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Social protection and sustainable natural resource management: Initial findings and good practices from small-scale fisheries

Bene, Christophe and Devereux, Stephen and Roelen, Keetie (2015) Social protection and sustainable natural resource management: Initial findings and good practices from small-scale fisheries. FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Circular No.1106 . Food and Agricultural Organisation, Rome. ISBN 978-92-5-108772-5

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Official URL: https://www.fao.org/3/a-i4620e.pdf

Abstract

The paper explores how social protection interventions can be used to reduce the vulnerability and strengthen the resilience of households and communities who depend principally on renewable natural resources to sustain their livelihoods and food security, using the case of small-scale fisheries as an illustrative case. The paper identifies and reviews existing social protection policies, schemes and instruments with regard to their potential role in supporting the transition to sustainable natural resource management in fisheries, including the identification of universal and targeted social protection schemes and instruments that fisheries-dependent communities have access to, as well as how these groups are defined within the context of those policies. Special attention is given to social protection in the context of households' disaster resilience. By providing an overview of the different sources of vulnerability and concrete examples of exclusion affecting actors in the fisheries sector, the document also increases awareness of the vulnerability of small-scale fishers and fish workers to natural and human-induced hazards as well as other social, economic or political risks. The paper shows that small-scale fishers and fishworkers are typically inadequately or totally unprotected. Very important is the recognition that social vulnerabilities are as significant as economic vulnerabilities, and that innovative interventions are needed to provide protections across the specific set of challenges that fishers face in each national and local context.

Item Type: Documents
Class Number: 500.SOC028
Keywords: Social Protection, Social Security, Fisheries Management, Fisheries Resources, Natural Resources Management, Small-scale Fisheries, Fishermen, FAO, Sustainable Fisheries, Vulnerability, Fishing Communities, Livelihood, Food Security, Social Security, Social Issues, Socio-economic Aspects
Subjects: Right to Resources
Depositing User: Chitti Babu ICSF
Date Deposited: 06 Jul 2022 04:13
Last Modified: 06 Jul 2022 04:13
URI: http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/15793

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