Ecosystems, habitats, environments & climate change
Publications
Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on the Management of Large Rivers for Fisheries Volume I
2004
Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on the Management of Large Rivers for Fisheries Volume I. Welcomme R. and T. Petr, Eds., FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific, Bangkok, Thailand. RAP Publication 2004/16, pp. 1-20. The Second International Symposium on the Management of Large Rivers for Fisheries was held on 11 - 14 February 2003 in Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia. It had three primary objectives: to provide a forum to review and synthesise the...
Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on the Management of Large Rivers for Fisheries Volume II
2004
The Second International Symposium on the Management of Large Rivers for Fisheries was held on 11 – 14 February 2003 in Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia. It had three primary objectives: 1) to provide a forum to review and synthesize the latest information on large rivers; 2) to raise the political, public and scientific awareness of the importance of river systems, the living aquatic resources they support and the people who depend on them; and 3) to contribute to...
Restoration of productive aquatic ecosystems by small-scale fisheries and aquaculture communities in Asia
2022
This report showcases examples of actions taken by small-scale fishers and aquaculture farmers in Asia to restore the productivity of aquatic ecosystems. Small-scale fishers and fish farmers include some of the world’s most marginalized and impoverished people groups, yet their harvests account for over half of the world’s aquatic food production. The marine, coastal and freshwater ecosystems their livelihoods depend upon are degraded from human impacts and further at risk from climate change.