Fishery livelihoods
Can coastal communities turn mangroves to money (without chopping them down)?
2011
This briefing note aimed at policy makers and decision makers summarizes the key findings and recommendations of a desk study conducted by an international consultant to assess the potential of generating income from mangrove areas in six south and southeeast Asian countries from the sale of carbon credits and payments from environmental services. The full report entitled “Reality check on the potential to generate income from mangroves through carbon credit sales and payments for...
Final report on the assessment of existing disaster warning systems in Quang Nam Province.
2011
This study report conducted in 2011 assessed and detailed the current disaster warning systems in Quang Nam province of Vietnam and gives recommendations for improvement.
Field manual: Mainstreaming gender into project cycle management in the fisheries sector.
2011
This manual was prepared the FAO Regional Fisheries Livelihoods Programme for South and Southeast Asia (RFLP) funded by Spain to facilitate gender analysis and project planning in fisheries development projects and to help practitioners incorporate a gender perspective into all phases of small-scale fisheries development projects. It provides a toolkit to help project managers and implementing counterparts (such as extensionists, government and non-government field workers, and private- and public-sector development consultants, community organizers and leaders of...