Disaster risks & climate change

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What can your fishery and community do to prepare for natural disasters and climate change? Rising sea levels, storms, and pollution are some of the many threats facing small-scale fisheries and communities. Small-scale fisheries communities can adapt and increase resiliency to address these issues. Start here to learn more about disaster risks and climate change and explore more in the sub-categories below.

Resources

Overview: Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries (the SSF Guidelines)

This video gives a brief overview of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (the SSF Guidelines), adopted by member countries of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) in 2014.

Science, knowledge & information gathering

Fisheries policy, governance & management

Fisheries management

Value chains & post harvest

Human rights & gender equality

Disaster risks & climate change

Social development & employment

Food security & nutrition

In Ockhi's Wake: Disaster Preparedness at Sea

Based on grassroots reporting, with on-the-ground narratives of the affected victims, the film records different points of view of the victims who struggled through the trauma of survival. The film also focuses on how families have coped with loss and trauma, and how disaster managers and government authorities are rising to the post-calamity challenges.

Disaster risks & climate change

Disaster preparedness and response

Climate-smart fisheries and aquaculture

This course has been designed to support the inclusion of climate-smart agriculture (CSA) approaches in the fisheries and aquaculture sector. It provides technical knowledge on these concepts and examines how implementation of CSA practices can enhance mitigation and adaptation to climate change in the sector.

Disaster risks & climate change

Climate change

Disaster preparedness and response

Human-induced threats

Food security & nutrition

Aquaculture

Climate change adaptation and mitigation in fisheries and aquaculture

This course provides an overview of adaptation and mitigation strategies that can be implemented in response to climate change impacts on the fisheries and aquaculture sector.

Disaster risks & climate change

Climate change

Disaster preparedness and response

Human-induced threats

Food security & nutrition

Aquaculture

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