Fisheries
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Innovation in Africa: addressing local sustainable development challenges
- ( United Nations Publications / Department of Economic and Social Affairs, United Nations , 2008)
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This report aims to shed light on the way innovative solutions have arisen to address local sustainable development challenges, examining the determinants of success and the scope for replication. ...
- Gender and natural resource management: critical feminist perspectives
- ( B., P. Resurreccion;R. Elmhirst / International Development Research Centre , 2008)
- This book examines the gender dimensions of natural resource exploitation and management, with a focus on Asia. It explores the uneasy negotiations between theory, policy, and practice that are often ...
- Successful community-based natural resource management in Malawi
- ( M.D. Kalanda-Sabola;E.M.T. Henry;E. Kayambazinthu;J. Wilson / Malawi Journal of Science and Technology , 2008)
- This paper presents results of a study which examined local ecological knowledge and traditional management practices in lake resources management on Chisi Island, Lake Chilwa, Malawi. A combination o...
- Involving women in fisheries and coastal resource management
- ( A. Soumare / Gender and Water Alliance , 2008)
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During the last twenty years pressure on marine resources in Senegal has increased so significantly that fish have become scarce. Despite their involvement in the use of coastal and marine resource...
Relaxing WTO fisheries subsidies rules for small boats: a dangerous loophole?
- ( A. Gonzales / WWF-World Wide Fund For Nature , 2008)
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This paper argues that small boats can cause as much damage in fisheries around the world as big trawlers. While most governments say they want to halt subsidies that contribute to overfishing and ...
Small-scale fisheries for poverty alleviation: how can the benefits be maximised?
- ( C. Béné;G. Macfadyen;E.,H. Allison / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations , 2007)
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The objective of this paper is to highlight the contribution that inland and coastal small-scale fisheries can make to poverty alleviation and food security and to make practical suggestions o...
- Does aquaculture reduce poverty and promote sustainable development in the Philippines?
- ( X. Irz;J., R. Stevenson;A. Tanoy / id21 Natural Resources , 2008)
- The paper examines aquaculture in five coastal communities in the Philippines and analyses whether aquaculture, which is an important economic activity and source of income, reduces poverty and contri...
- Locally Managed Marine Areas- a community approach to marine conservation
- ( H Govan;W Aalbersberg;A Tawake;J Parks / Locally-Managed Marine Area Network , 2008)
- Throughout Southeast Asia and the Pacific, coastal communities are experiencing dwindling supplies of marine resources. Locally-managed approaches to coastal protection and management have become prom...
- Major trade-related elements of the tuna fishing industry in the Western Central Pacific Ocean
- ( L. Campling;E. Havice;V. Ram-Bidesi / Forum Fisheries Agency (FFA) , 2007)
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This Guidebook outlines the major trade-related elements of the tuna fishing industry in the Western Central Pacific Ocean. It is intended to serve as a reference guide to assist the Forum Fisherie...
- HIV in African fishing communities: assessing what needs to be done
- ( The WorldFish Center , 2006)
- This paper from the WorldFish Centre examines how fishing communities in Africa have responded to the impact of HIV. It presents the findings of a workshop held in Zambia in 2006 and attended by repre...
