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Book (stand-alone)Technical bookSocial protection and sustainable natural resource management: initial findings and good practices from small-scale fisheries 2015
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No results found.The paper explores how social protection interventions can be used to reduce the vulnerability and strengthen the resilience of households and communities who depend principally on renewable natural resources to sustain their livelihoods and food security, using the case of small-scale fisheries as an illustrative case. The paper identifies and reviews existing social protection policies, schemes and instruments with regard to their potential role in supporting the transition to sustainable natu ral resource management in fisheries, including the identification of universal and targeted social protection schemes and instruments that fisheries-dependent communities have access to, as well as how these groups are defined within the context of those policies. Special attention is given to social protection in the context of households’ disaster resilience. By providing an overview of the different sources of vulnerability and concrete examples of exclusion affecting actors in the fisheries sector, the document also increases awareness of the vulnerability of small-scale fishers and fish workers to natural and human-induced hazards as well as other social, economic or political risks. The paper shows that small-scale fishers and fishworkers are typically inadequately or totally unprotected. Very important is the recognition that social vulnerabilities are as significant as economic vulnerabilities, and that innovative interventions are needed to provide protections across the spec ific set of challenges that fishers face in each national and local context. -
DocumentOther documentProgress Report of FAO on the International Initiative for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Pollinators
COP-11. Hyderabad, India
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No results found.Animal pollinators such as bees affect 35 percent of the world’s crop production, increasing outputs of 87 of the leading food crops worldwide, or 75 percent of all crops. The total economic value of crop pollination worldwide has been estimated at €153 billion annually (Gallai et al. 2009). The leading pollinator-dependent crops are vegetables and fruits, representing about €50 billion each, followed by edible oil crops, stimulants (coffee, cocoa, etc.), nuts and spices; most of these are criti cally important for nutrient security and healthy diets. The global population of managed honey bee hives has increased by 45 percent during the last half century. But with the much more rapid (>300percent) increase in the fraction of agriculture that depends on animal pollination during the last half century, the global capacity to provide sufficient pollination services may be stressed, and more pronouncedly in the developing world than in the developed world (Aizen and Harder 2009). -
Book (stand-alone)Technical bookThe Plan of Action of the African Pollinator Initiative 2007
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When the Fifth Conference of the Parties to the Convention Biological Diversity established an International Initiative for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Pollinators (also known as the International Pollinators Initiative- IPI) in 2000 (COP decision V/5, section II), FAO was requested to facilitate and co-ordinate the Initiative in close co-operation with other relevant organisations. A Plan of Action for the IPI was adopted at COP 6 (decision VI/5), providing an overall struct ure to the initiative, with four elements of assessment, adaptive management, capacity building and mainstreaming. FAO, through the FAO/Netherlands Partnership Programme, supported the initial establishment of a regional African Pollinator Initiative, and the development and publication of its Plan of Action in 2003. With this initial publication now out of print, support from the Government of Norway has permitted the translation of the Plan of Action into French, and the publication of both documents in 2007. We hope that the information contained in this Plan of Action will inspire others to establish and implement similar initiatives in their countries or regions as appropriate. We would encourage those that are developing initiatives and materials on conservation and sustainable use of pollinators to share these with FAO for wider dissemination, through the following address: pollination@fao.org).
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