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Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetInnovation case study: Turning legal analysis and information into a catalyst for change 2024
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No results found.Appropriate and effective policies and legislation underpin all efforts to achieve sustainable food production and responsible management of natural resources, including wildlife. In many countries, however, legislative reform is urgently needed to keep pace with changing environmental and social conditions, needs, norms and requirements. Sustainable wildlife management typically involves many different sectors, such as hunting and fishing, land tenure, ecosystem management, food safety and animal production. Consequently, policies and legislation may need to be strengthened or updated within and between these sectors.This publication aims to spark new ways of working to strengthen community-based sustainable wildlife management worldwide.The SWM Programme, which is funded by the European Union with co-funding from the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) and the French Development Agency (AFD), seeks to improve community-based sustainable wildlife management. What does this mean in practice? The initiative is working on ways to respect, strengthen and protect the rights of communities who live near wildlife and depend on wildlife resources for food and income, while ensuring the conservation and sustainability of wildlife populations. The SWM Programme supports communities’ efforts to secure formal rights to govern access to, and use of, wildlife within their traditional territories, and to strengthen their capacity to determine how they regulate use of wildlife. -
No Thumbnail AvailableBook (stand-alone)Workshop on Integrated Reef Resources Management in the Maldives - Bay of Bengal Programme 1997
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No results found.For much of the world's tropical population, coral reefs are synonymous with reef fish and edible marine invertebrates. Reef-related fisheries are important to small-scale fisherfolk, as a source of both protein and livelihood security for local coastal communities. In all of Asia, coral reef resources play a role in the food and livelihood security of coastal communities. Perhaps nowhere in Asia in this role more important than in the Maldives. As a student working group in the Workshop put it, "The whole livelihood of the Maldivians depends on the reef resources." The Republic of Maldives initiated IRRM to improve the management of its reef resources. IRRM is supported by BOBP and combines scientific and fisherfolk knowledge with the expertise and input of all Ministries with jurisdiction in areas impacting reef resources. Issue areas for management under IRRM include (1) Reef fishery (2) Bait fishery for the tuna pole and line fishery (3) Coral mining (4) Tourism and fishery i nteractions and (5) Legal and institutional aspects of IRRM. The IRRM Workshop was convened to share scientific and socio-economic information on the five issue areas and to obtain a common understanding and agreement among the many government agencies, public interest groups and the private sector on the objectives and vision of the IRRN Programme. Participants examined the five issue areas and arrived at a consensus on recommendations to address each issue area. The Report and Proceedings c ontain the recommendations and the papers presented at the Workshop. -
Book (series)Mediterranean coastal lagoons: sustainable management and interactions among aquaculture, capture fisheries and the environment 2015
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No results found.The Mediterranean region hosts around 400 coastal lagoons, covering a surface of over 641 000 ha differing in both their typology and use. Fisheries and various forms of aquaculture have been traditionally carried out in Mediterranean coastal lagoons since ancient times and are part of the cultural heritage of the region. Traditional lagoon management linked to extensive aquaculture and fish harvesting has certainly contributed, over time, to preserve these peculiar ecosystems, although much of the coastal lagoon areas have progressively disappeared due to land reclamation and other uses. Recently, coastal lagoons have become a relevant environmental concern: land claiming, pollution and the lack of management, among other factors, have strongly modified both the structure and functioning of these sensitive coastal ecosystems. In particular, the management of traditional aquaculture and capture fisheries activities has been identified as the main instrument to maintain lagoons’ ecolog ical features and to prevent the degradation of their sensitive habitats, both from an environmental and socioeconomic point of view. To guarantee the sustainability of aquaculture and capture fisheries in lagoons, proper management plans should be established so as to ensure the preservation of both biodiversity and local knowledge. This should also be considered as a fundamental pillar for any programme aiming at the preservation and restoration of lagoons’ environment.
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