GIZ, Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (2021) Climate change and small-scale fisheries: A Case for a comprehensive climate risk management. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), Bonn.
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The effects of climate change and increasing extreme weather events on the oceans are key challenges for small-scale fisheries. This study highlights some of the economic as well as non-economic losses and damages associated with these effects. It aims to develop a better understanding of the impacts of climate change on small-scale fisheries and to some extent on the mariculture sector, to identify suitable risk-management-solutions, and to show entry points for comprehensive climate risk management (CRM) in order to enhance resilience. Synthesising the results of three reviews of baseline information (covering the Caribbean, the South Pacific, and West Africa), this study reveals that specific negative impacts of climate change on fisheries are extremely difficult to separate from other threats like overfishing, habitat loss and pollution, as the effects of these threats on socio-economic and bio-physical factors are often interlinked. A comprehensive approach to risk management is therefore necessary. The study results can be summed up in 4 major recommendations that are reflected in all 3 regions: 1.Capacity development at all levels 2.Closing data gaps impeding CRM 3.Developing instruments and tools 4.Promoting scientific cooperation.
| Item Type: | Documents |
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| Keywords: | Climate Change, Small-scale Fisheries, Risk Management, Economic Impact, Overfishing, Habitat, Pollution, Capacity Building, Instruments, Cooperation, Caribbean, South Pacific, West Africa |
| Subjects: | Disasters and Climate Change |
| Depositing User: | Jeeva ICSF Rajan |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Feb 2022 04:52 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Feb 2022 04:52 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/10513 |
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