Overview
- An exceptional volume of big questions and major concerns in small-scale fisheries pursued in Too Big To Ignore Global Partnership in Small-Scale Fisheries Research
- Includes lessons and reflections for improving small-scale fisheries governance and for achieving Sustainable Development Goals
- Presents case studies providing detailed and systematic analysis of wicked problems in small-scale fisheries
- An essential guide for building transdisciplinary capacity in research and governance for fisheries sustainability worldwide
Part of the book series: MARE Publication Series (MARE, volume 21)
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Broadening the Scope
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Strengthening the Base
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About this book
The importance of small-scale fisheries for sustainable livelihoods and communities, food security, and poverty eradication is indisputable. With the endorsement of the ‘Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries’, FAO member states recognize that governments, civil society organizations, and research communities all have a role to play in helping small-scale fisheries achieve these goals. This book argues that policies targeting small-scale fisheries need to be based on a solid and holistic knowledge foundation, and support the building of governance capacity at local, national, and global levels. The book provides rich illustrations from around the world of why such knowledge production needs to be transdisciplinary, drawing from multiple disciplinary perspectives and the knowledge that small-scale fisheries actors have, in order to identify problems and explore innovative solutions.
Transdisciplinarity for Small-Scale Fisheries Governance: Analysis and Practice, edited by Ratana Chuenpagdee and Svein Jentoft, successfully demonstrates how small-scale fisheries are important and what social and political conditions are conducive to their wellbeing. The volume contributes tremendously to building capacity of fisheries communities and policy-makers to make the ideals of small-scale fisheries a reality. It establishes the ecological, social, and economic sense behind small-scale fisheries. A milestone reference for all those who believe in small-scale fisheries and are keen to defend them with quality evidence!
— Sebastian Mathew, Executive Director, International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
The Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines guiding principles call for holistic and integrated approaches for their implementation. This book will help a new generation of scientists, policy-makers, and small-scale fisheries actors make the fundamental connections between different disciplinesin science, traditional knowledge, and policy to guide a collective process towards sustainable small-scale fisheries. The book contains an inspiring collection of practical cases from around the world, complemented by deep dives into dimensions of small-scale fisheries, like food security, stewardship, climate change, and gender, which all call for transdisciplinary approaches.
— Nicole Franz, Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) Rome, Italy
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Svein Jentoft is a sociologist and a Professor at the Norwegian College of Fishery Science at UiT - The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway. Throughout his career, he has worked extensively on fisheries and coastal issues, including resource management, industrial organization, and community development in his native Norway, as well as in many other countries. Professor Jentoft has published more than 25 books and numerous journal articles on fisheries and coastal governance. He is a founding member and cluster leader within the Too Big To Ignore: Global Partnership for Small-Scale Fisheries Research (TBTI).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Transdisciplinarity for Small-Scale Fisheries Governance
Book Subtitle: Analysis and Practice
Editors: Ratana Chuenpagdee, Svein Jentoft
Series Title: MARE Publication Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94938-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-94937-6Published: 24 October 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-06941-4Published: 12 January 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-94938-3Published: 15 October 2018
Series ISSN: 2212-6260
Series E-ISSN: 2212-6279
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 479
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour
Topics: Environmental Policy, Sustainable Development, Economic Geography, Political Science