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  1. Title

    Farming the waters for people and food, Invited guest lecture 2: The potential of nutrient-rich small fish species in aquaculture to improve human nutrition and health

    Description
    This report (in 26 parts) contains the papers presented at the Global Conference on Aquaculture 2010 which provide technical information on how aquaculture could be mobilized to alleviate global poverty and to improve food and nutrition security in the coming decades. This part contains the second invited guest lecture which examines whether farming small fish species could decrease micronutrient deficiencies in poor countries.
    Author
    Shakuntala Haraksingh Thilsted
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA)
    http://www.fao.org/3/a-i2734e/index.html
  2. Title

    Farming the waters for people and food, Invited guest lecture 3: Climate change impacts: challenges for aquaculture

    Description
    This report (in 26 parts) contains the papers presented at the Global Conference on Aquaculture 2010 which provide technical information on how aquaculture could be mobilized to alleviate global poverty and to improve food and nutrition security in the coming decades. This part contains the third invited guest lecture which discusses how climate change will impact aquaculture.
    Author
    Sena S. De Silva
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA)
    http://www.fao.org/3/a-i2734e/index.html
  3. Title

    Farming the waters for people and food, Keynote address 1: Aquaculture and sustainable nutrition security in a warming planet

    Description
    This report (in 26 parts) contains the papers presented at the Global Conference on Aquaculture 2010 which provide technical information on how aquaculture could be mobilized to alleviate global poverty and to improve food and nutrition security in the coming decades. This part contains the first keynote address which examines aquaculture as a method of improving food security within the impacts of climate change.
    Author
    M. S. Swaminathan
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA)
    http://www.fao.org/3/a-i2734e/index.html
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    Farming the waters for people and food, Keynote address 2: Global aquaculture development since 2000: progress made in implementing the Bangkok Declaration and strategy for aquaculture development beyond 2000

    Description
    This report (in 26 parts) contains the papers presented at the Global Conference on Aquaculture 2010 which provide technical information on how aquaculture could be mobilized to alleviate global poverty and to improve food and nutrition security in the coming decades. This part contains the second keynote address which assesses the progress made in global aquaculture development since the Bangkok Declaration in 2000.
    Author
    Jiansan Jia
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA)
    http://www.fao.org/3/a-i2734e/index.html
  5. Title

    Farming the waters for people and food, Phuket Consensus

    Description
    This report (in 26 parts) contains the papers presented at the Global Conference on Aquaculture 2010 which provide technical information on how aquaculture could be mobilized to alleviate global poverty and to improve food and nutrition security in the coming decades. This part contains the Phuket Consensus adopted at this conference, a document which reaffirms commitment to implementing the Bangkok Declaration and Strategy adopted in 2000.
    Author
    Rohana P. Subasinghe; J. Richard Arthur; Devin M. Bartley; Sena S. De Silva; Matthias Halwart; Nathanael Hishamunda; C. V. Mohan; Patrick Sorgeloos (editors)
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific (NACA)
    http://www.fao.org/3/a-i2734e/index.html
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    Feasibility assessment on small-scale integrated system of aquaculture, animal husbandry and biogas in coastal communities in Quang Tri province

    Description
    This report evaluates and analyses the current status and potential of small-scale integrated farming systems in coastal areas of Quang Tri Province under the Regional Fisheries Livelihoods Programme (RFLP).
    Author
    Trinh Quang Tu
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    http://www.fao.org/3/a-ar292e.pdf
  7. Title

    Fire management needs and actions in the Southeast Asian region

    Description
    This document reports on the outcomes of a meeting where five countries (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam) used the Fire Management Voluntary Guidelines to conduct needs analysis and assessment of future activities in fire management in their countries.
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/011/k4362e/k4362e.pdf
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    Fish fights over fish rights: managing exit from the fisheries and security implications in Southeast Asia: Philippine case study on conflict arising from zoning of municipal waters

    Description
    This paper presents three case studies of fishing sites in the Visayan Sea in the Philippines which examines the types and causes of conflicts that have arisen over the municipal zoning regulations and how stakeholders are responding to the conflicts. It also includes a summary of the three case studies.
    Author
    Isa M. Siason; Alice Joan G. Ferrer; Harold M. Monteclaro; Liberty N. Espectato; Michelle B. Tumilba; Evita P. Cainglet; Jose A. Go; Ofelia T. Pacete; Kristina Camit
    Publisher
    The WorldFish Center
    http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF_2551.pdf
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    Fish supply and food security in South Asia

