Sea and Indigenous people
This book became the foundation for the dissemination of the discourse of coastal and marine resource management based on Indigenous peoples found throughout Indonesia....
This book became the foundation for the dissemination of the discourse of coastal and marine resource management based on Indigenous peoples found throughout Indonesia....
This webinar presents some of the insights coming from the work of the Community Conservation Research Network (CCRN) over the past six years. Tony Charles, CCRN Director, explores the linkages of Communities, Conservation and Livelihoods by drawing on the network's case studies of communities around...
Inuit art reflects a cultural response to shifting sea ice and climate change. The Inuit people are tightly linked to ecological systems that include both land and sea. Vital as they are to community well-being, both land and sea ice are changing rapidly due to global climate...
The session focused on understanding how success in community conservation is influenced by rapid change and transformation. ...
Furqan Asif is a PhD candidate in International Development at the University of Ottawa. His research looks at migration, well-being and resilience in Cambodian coastal fishing communities....
Severe land degradation and environmental disasters can act as triggers to new community conservation and development initiatives and as stimulus to existing ones. ...
Alison Macnaughton, CCRN student researcher at the University of Victoria (Geography), and Tiffanie Rainville, past CCRN staffer, were contributing authors to a new book about biology and sustainable use of the introduced paiche fish (Arapaima gigas) in the Bolivian Amazon Basin....
The coastal ecosystem conservation activities conducted by the local communities have been studied as part of a comparative analysis of the social and ecological conditions that each community experiences, and their influence on the nature of community conservation....
West Coast Aquatic provides several consensus-based forums, including a Governance Board that makes policy recommendations to government, and multi-sector roundtables for salmon management, for involving First Nations and other local communities in decision-making....
The Coquimbo Region's climate is semi-arid with scarce rainfall. The increasing water scarcity is particularly challenging for the Coquimbo Region’s communities as many make their livelihoods from agriculture and goat farming....
The Maya people engage in conservation activities that help to maintain the services that the local environment provides....
Due to a number of factors, Odisha is one of the poorest states in India. The Samudram Women’s Federation, a state level federation of women fish workers and a social enterprise, is working to reduce poverty and protect biodiversity....
The people of Qeshm Island have a strong connection to the land and sea. This connection, and sense of environmental belonging have encouraged them to actively participate in community conservation. ...
In an attempt to protect local forest reserves, community members in Tujereng, The Gambia, have pursued the government’s Community Forestry Programme (CFP), seeking new ways to sustain and expand local conservation efforts....
Symposium explores and shares Mi’kmaq and settler knowledge about issues affecting water across Mi’kma’ki (Atlantic Canada)....
CCRN Researcher Merle Sowman attends the 2nd Scientific Steering Committee meeting of Future Earth Coasts (FEC) to develop and finalise the Science Plan and Implementation Strategy for the period 2016-2026. ...
CCRN researchers discuss the links between communities, conservation and livelihoods, and describe best governance practices to support community conservation....
The purpose of this workshop was to share knowledge about the possible effects of climate change on coral reef ecosystems, the impacts on coastal communities and the importance of conservation....
This video shares insights of our sites in Indonesia, Thailand, Japan and Kyrgyzstan. Check out how communities in these countries attempt to better improve their local environment and sustain their livelihoods. This video focuses on a community-based fishery, tourism and culture preservation programs in Asia....
Find out more on how our work in Mexico, Chile, Brazil, The Gambia and South Africa has helped in balancing and promoting sustainable community development in these local communities. This video focuses on various local challenges: such as, balancing environmental conservation, water management, and community...
Members of a Gambian community discuss conservation and stewardship...
Lennox Island is a small but culturally rich coastal community in Prince Edward Island, Canada, that is seeing the negative impact of climate change and sea-level rise. ...
The following case study of a Brazilian mangrove community located in an industrial area, Vila dos Pescadores (Fishers' Village), analyzes the impact that environmental degradation has on fishers' livelihoods....