Categories to Explore
Welcome to the Resource Library. Here you will find a range of resources that you can use to support your small-scale fishery and community. Use the buttons above to browse resources by category or use the filters on the right to sort resources.
What are food systems?
This pamphlet provides an overview of food systems. Food systems are at the heart of some of the most significant challenges we face today, including diet-driven ill health and environmental damage. A third of the world is hungry or malnourished, more than half of global ill health is determined by poor diets, and food systems account for a quarter of CO2 emissions.
Aprendamos sobre ciguatera
Estos posters dedicados abordan el tema de Ciguatera en la región del gran Caribe y áreas costeras adyacentes. Por medio de mensajes sencillos, abrimos caminos para que pescadores y consumidores conozcan más sobre esta intoxicación.
Myanmar's artisanal hilsa fisheries. How much are they really worth?
This study estimates the economic value of artisanal hilsa fisheries in Myanmar, using artisanal income data to estimate use value and a benefit transfer to estimate non-use value.
Financing Myanmar's fisheries through fiscal reform
Briefing and policy pointers on financing Myanmar's fisheries through fiscal reform.
Socioeconomic characteristics of hilsa fishers in the Ayeyarwady Delta, Myanmar
The Darwin-Hilsa project is developing an incentive-based system of hilsa fisheries management in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady Delta. This study uses a mixed-methods approach to assess the socioeconomic status of local fishing households.
Fair fishing: Supporting inclusive fiscal reform in fisheries
This toolkit focuses on fiscal fisheries management instruments, which governments use to influence economic decisions on government spending and raise revenue through taxation.
Traditional Knowledge of Northern Waters
Traditional Knowledge of Northern Waters 2018 was a project that focused on two iconic Arctic river basins in the Fennoscandian and Russian North – the Skolt Sámi home stream of Näätämö river flowing from Finland to the Barents Sea and Ponoi river on Kola Peninsula, Russia. A third geographical area of the project was the coastal community of Sosnovka which is in close proximity to the Ponoi river mouth. The project benefitted from previous scientific work that commenced in the area 2006.
The project was led by the Snowchange Cooperative (FI) with House of Culture (Lovozero, Russia) and CBM – Swedish Biodiversity Center being project partners together with Sámi organisations. Funding was provided by NEFCO PECC-1 Programme.
Territories of Life: 2021 Report
Territories of Life: 2021 Report is a local-to-global analysis of territories and areas conserved by Indigenous peoples and local communities (sometimes abbreviated as “ICCAs” or “territories of life”). This multi-scale approach weaves together diverse perspectives, insights and new findings about the grassroots global phenomenon of territories of life while also creating space for nuance and complexity. Overall, the report adds to a growing body of literature on the incontrovertible role of Indigenous peoples and local communities in ensuring a healthy planet for all, and the urgent actions required to support them.
Vendace of Puruvesi
Learn about the vendace of Puruvesi.
The Winter Seiners of Puruvesi
On an icy lake in Finland, a 500-year-old fishing practice continues, unbroken.