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ACTIVE AND EXPECTED ACTIVE 1- Cyclone Affected Aquaculture Rehabilitation Project II (CAARP II), funded by USAID, A Brooks, [ACTIVE] $6.0M Scientists involved with this project are working to rehabilitate the livelihoods of 80,000 cyclone Sidr affected households and introduce strategies to cope with climate change effects. Empowering the poor by helping them to exploit market opportunities and improve marketing strategies would be a major focus of the effort. Six Sidr affected districts would be included in efforts to boost productive and marketing capacity. Specifically, researchers would work to build resilience and improve economic opportunities through use of Integrated Aquaculture-Agriculture. Researchers would also suggest means to improve market chain linkages, improve input supplies, embed services into products and increase quality as a basis to demand better prices. Additionally, efforts would be made to develop a better approach to disaster preparedness and climate change adaptation. Partners would include International Development Enterprises and 15 local non-governmental organizations. 2- Integrated Protected Area Co-Management (IPAC), funded by USAID, G, Khan, [ACTIVE] $1.2M Habitat destruction, pollution, introduced species, and overfishing with destructive gear are causing losses in faunal and floral biodiversity in Bangladesh. The WorldFish Center team of researchers working on this project would share expertise in Community Based Fisheries Management. Researchers would build on current understanding of governance structures for co-management to support monitoring, research, training, management and capacity building. They would provide guidance on stewardship of aquatic natural resources, advise on areas of closure for fisheries during lean seasons, enhance and nurture participatory processes, implement adaptive learning programs, and advise on how best to ensure women are empowered to become active in resource management, as well as work to prepare communities for climate change. Researchers would also conduct specific studies to assess status of ecosystem functions, analyze fish population dynamics, livelihood options and fish habitats. 3- Poverty Alleviation, Mangrove Conservation and Climate Change; Carbon Offsets as Payments for Mangrove Ecosystem Services in Solomon Islands, funded by AUSAID, A Schwarz, [ACTIVE] $302K Mangroves function as critical global sinks for carbon dioxide, a major greenhouse gas. The conservation of mangroves plays an important role in climate change mitigation and adaptation in developing countries. Researchers working on this proposed project would test the idea of trading voluntary carbon credit offsets on Solomon Islands mangroves carbon sequestration. Researchers would train Solomon Island researchers on the issues and opportunities associated with the trade in carbon credits, quantify carbon sequestration by mangroves, and determine an appropriate mechanism in partnership with Solomon Island communities for reimbursement of revenues achieved by sale of yearly offsets, among other activities. The project would be the first mangrove offset project for the Solomon Islands and the Indo-Pacific. Partners would likely include the Solomon Island Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources, the Solomon Island Ministry of Forestry, World Wildlife Fund, and The Nature Conservancy. 4- Community-Based Fisheries Management in Post-Tsunami Aceh, The Force of Nature Aid Foundation, A Tewfik (Ph 1 completed & 2) $229K The tsunami of 26 December 2004 killed more than 300,000 people, destroying large numbers of boats, fishing gear, ponds, and infrastructure that supports fishers and fishing livelihoods. Based in Aceh Jaya and Aceh Barat in Indonesia, project researchers will aim to provide a basis for long-term sustainable fisheries management through community based approaches. Specifically, researchers involved with the proposed project will address resource depletion and over exploitation of fisheries through community capacity building, participatory identification and design of community based fisheries management options, and adoption and testing of these options in three communities. Researchers will work to create processes that strengthen the link between communities and local governments and reduce conflict. Coastal fisheries, already under threat from over fishing and depletion before the tsunami, are vulnerable to inappropriate policies. WorldFish Center researchers and partners are working to encourage communities to address long-term resource questions and preserve intergenerational options for fishing and fishing livelihoods with a co-management approach. Partners include the Syiah Kuala University, the Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries, Dinas Perikanan and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization 5- Solomon Islands -Fisheries Livelihoods Recovery Project, NZAID, A Schwarz, [ACTIVE] $100K The goal of this project is to enable a fishing community affected by the April 2007 earthquake and tsunami to re-establish its livelihood. Prior to the earthquake at least two navigable channels existed through the nearby Rarumana reef that allowed the local community