Story | 23 Jun, 2022
Developing new partnerships for protecting small-scale fishers' human rights
CEESP News: Elisa Morgera, Director, One Ocean Hub, and Professor of Global Environmental Law at University of Strathclyde Law School, Glasgow (UK) and CEESP member
The One Ocean Hub, a global research coalition, is co-developing partnerships at different scales, between fishers'…
Story | 23 Jun, 2022
Progressing gender equality in the fisheries sector
CEESP News: Dr. Sangeeta Mangubhai1 & Dr. Sarah Lawless2
Gender equality is critical for effective and equitable conservation and development outcomes in coastal countries. Commitments to gender equality have surged, yet the depth and effectiveness of these commitments are unclear. A…
Story | 23 Jun, 2022
Progress on Community-Based Subsistence Fishing Areas (CBSFA)
CEESP News: The authors of this article are members of the E Alu Pu Network the founding network of Kua'aina Ulu Auamo or KUA, an inaugural IUCN IPO Member. KUA's Executive Director Kevin Chang is a member of CEESP.
World Oceans Day in Hawai’i coincided this year with real progress on…
Story | 23 Jun, 2022
CEESP News: Vivienne Solís Rivera1 and Ivannia Ayales Cruz2
Maintaining the vitality of marine territories of life based on the governance (shared or community-based) should be a priority for marine conservation in the context of the GBF and the World Ocean Congress in Lisbon. We have…
Story | 01 Nov, 2021
Understanding the multiple benefits of area-based conservation
CEESP News: by Nigel Dudley and Sue Stolton, Equilibrium Research *
Under current proposals from the Convention on Biological Diversity, a target is likely to be set for 30% of the world’s land surface to be set aside into protected and conserved areas. Over 60 countries have pledged to…
Story | 28 Apr, 2021
Gender & fisheries: Equality vs equity
CEESP News: by Sangeeta Mangubhai, Wildlife Conservation Society *
Gender experts frequently talk about gender equality and gender equity, and although they sound familiar and are related terms, they have different meanings. Understanding these two terms is critical for a fair, just and…
Story | 11 Feb, 2021
Plastics: mitigating their environmental, health and human rights impacts
CEESP News: By Patricia Parkinson, Director, Environmental Law Oceania *
A new global governance regime for plastics is needed to mitigate their environmental, health and human rights impacts, especially in the Pacific 'Large Ocean Small Islands Developing States' - A tale of flooding…
Story | 11 Jan, 2021
Coastal Community Associations: A model for sustainable development at the Kenyan coast
CEESP News by Tilda Bowden, Creative Writing editor of the Lucy Writers’ Platform on behalf of the Oceans Alive Trust, Kenya
Kuruwitu Fishers on the north coast of Kenya were driven to the brink of survival by unregulated and exploitative fish harvesting and were prompted to start a…
Story | 08 Jan, 2021
Communities combating fisheries crime and reef destruction
CEESP News by Venkat Ramakrishnan *
Reef Check Malaysia has been working on the ground addressing many challenges while protecting coral reefs and marine life in Malaysia. In this article, they describes how dangerous fish bombs are to marine life and local livelihoods, and how they are…
Publication | 2020
IUCN guidelines for gathering of fishers’ knowledge for policy development and applied use
Small-scale fisheries provide food security, livelihoods and income to millions of people but their management still presents a challenge to managers and other stakeholders due to problems in gathering suitable information and its incorporation in fisheries policy. Fishers are a key source of…