    Description
    This brief report examines improvements that could be made to increase the poor's access to fish in five South Asian countries including Bangladesh and India as a way of meeting rising demand and contributing to poverty reduction and rural development.
    Publisher
    The WorldFish Center
    http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF_2467.pdf
  10. Title

    Fisheries and aquaculture emergency response guidance: review recommendations for best practice

    Description
    This report is a collection of technical background papers relating to the challenge of responding to emergencies that affect the fisheries and aquaculture sector which were collected to develop improved guidance for disaster response and recovery in fisheries and aquaculture. The papers discuss policy and management, the provision and repair of fishing vessels and fishing gear, fisheries infrastructure, support to post-harvest fisheries and markets, responding to the needs of vulnerable people and environmental management of fisheries and aquaculture in emergencies. This report was published by the FAO in 2013.
    Author
    Benjamin Cattermoul; David Brown; Florence Poulain
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
    http://www.fao.org/docrep/019/i3431e/i3431e.pdf
  11. Title

    Fisheries and aquaculture in a changing climate

    Description
    This document summarises the key issues relating to climate change and its impacts on fisheries and aquaculture, particularly in relation to the opportunities for adaptation and mitigation. This policy brief was developed at the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Copenhagen in 2009.
    Publisher
    The WorldFish Center
    http://www.worldfishcenter.org/resource_centre/WF_2400.pdf
  12. Title

    Fisheries management: managing fishing capacity

    Description
    This report provides guidance on developing national and regional plans of action for capacity management in fisheries, encouraging countries to align fishing capacity with the sustainable use of their fish stocks. It provides information on the effects of different management programmes on capacity and outlines the key concepts and techniques involved in monitoring, measuring and assessing capacity. This report was published by the FAO in 2008.
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
    ftp://ftp.fao.org/docrep/fao/011/i0318e/i0318e.pdf
  13. Title

    Fisheries management: marine protected areas and fisheries

    Description
    This document provides guidance on the use of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the context of fisheries. It discusses the definition and context of MPAs and provides background information on fisheries management, the ecosystem approach to fisheries and MPAs as a tool for fisheries management, including socio-economic and biological impacts. It also considers the planning and implementing of MPAs including the institutional, legal and policy context, the planning process and actual implementation considerations.
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    http://www.fao.org/3/a-i2090e/index.html
  14. Title

    Fishing with beach seines

    Description
    This paper provides a global overview of beach seine fisheries (including a field study from India) and identifies key issues related to the responsible use of beach seines and the sustainable livelihoods of beach seine fishers.
    Author
    Uwe Tietze; Robert Lee; Susana Siar; Thomas Moth-Poulson; Hans E. Bage (editors)
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    http://www.fao.org/3/a-i2117e/index.html
  15. Title

    Five feet high and rising: cities and flooding in the 21st century

    Description
    This report discusses the hypothesis that the impacts of urban flooding are on the rise. It describes the impacts of urban flooding and the causes of increased impacts, citing recent examples of urban flooding. It then goes on to make a number of recommendations for reducing the risk of urban flooding through integrated flood risk management activities. This report was published by the World Bank in 2011.
    Author
    Abhas Jha; Jessica Lamond; Robin Bloch; Namrata Bhattacharya; Ana Lopez; Nikolaos Papachristodoulou; Alan Bird; David Proverbs; John Davies; Robert Barker
    Publisher
    The World Bank Group
    https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/3412
  16. Title

    Forest connect China: a case study of small and medium forest enterprise development in Zhejiang Province

    Description
    This report studies small and medium forest enterprises in Zhejiang Province, China, based on the raw materials, production costs, models of production and management, funding and staffing to identify the enterprises' development status, control of capital and costs, capacity for technological innovation and commitment to increasing and improving labour opportunities.
    Author
    Xinjian Luo; Xuan Liu; Lanying Lin; Zhang Xiaoli; Li Yu
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    http://www.fao.org/docrep/013/al199e/al199e00.pdf
  17. Title

    Forestry administration of Cambodia: the Forest Concession Management and Control Pilot Project

    Description
    This manual presents a procedure for community consultations to be undertaken in forest management planning in Cambodia. It discusses the need for a participatory approach and details a step by step procedure. The document, no.68905, was published by The World Bank in June 2005.
    Publisher
    The World Bank Group
    https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/8255
  18. Title

