vulnerability of Cambodian water snakes: initial assessment of the impact of hunting at Tonle Sap Lake
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleThis paper documents the emergent snake ‘fishery’ occurring on Tonle Sap Lake where an estimated 6.9 million snakes (mostly homalopsids) are removed annually, representing the world’s largest exploitation of a single snake ... -
Study of the influence of built structures on the fisheries of the Tonle Sap: product documents and results
(2007)Type: ReportThe fishery resources of Cambodia, originating mainly from the Tonle Sap Lake, rank first in the world for their productivity and fourth for their total catch despite the small size of the country. The floodplains contribution ... -
Enabling alternative livelihoods for aquatic resource dependent communities of the Tonle Sap: summary note
(2007)Type: ReportThis research note is provided as a supplement to the technical report, “Influence of Built Structures on Livelihoods: Case Studies of Road Development, Irrigation, and Fishing Lots," as part of the livelihoods component ... -
China and the WorldFish Center pooling resources [in Chinese]
(2007)Type: BrochureWorldFish has renewed its partnership specifically to make aquaculture more productive, profitable and environmentally sustainable in China, tropical Asia and Africa. This brochure documents our previous work in China and ... -
Decentralized provision of primary healthcare in rural Bangladesh : a study of government facilities
(2007)Type: Working PaperBangladesh has made significant progress in health indicators in recent years in spite of her low level of income. This is mainly due to the commitment of the state supported by donors in providing preventive care with ... -
Siem Reap meet: the responsibility of stewardship
(2007)Type: ReportThis synthesis outline the outcomes of the Siem Reap workshop and sympoisum in the context of coastal and wetland management.The workshop focused on understanding how different fishworker organisations and community ... -
China and the Worldfish Center pooling resources
(2007)Type: BrochureWorldFish has renewed its partnership specifically to make aquaculture more productive, profitable and environmentally sustainable in China, tropical Asia and Africa. This brochure documents our previous work in China and ... -
The wetlands alliance: building local capacity for sustainable, poverty-focused wetlands management
(2007)Type: BriefThe Wetlands Alliance brings together the strengths and expertise of these institutions known for their work in conservation, development, education, training and research. 1) The Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) ; 2) -
Mediating effects of sea urchins on interactions among coral, algae and herbivorous fish in the lagoon at Moorea, French Polynesia.
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleThe relative importance of grazing by sea urchins in influencing the composition and structure of coral reef habitats has only occasionally been explored experimentally, and never on the coral reefs of Oceania, where both ... -
Identification of nursery habitats for commercially valuable humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) and large groupers (Pisces: Serranidae) in Palau.
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleScientist traced the variation in preferred habitat through the lifestages of 3 important reef fishes and advised that conservation of reef fish habitat should be prioritized according to their value as essential ... -
Food and nutritional security in Bangladesh: going beyond carbohydrate counts
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleThe progress towards achieving household nutritional food-security in Bangladesh has remained slow. So far the food security is cereal-based (mainly rice) and food basket has not yet diversified towards high nutritive/ ... -
Population dynamics of Lysmata Ensirostris in the Kutubdia channel of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh
(2007)Type: Journal ArticleFiSAT (FAO ICLARM Stock Assessment Tools) programme was used to estimate population parameters of Lysmata ensirostris from length frequency data. The La (asymptotic length) and K (growth coefficient) were found to be 7.3 ...
