Food security and the Coral Triangle Initiative

S Foale; D Adhuri; P Alino; E H Allison; N Andrew; P Cohen; L Evans; M Fabinyi; Pedro Fidelman; C Gregory; N Stacey; J Tanzer; N Weeatunge

doi:10.1016/j.marpol.2012.05.033

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Food security and the Coral Triangle Initiative

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Food security and the Coral Triangle Initiative

S Foale, D Adhuri, P Alino, E H Allison, N Andrew, P Cohen, L Evans, M Fabinyi, Pedro Fidelman, C Gregory, …

Marine Policy, Vol.38, pp.174-183

2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2012.05.033

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poverty

coral reef

marine protected area

fishery management

economic development

ecosystem approach to fisheries management

The Asia-Pacific's Coral Triangle is defined by its extremely high marine biodiversity. Over one hundred million people living in its coastal zones use this biodiversity to support their livelihoods. Hundreds of millions more derive nutritious food directly from the regionâ€²s marine resources and through local, regional and global trade. Biodiversity and its values to society are threatened by demographic and habitat change, rising demand, intensive harvesting and climate change. In partnership with international conservation organisations and development funders, the governments of the regionâ€²s six countries have come together to develop the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security. The CTI has explicit goals and defined targets for marine biodiversity conservation, but not for the food security of the regionâ€²s marine-resource dependent people, despite this being the wider aim used to justify conservation action. This article suggests how the food security aim of the CTI could be made more explicit. It outlines the complex pathways linking marine biodiversity with food security and argues that improved social science analysis, inter-sectoral policy and management interactions are necessary if conserving marine biodiversity is to contribute towards meeting food security challenges in the region.

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Title: Food security and the Coral Triangle Initiative
Authors: S Foale (Author) - James Cook University
D Adhuri (Author) - Worldfish Centre, Malaysia
P Alino (Author) - University of the Philippines, Philippines
E H Allison (Author) - Worldfish Centre, Malaysia
N Andrew (Author) - Worldfish Centre, Malaysia
P Cohen (Author) - James Cook University
L Evans (Author) - James Cook University
M Fabinyi (Author) - James Cook University
Pedro Fidelman (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Arts and Business
C Gregory (Author) - Australian National University
N Stacey (Author) - Charles Darwin University
J Tanzer (Author) - WWF International, Switzerland
N Weeatunge (Author) - Worldfish Centre, Malaysia
Publication details: Marine Policy, Vol.38, pp.174-183
Publisher: Pergamon
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpol.2012.05.033
ISSN: 0308-597X
Organisation Unit: Sustainability Research Centre; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
Language: English
Record Identifier: 99450248202621
Output Type: Journal article

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