in the Solomon Islands to exit a lagoon on its periphery. Due to uplift, the channels are now blocked and the lagoon may not be achieving enough tidal flushing to remain healthy. Based on the document, “Postearthquake/Tsunami Fisheries Livelihoods Recovery Program,” prepared for NZAID, the WorldFish Center will engage in a short-term, post-disaster fisheries livelihood recovery project that aims to replace canoes, advise on excavations of a raised and now dead reef to allow access to the ocean, assess threats to the now closed lagoon, and arrange for a Solomon Island geologist or engineer to visit the communities near the Rarumana reef to provide preliminary advice on the possibility of constructing channels through the uplifted reef. 6- Assessing Needs and Management Options for Improved Resilience of Fisheries-Dependent Communities in the EarthQuake/Tsunami Impacted Western Solomon Islands, The Force of Nature Foundation, A Tewfik, [ACTIVE] $78K 90 percent of the rural populations of the Western Province of the Solomon Islands are coastalbased and heavily dependent on small-scale fisheries, to work with the communities in better understanding the factors that counter community resilience to external shocks which lie beyond the fisheries sector such as tsunamis and earthquakes. The WorldFish Center has assumed a lead role in assessing the damage done to fisheries and the resulting needs and priorities in the province after an earthquake struck the western Pacific in late 2007. Drawing from the lessons learned from the experience, this project aims to reduce community vulnerability through community-level management of marine resources, capacity building and consideration of suitable livelihood opportunities. Outputs such as reports on community needs, resource status, recovery rate response to the disaster, and suitability of management options for marine resources 7- Post-Disaster Fisheries and Marine Conservation Recovery Activities in the Western Province, Solomon Islands, Packard Foundation, A Schwarz, [ACTIVE] $77K The WorldFish Center and the Worldwide Fund for Nature (WWF) are partnering on a proposal to aid in the recovery of the Western and Choiseul Provinces of the Solomon Islands after the 2 April 2007 earthquake and tsunami. Seismic activities caused significant damage to villages and large areas of reef. The two organizations have completed rapid marine assessments and surveys of reefs and communities. The proposed rehabilitation project involves coral restoration activities conducted by the WWF, mangrove restoration activities conducted by the WorldFish Center and development and deployment of fish aggregation devices by the WorldFish Center. This proposal has the dual goals of marine conservation and fisheries recovery. Coral reef restoration will occur in an area of high marine biodiversity, mangroves will be restored to stabilize the coast, to restore habitat for fish, and to provide food. Deployment of fish aggregating devices will transfer fishing effort away from diminished inshore reef ecosystems and improve food security in coastal communities. Other partners would include the Solomon Islands Ministry of Fisheries and Marine Resources 8- Scoping of Natural Resources and Climate Change in South-East Asia with focus on Agriculture, funded by SIDA, K Suan Pheng, [ACTIVE] $10K Climate change affects agricultural performance by altering water, land, biodiversity and ecosystem services. For Southeast Asia, this is of major importance because the majority of the population in this region lives in lowland areas and areas highly vulnerable to climate change. Water is becoming increasingly scarce due to overuse by agricultural, industrial and household sectors. Researchers working on this initiative will explore opportunities for the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency to support or initiate regional programs or projects related to food security, environmental degradation, or other topics related to climate change. Researchers will provide background information to inform and discuss threats and opportunities related to climate change and explore possible strategies for mitigation and adaptation, especially as these strategies relate to aquaculture. Lead is IWMI. 9- Communities of Practice, funded by Development Alternatives, Inc. A Gordon, [ACTIVE] $7K The WorldFish Center has been awarded a consultancy contract to facilitate building of technical discussion groups and a community of practice for African inland fisheries. The research product will include geospatial tools and other Internet-based communication technologies designed to stimulate discussion on strategies to adapt to climate change among other topics. 