Co-management of fisheries and mangroves as a pathway to the ecosystem approach to fisheries

FAO

Co-management of fisheries and mangroves as a pathway to the ecosystem approach to fisheries

Good practices and lessons learned from the Coastal Fisheries Initiative

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 80 p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-139079-5

Full item page

Synopsis (short abstract) The CFI programme - a global partnership between FAO, UNDP, UNEP, Conservation International, the World Bank and the WWF - has developed three legacy Global Knowledge Products (GKPs) to consolidate experience and lessons learned and to make its successful approaches and tangible impacts sustainable beyond the end of its five-year cycle. This e-book is the first of the series. Within its overall objective of demonstrating holistic, ecosystem-based management and improved governance of small-scale coastal fisheries, the CFI has learned that co-management schemes that empower local communities – women as well as men - to act as stewards of their own resources can result in the sustainable use of fragile habitats such as mangrove forests in ways that can guarantee thriving livelihoods and conservation at the same time. This e-book describes the methodologies and results achieved by the CFI in Indonesia, Latin America (Ecuador, Peru) and West Africa (Cabo Verde, Côte d’Ivoire, Senegal), which can be adapted to local contexts anywhere in the world. It is aimed at national and international policymakers, practitioners and development agencies and is enriched with testimonies from beneficiaries across these geographies.

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FAO. 2024. Co-management of fisheries and mangroves as a pathway to the ecosystem approach to fisheries - Good practices and lessons learned from the Coastal Fisheries Initiative. Rome.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cd2212en

Language English

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