Community response: decline of the Chambo in Lake Malawi's Southeast arm
| dc.contributor.author | Hara, Mafaniso | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2013-11-22T14:04:23Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2013-11-22T14:04:23Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Small-scale fisheries are a major source of food and employment around the world. Yet, many small-scale fishers work in conditions that are neither safe nor secure. Millions of them are poor, and often they are socially and politically marginalized. Macro-economic and institutional mechanisms are essential to address these poverty and vulnerability problems; however, interventions at the local community level are also necessary. This requires deep understanding of what poverty means to the fishers, their families and communities; how they cope with it; and the challenges they face to increase resilience and improve their lives. This book provides a global perspective, situating small-scale fisheries within the broad academic discourse on poverty, fisheries management and development. In-depth case studies from fifteen countries in Latin America, Europe, South and Southeast Asia, and sub-Saharan Africa, demonstrate the enormously complex ecological, economic, social, cultural and political contexts of this sector. Conclusions for policy-making, formulated as a joint statement by the authors, argue that fisheries development, poverty alleviation, and resource management must be integrated within a comprehensive governance approach that also looks beyond fisheries. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mafa, H. (2011). Community response: decline of the Chambo in Lake Malawi's Southeast arm. In S. Jentoft and A. Eide (eds). Poverty mosaics: realities and prospects in small scale fisheries. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Springer: 251-273 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.isbn | 9400715811 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10566/850 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.privacy.showsubmitter | false | |
| dc.publisher | Springer | en_US |
| dc.rights | This resource may be freely used, provided that the source is acknowledged. No commercial distribution of this content is permitted. | |
| dc.status.ispeerreviewed | true | |
| dc.subject | Small-scale fisheries | en_US |
| dc.subject | Poverty | en_US |
| dc.subject | Policy | en_US |
| dc.subject | Governance | en_US |
| dc.subject | Natural resource management | en_US |
| dc.subject | Fisheries development | en_US |
| dc.title | Community response: decline of the Chambo in Lake Malawi's Southeast arm | en_US |
| dc.type | Book chapter | en_US |