Coastal Communities At The Ready
This film looks at how coastal communities across Canada and around the world are preparing for, and responding to, a range of climate change impacts and other hazards hitting the coast....
11 October, 2019
Protected Areas Tag
Nakatuenita: Respect
Nakatuenita: Respect is a documentary film about the Innu First Nation of Labrador taking back control of its land, government, schools, social services and resources....
17 March, 2019
Timor Leste
Produced by Cintia Nascimento, this video focuses on coastal conservation in Timor Leste....
06 March, 2020
Born on the Rocks
The story of the coastal communities of the Tsitsikamma and their relationship with the National Park and Marine Protected Area....
20 February, 2018
Balancing social justice and conservation concerns in an era of expanded protected area targets
Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) are increasingly recognised across the world as an important strategy for protecting marine resources, conserving biodiversity, rebuilding threatened fish stocks and restoring degraded habitats. The value of MPAs has been discussed at various global gatherings such as the World Summit on...
20 November, 2017
Indigenous Peoples’ Rights and Marine Protected Areas
CCRN Affiliate Natalie Ban's new study on marine protected areas worldwide says urgent action is needed in Canada to make sure Indigenous rights are included in the creation and management of ocean conservation measures....
19 November, 2017
International Environmental Law in the Context of Communities, Conflict, Conservation and Peace by Britta Sjöstedt and Elaine Hsiao
Nature conservation and protected areas have had a complex history with violence, conflict and peace. The advent of fortress model conservation created a legacy of disenfranchisement, coercion and human rights abuses, while wildlife wars are creating a new trend towards armament in the call to...
18 November, 2017
Tsitsikamma, South Africa
A lack of communication between the regulating authority and the fishers has increased conflict in the Tsitsikamma area and endangered community member’s food security and livelihoods. ...
17 November, 2017
Rights-based approaches for community co-managed coastal resources by Juan Carlos Seijo & Minerva Arce-Ibarra
This webinar has two aims; firstly, it gives account of historical traits of the origin as well as on current debates on Rights Based Approaches (RBA) to the management of coastal resources; secondly, it addresses the context of RBA of three Mexican Caribbean case studies...
08 November, 2017
Marine Protected Areas and Indigenous Institutions: A tale from Indonesia
Mayalibit Bay is a giant lagoon situated in the eastern part of Waigeo Island, West Papua Province, Indonesia. This area is inhabited by the indigenous people of the Maya tribe who have set a local institution, known as sasi laut, to improve their community-based natural...
17 October, 2017
Traditional Community Conservation in Timor-Leste
CCRN PhD Student Cintia Gillam chose two communities in Timor-Leste, Vila Maumeta and Tutuala, as case studies for her dissertation. Cintia has recently returned from Timor-Lest where she was collecting field data....
16 August, 2017
We All Take Care Of SG̱Aan Ḵinghlas
The film tells the story of how this ecologically and culturally important seamount came to be protected by the CHN and the Department of Fisheries and Oceans...
11 July, 2017
Cheryl Chan – Bluefields, Jamaica
Cheryl Chan's thesis examined how a marine protected area influenced the ecosystem services and social wellbeing of a small scale fishing community in Jamaica...
28 June, 2017
The Sipekne’katik River
CCRN Member Sadie Beaton authored an article describing the risks the Alton Gas project, located in Nova Scotia, Canada, poses to the Sipekne’katik River and what the Water Protectors from the Mi’kmaw First Nation are doing to address this issue....
14 June, 2017
Olifants Estuary, South Africa
The Olifant communities face several challenges to their livelihoods including threats to close the fishery and proposals to build a mine adjacent to the estuary. Working with their community partners, the Olifants Estuary fishing communities are addressing these challenges...
14 January, 2016
Abashiri, Shiretoko, Tokyo Bay, Hiroshima, and Ishigaki, Japan
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....
08 August, 2016
Paraty Bay, Brazil
In Paraty, the Caiçara communities include Tarituba, Praia do Sono, and Trindade, each of these communities face different challenges and are working towards different solutions. ...
15 December, 2015
Philile Mbatha – Kosi Bay, South Africa
I became interested in this field because I am passionate about research that bridges the gap between rural and marginalized communities and decision-making platforms for natural resource governance...
02 May, 2017
Wayne Stanley Rice – Olifants Estuary, South Africa
I decided to return to university to study toward a masters and PhD degree so that I could research, teach and contribute more to managing the on-the-ground social-ecological wicked problems we are facing...
26 April, 2017
Aibek Samakov – Kyrgyzstan
Aibek Samakov's thesis took a closer look at the two different management practices observed in the Ysyk-Köl area of Kyrgyzstan – sacred sites and the Biosphere Reserve...
18 April, 2017
Cintia Gillam – Vila dos Pescadores, Brazil
Cintia Gillam's thesis tackled the role of power and inequality in a well being context, with emphasis on an environmental and natural resource perspective....
10 April, 2017
A Consensus-based Approach to Managing ƛusmit (Herring)
There is some indication that west coast of Vancouver Island herring abundance is increasing, yet there are still not enough herring for priority Nuu-chah-nulth Food and Ceremonial fisheries....
16 March, 2017
Achieving conservation, sustainable livelihoods and food security in Marine Protected Areas
Panel presentations highlighted the important role of small-scale fishers as part of the solution to healthy marine ecosystems, particularly in coastal areas, placing emphasis on the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (the SSF Guidelines)....
16 January, 2017
Establishing successful Marine Protected Areas in Canada
The authors note six key points and resolutions that should be followed in order to establish successful and effective MPAs in Canada....
30 November, 2016
Fishing Livelihoods as Key to Marine Protected Areas
Since the CCRN’s focus is on interactions of environmental conservation and sustainable livelihoods, it is not surprising that the network pays a great deal of attention to the increasing use of protected areas, and their impacts on stewardship and livelihoods....
30 September, 2016
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