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Payments for Ecosystem Services (PES) and Food Security
The concept of Payment for Ecosystem Services (PES) has emerged as a challenge to the all-too-prevalent tradition of taking the Earth’s natural resources for granted. PES highlights a global continuum, illustrating the relationship between our lifestyles, the demands associated with our production and consumption patterns, and the effects those demands...
Costa Rica - Ecuador - India - Indonesia - Kenya - Nepal - Uganda - Ukraine - United Republic of Tanzania
2011
Book
Looking Ahead in World Food and Agriculture
Perspectives to 2050
this sector. In 2009, FAO’s Economic and Social Development Department organized an expert meeting and high-level expert forum around the question of “How to feed the world in 2050”. The scientific basis of this initiative was provided by world-class experts, who analysed key aspects of the matter, including population, poverty...
2011
Technical paper
World aquaculture 2010
The FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department is pleased to present World aquaculture 2010. Six regional reviews and the resulting global synthesis, which provided the basis for this document, involved many people, including fish farmers, service providers, policy-makers, scientists, researchers, and intergovernmental and non-governmental organization workers. This rigorous consultative review process...
2011 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Technical paper
Energy-smart food for people and climate
This paper makes a distinction between direct and indirect energy for (used in) the food chain and energy from (that can be produced by) the food sector. Energy from the food chain includes renewable energy produced on farms or in processing plants. This type of renewable energy includes wind, solar,...
2011 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Book
The State of Food and Agriculture 2010-11
This edition of The State of Food and Agriculture addresses Women in agriculture: closing the gender gap for development. The agriculture sector is underperforming in many developing countries, and one of the key reasons is that women do not have equal access to the resources and opportunities they need to...
2011
Newsletter article
Organic Aquaculture in Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia
A project financed by the Common Fund for Commodities1
I n the recently completed CFC/FAO Organic Aquaculture Project, INFOFISH helped fish farmers in the Asia-Pacific region adapt to the new market niche for organic aquaculture products.
Ireland - Malaysia - Myanmar - Thailand
2011
Project
Preparing a fish handling centre
Activities funded by Axis 4 played a crucial role in levering in larger investment from Axis 2 of the EFF and local municipal funds for the development of a €2.7 million fish handling centre in Kuusamo. This is a new concept in Finland; combining the needs of both fishermen and...
Finland
2011 - Kainuu-Koillismaa, Finland
Project
High School Project for Sustainable Fisheries
This project supports the valorization of local species through an inclusive community initiative bringing together catering students, fishermen and local enterprises around a small but promising project to raise awareness and promote local and sustainable sourcing. Around 130 fishermen operate on the local Lake Vänern, the largest freshwater lake in...
Sweden
2011 - De La Gardie High School, Lidköping
Book
Coastal Fisheries Trends in Estonia
A Comparative Analysis of the Strategies of Fisheries Action Groups
Estonia is a maritime nation. At least this seems so if one looks at Estonia on a map. The lifestyle of a shore-dwelling people, however, is not visibly widespread, and coastal fisheries are rather unevenly developed. Nonetheless, it could not be said that coastal fishing is defunct. Naturally, along with...
Estonia
2010
Journal
Nature & Faune: Natural resource tenure systems and their implication for agriculture, food security and nature conservation in Africa
As population density increases and available natural resources diminish, tensions and competition increase among stakeholders for access to land for farming and animal husbandry as well as access to forest, fishery and wildlife resources. The scramble for resources involves communities, economic interest groups, governments and the private sector as they...
Benin - Botswana - Burkina Faso - Cameroon - Côte d'Ivoire - Gambia - Ghana - Kenya - Mozambique - Namibia - South Africa - Zimbabwe
2010 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Policy brief/paper
FAO Policy on Indigenous and Tribal Peoples
The purpose of this policy document is to provide FAO with a framework to guide its work on indigenous peoples’ issues. Current activities follow no systematic course of action relating to such issues and will benefit greatly from the delineation of a common direction and approach. At the same time,...
2010 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Conference proceedings
Report of the FAO–DOF Workshop on the options for a potential insurance scheme for aquaculture in Thailand
In recognition of the important role played by the shrimp farming industry to the Thai economy, the Department of Fisheries of Thailand and FAO conducted a joint workshop to provide stakeholders with a detailed overview of the benefits of, and requirements for, a successful establishment of a mutual insurance scheme that responds to...
Thailand
2010 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Fact sheet
Discussions on the CAP future in Estonia
The Estonian Ministry of Agriculture (Managing Authority) started discussions on the CAP future with economic and social partners in 2009. Discussions have been organized in cooperation with Estonian Rural Network Unit. The representative organizations participating in the ERDP 2007–2013 Monitoring Committee, members of the Rural Network Cooperation Chamber and Leader...
Estonia
2010 - The European network for Rural Development
Fact sheet
CAP post-2013 / summary of comments from Finnish rural network
The members of the monitoring committee of the Rural Development Programme for Mainland Finland, strategy group for rural development, working group on agri-environment payments, working group on animal welfare payments and guidance group on rural network and it's working groups and the local action groups were asked to state their...
Finland
2010 - The European network for Rural Development
Book
Diverse Areas: Marine Protected Areas and Small-scale Fishing Communities - A collection of articles from SAMUDRA Report
In preparation for COP10 of CBD, ICSF compiled all articles from Samudra Report on MPAs and highlight the problems with top-down planning and implementation of MPAs, while drawing attention to positive examples of community-led initiatives in conservation and management. This dossier is a compilation of all articles on marine protected...
2010 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Book
Des situations diverses : Aires marines protégées et communautés de pêche artisanale - Articles extraits de la revue SAMUDRA
Ce recueil d'articles donne un aperçu du cadre juridique et des processus de la CDB. Il documente et analyse les expériences et les points de vue de communautés locales du Panama, du Mexique, d’Espagne, du Chili et d'Afrique du Sud.
2010 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Book
Perspectives de genre : Sélection d'articles de Yemaya
Collection d'articles parus dans la revue Yemaya détaillant les difficultés rencontrées par les femmes dans le secteur de la pêche. Articles sur les femmes de communautés de pêche divers pays : Brésil, Chili, Mexique, Canada, Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, Île du Prince Édouard, Nouveau-Brunswick, Nouvelle-Écosse, Philippines, Indonésie, Inde, Pakistan, Thaïlande, Sénégal, Bénin, Ouganda,...
2010 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Book
Áreas de diversidad: Áreas marinas protegidas y comunidades de pesca artesanal: Recopilación de artículos de la Revista SAMUDRA
Esta colección de escritos proporciona una visión general de la estructura juridical para documentar y analizar las experiencias y opiniones de las comunidades locales en Panamá, México, España, Chile y Sudáfrica.
2010 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Technical paper
“Climate-Smart” Agriculture
Policies, Practices and Financing for Food Security, Adaptation and Mitigation
Building on case studies from the field, the paper outlines a range of practices, approaches and tools aimed at increasing the resilience and productivity of agricultural production systems, while also reducing and removing emissions. The second part of the paper surveys institutional and policy options available to promote the transition...
2010 - Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Book
Getting it right: Incorporating social aspects into MPA planning and implementation
This document summarizes a series of case studies done in nine countries—Brazil, India, Indonesia, Mexico, Senegal, South Africa, Spain, Tanzania and Thailand—on the role of communities in the planning and implementation of marine protected areas (MPAs). The studies demonstrate that communities can be powerful allies in efforts for conservation and...
2010 - International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
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