    Forests and forestry in the greater Mekong subregion to 2020: subregional report of the second Asia-Pacific forestry sector outlook study, Part 1

    Description
    This paper (in two parts) summarizes observations and findings from a collection of reports on five Greater Mekong Region countries (Lao PDR, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand and Viet Nam) on the status and trends of forestry and forestry in this region. It also analyses the key factors driving changes in forestry in the region and outlines four possible scenarios for 2020. It highlights priorities and strategies to make the region's forestry sector more sustainable.
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    http://www.fao.org/3/a-i2093e/index.html
  19. Title

    Forests and forestry in the greater Mekong subregion to 2020: subregional report of the second Asia-Pacific forestry sector outlook study, Part 2

    Description
    This paper (in two parts) summarizes observations and findings from a collection of reports on five Greater Mekong Region countries (Lao PDR, Myanmar, Cambodia, Thailand and Viet Nam) on the status and trends of forestry and forestry in this region. It also analyses the key factors driving changes in forestry in the region and outlines four possible scenarios for 2020. It highlights priorities and strategies to make the region's forestry sector more sustainable.
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    http://www.fao.org/3/a-i2093e/index.html
  20. Title

    Forests beneath the grass: proceedings of the regional workshop on advancing the application of assisted natural regeneration for effective low-cost restoration, Part 1

    Description
    This document discusses the application of assisted natural regeneration (ANR) as a means to achieve effective, low-cost forest restoration. It presents the proceedings of a regional workshop, held in the Philippines in May 2009 and includes selected papers presenting ANR experiences in the Philippines and related forest restoration initiatives throughout the Asia-Pacific region. This document, part 1 of 2 of RAP Publication 2010/11, was published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2010.
    Author
    Patrick B Durst (editor); Percy Sajise (editor); Robin N Leslie (editor)
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1734e/i1734e00.htm
  21. Title

    Forests beneath the grass: proceedings of the regional workshop on advancing the application of assisted natural regeneration for effective low-cost restoration, Part 2

    Description
    This document discusses the application of assisted natural regeneration (ANR) as a means to achieve effective, low-cost forest restoration. It presents the proceedings of a regional workshop, held in the Philippines in May 2009 and includes selected papers presenting ANR experiences in the Philippines and related forest restoration initiatives throughout the Asia-Pacific region. This document, part 2 of 2 of RAP Publication 2010/11, was published by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2010.
    Author
    Patrick B Durst (editor); Percy Sajise (editor); Robin N Leslie (editor)
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1734e/i1734e00.htm
  22. Title

    From drawing board to dining table: the success story of the GIFT project

    Description
    This article describes the Genetic Improvement of Farmed Tilapia (GIFT) project, which involved the development of methods for genetic enhancement of tropical finfish using Nile tilapia as a test species, and describes the impacts of the project on the adoption of these methods for other species and the dissemination of improved breeds in several countries in Asia and the Pacific. This article was originally published in Naga, the quarterly magazine of The WorldFish Center, in 2004.
    Author
    M. V. Gupta; B. O. Acosta
    Publisher
    The WorldFish Center
    http://www.worldfishcenter.org/Naga/naga27-3n4/pdf/article01.pdf
  23. Title

    From vision to action: a synthesis of experiences in least-developed countries in Southeast Asia

    Description
    This report describes three country case studies (Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar), the second phase of a project which aimed to improve management of water resources in the Southeast Asia region.
    Author
    Le Huu Ti; Thierry Facon
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    http://www.fao.org/docrep/008/ae546e/ae546e00.htm
  24. Title

    Fuel savings for small fishing vessels

    Description
    This document provides practical advice to fishing boat owners and crews and fisheries administrators on ways to reduce fuel costs in small fishing boats used in aquaculture activities as well as advice to boat designers and builders on hull shape for low resistance and the selection of efficient propellers.
    Author
    Oyvind Gulbrandsen
    Publisher
    Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
    http://www.fao.org/docrep/017/i2461e/i2461e00.htm
  25. Title

    Fuelwood consumption and participation in community forestry in India

    Description
    This report analyses data from 524 villages in five states in India to assess the impact of community forestry in these areas. The report seeks to find out who participates in community forestry and how this participation affects household fuelwood consumption. This report was published by The World Bank in 2004.
    Author
    Sushenjit Bandyopadhyay; Priya Shyamsundar
    Publisher
    The World Bank Group
    https://openknowledge.worldbank.org/handle/10986/14046

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