Publication | 1999
Eco-labelling and sustainable fisheries
There is international consensus that many of the world's commercial fisheries are in distress. Eco-labelling schemes are increasingly perceived as a way to simultaneously maintain the productivity and economic value of fisheries while providing incentives for improved fisheries management and…
Publication | 2000
Net gains : linking fisheries management, international trade and sustainable development
An overview of the relationship between trade liberalisation under the WTO and the requirements of sustainable fisheries management. This document provides a helpful reference for use in trade and environment issues. Using fisheries as an issue requiring urgent attention, it illustrates a range…
Publication | 1999
Communities and forest management in Southeast Asia
The degree to which community involvement in forest management (CIFM) is recognised by governments and is integrated into state management goals varies widely. The goal of this regional profile series is to communicate CIFM experiences between regions, targeting diverse audiences including…
Publication | 1999
IUCN's 50th anniversary celebration : results of Imagine tomorrow's world : Symposium workshops
IUCN's 50th anniversary celebrations in Fontainebleau, France, on 3 November 1998, included a symposium organized around three main areas: conservation, communities and consumption. A wide range of prominent scientific figures led the workshops to encourage new thinking on diverse aspects of…
Grey literature | 1999
Net losses : untying the Gordian knot of fishing overcapacity
An overview of issues for consideration when formulating national policy to implement the FAO International Programme of Action on the Management of Fishing Capacity
Publication | 1998
Sharks and their relatives : ecology and conservation
Sharks and their relatives, the rays and chimaeras, are the diverse group of cartilaginous fishes that have evolved over 400 million years. Historically considered of low economic value to large-scale fisheries, today many of these fishes have become the target of directed commercial and…
Publication | 1998
From conflict to collaboration : people and forests at Mount Elgon, Uganda
Describes a field-level assessment of how people living near the Mount Elgon National Park in Uganda use the park's forest resources. It argues that extractive use of a range of timber and non-timber forest products, if properly monitored and controlled, is not necessarily a threat to…