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The fisheries and aquaculture sector in national adaptation programmes of action: importance, vulnerabilities and priorities.

Year of publication 2011

Pages 60

Author Vadacchino, L.; De Young, C.; Brown, D.;Fishery and Aquaculture Economics and Policy Division

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 9789251068441

Series title FAO Fisheries Circular

Series number 0429-9329|2070-6065|0429-9337 - C1064

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The main purpose of this review is to support least-developed countries (LDC), development partners and donors in planning and implementing climate change adaptation actions for the fisheries and aquaculture sector. In particular, it is aimed at the LDCs eligible for support from the Least Developed Countries Fund (LDCF) (operated by the Global Environment Facility [GEF]), the GEF and its Agencies and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) LDC Expert Group (LEG). This desk study analyses the existing national adaptation programmes of action (NAPAs) of LDCs to identify why and in what ways the sector has been identified as needing priority adaptation action and how this prioritization has transferred into actual projects through the LDCF. The report: familiarizes fisheries and aquaculture decision-makers in LDCs with the NAPA process and the means for NAPA implementation; reviews country priorities vis-à-vis the fisheries and aquaculture sector; and provides those in the climate change arena with an understanding of the particular needs and vulnerabilities of the sector. The ultimate goal of the circular is to promote the inclusion of a traditionally under-represented but potentially highly vulnerable sector in the planning and implementation of climate change adaptation strategies.

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Vadacchino, L.; De Young, C.; Brown, D. The fisheries and aquaculture sector in national adaptation programmes of action: importance, vulnerabilities and priorities. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular. No. 1064. Rome, FAO. 2011. 60 pp.

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