Get an annotated online bibliography on small-scale fisheries and fishing communities. Resources are classified under eight themes: Right to Resources, Gender in Fisheries and Aquaculture, Disasters and Climate Change, Decent Work, Fisheries Trade, Aquaculture, Biodiversity and SSF Guidelines
Women engage in a wide range of activities in fisheries, including paid and unpaid work and liaison with institutions. In several countries, women dominate inland fishing and aquaculture. Their play multiple roles – in seafood processing plants, as caregivers in the family, as the builders of social networks and community.
Gender issues focus not on women only but on their relationship with men, on their roles, rights and responsibilities. They acknowledge that these vary within and between cultures as well as by class, race, ethnicity, age and marital status.
The 2014 SSF Guidelines are based on the principle of gender equality and equity. They integrate gender issues into all small-scale fisheries development strategies.
This paper examines the questions of adaptation and change in terms of social-ecological resilience using lessons from a place-specific case study. The Inuvialuit people of the small community of Sachs...
This book provides a framework for understanding the vulnerability of communities and marine based industries to climate change, both through direct effects and through impacts on ecosystem goods and services....
This review focuses on the role of local institutions in adaptation to climate change. It does so under the belief that climate impacts will affect disadvantaged social groups more disproportionately,...
This chapter presents a global perspective on the impacts of climate change and sea-level rise on coastal and adjoining low-lying areas, with an emphasis on post-2000 insights. Here,coastal systems are...
Marine and coastal ecosystems in Asia are likely to be affected by sea-level rise and temperature increases (high confidence). Projected sea-level rise is very likely to result in significant losses...
The paper provides an overview of general social and environmental conditions in this region. It outlines the vulnerability of the Asian region to climate change, the current status of adaptation...
This paper outlines the principals of community based adaptation, and illustrates it further with examples from Practical Action’s experiences. The paper provides key messages for those responsible for addressing the...
IASC practitioners have contributed a number of case studies, which showcase good practice in addressing the challenges of climate change. These are documented in this report. The 19 case studies...
This brochure is based on the report ‘Moving towards low impact fisheries in Europe: policy hurdles and actions’, which was commissioned by Seas at Risk in 2009. The report suggests...