Perspectives on aquaculture's contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals for improved human and planetary health
EfD Authors:
The diverse aquaculture sector makes important contributions toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)/Agenda 2030, and can increasingly do so in the future. Its important role for food security, nutrition, livelihoods, economies, and cultures is not clearly visible in the Agenda 21 declaration. This may partly reflect the state of development of policies for aquaculture compared with its terrestrial counterpart, agriculture, and possibly also because aquaculture production has historically originated from a few key hotspot regions/countries.
Fishing for Insurance Among Small-Scale Fisheries in Ghana
Many international and national programmes seek to promote insurance for disaster risk reduction in developing countries including Ghana. Despite these programmes, the uptake of weather insurance for
Coping with Natural Hazards: Coastal Ecosystems' Protective Services and Role in Shaping Informal Risk-Sharing and Shock Coping
Extreme climate variability increasingly threatens many Global South coasts. Storm surges and inundation damage the production, livelihood, and daily life of millions of people who are residing in
Climate-related Risks and Sustainable Cage Fish Farming in Vietnam and Uganda
Aquaculture is an important alternative for capture fisheries, which have experienced over-exploitation and fish stock degradation. While cage fish farming has widely been practised in Vietnam and
Voting Decision on Fishing Fuel Subsidy Reform in An Overexploited Fishery: The Case of Artisanal Fishery in Ghana
Fishing subsidies that enhance fishing capacity by reducing fishing costs could negatively impact the ecological, economic, and social performances of capture fisheries. This is because harmful
Regulatory Compliance in Small Scale Fisheries in Vietnam and Ghana
In conservation and sustainable fisheries management understanding the motivations of fisher’s non-compliant behavior and developing effective interventions to promote behavioral change is challenging
Applying the SES Framework to coral reef restoration projects on the Pacific coast of Costa Rica
EfD Authors:
Introduction: Global and local stressors have led to rapid declines in coral reef health. The high rates of coral degradation have motivated restoration initiatives worldwide. Evaluation of these initiatives has provided valuable information regarding coral restoration techniques and limitations faced by projects. However, most of the literature is focused on evaluating metrics related to fragment survival rate and growth, leaving a gap in understanding how social aspects such as governance structure affect project outcomes