10- Governing Small-scale Fisheries for Poverty Reduction funded by CIDA M Badjeck/C Bene, [AWAITS CONTRACT] $183K Researchers would work to strengthen poverty reduction and governance reforms in fisheries in Vietnam, Ghana, and Newfoundland. Leading Canadian scholars and CGIAR Center social scientists and policy analysts would work together on ways to strengthen the resilience of fisheries systems in the face of climate change. They would also examine how to integrate gender concern into fisheries management decision-making. Researchers would study two focus developing countries along with a comparative case from Newfoundland in an effort to produce an analysis of how wellbeing, poverty alleviation and livelihood security are incorporated into decisions related to major management instruments commonly adopted in fisheries governance. Partners would include the University of Manitoba, Canada, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, Saint Mary’s University of Canada, Wilfrid Laurier University of Canada, Vancouver Island University of Canada, and the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans. 11- Building resilience of Community Fisheries in the Tonle Sap Lake: Collective Action and the Capacity to Manage Resource Competition, funded by CAPRI, B Ratner, [AWAITS CONTRACT] $150K Researchers working on this proposed project would aim to strengthen the capacity of a network of fishing communities on Cambodia’s Tonle Sap Lake. Specifically, researchers would focus on the collective capacity of an emerging grassroots network of fishing communities to identify and articulate threats to livelihoods, negotiate with authorities to represent common interests of fishing communities, and collaborate with government and private actors to resolve resource conflicts equitably. The Tonle Sap is a remarkably productive fishery under threat from a variety of causes, including destructive fishing projects, land use change, over-fishing, dam development and climate change. Project partners would include the Cambodia Development Resource Institute, the Coalition of Community Fishers, and the Fisheries Administration of Cambodia. 12- What Futures for Fisheries Production Systems in West Africa? Development of Scenarios for Adaptation to Climate Change funded by BMZ/GTZ, M Badjeck, [AWAITS CONTRACT] $78K West African economies are heavily dependent on fisheries that are vulnerable to climate change and climate variability. Fish exports contribute on average 27.8 percent of total agricultural exports and account for over 30 percent of average daily animal protein consumption in the West Africa Region. In the Canary and Guinea Large Marine Ecosystems—including territorial seas of Mauritania, Senegal and Ghana—uncertainties exist on how future biophysical changes due to climate change will interact with other stresses, and how people will be able to respond and adapt fisheries production systems to meet climate change challenges. Researchers working on this project would seek to identify the key features of fisheries production and drivers of change for systems in West Africa in an effort to create planning scenarios, particularly focusing on Senegal, Mauritania, and Ghana. They would also work to identify the impact of climate variability and change on these systems and likely responses to these stresses. Finally, researchers would provide direct support system tools for national and regional decision makers, explore alternative adaptation strategies, and foster knowledge sharing and dialogue across countries and between scientists and policymakers. The Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Marine Tropenoekologie is the lead partner in this project. 13- Hotspots of Marine Biodiversity in the Southeast Asian Seas: Mapping Current Location and Climate Change Impacts funded by the Asean Center for Biodiversity, N Bailly [AWAITS CONTRACT] Euro 30K Researchers working on this proposed project would help policymakers reach informed decisions by providing information on the range of possible and/or probable consequences of climate change on marine biodiversity. Researchers would develop mapping tools that display changes in Southeast Asian marine biodiversity due to climate change, using a biogeography modeling tool (AquaMaps) linked to existing information systems. Partners in the Philippines, Indonesia, and Malaysia would work together to create a web interface that policymakers could use easily to visualize the impacts predicted by models and information provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Researchers would produce maps of the current hotspots of Southeast Asian marine biodiversity, maps of future hotspots for biodiversity given climate change induced changes in the environment, and a web interface to enable visualization of changes on a regional level. Partners would include DENR-PAWB of the Philippines, the Philippine National Museum, the Center for Coastal and Marine Resources Studies of Indonesia, Bogor Agricultural University, the Malaysian Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and the Fisheries Research Center. Additional collaboration would take place among UP-MSI, OBIS, WoRMS, and theFishBase Consortium, among others. 14- Climate Change's Impact on Interdependence on Animal, Aquatic, Microbial, Forest, and Crop Genetic Resources funded by the System-wide Genetic Resources Program, M Beveridge [AWAITS CONTRACT] $5K Dr. Malcolm Beveridge has been invited to provide inputs into a paper on genetic resources for food and agriculture being organized by Bioversity International. Dr. Beveridge will examine evidence of increasing international interdependence in regard to aquatic genetic resources, specifically looking into the idea that countries will increasingly need genetic resources that originate or are found in other countries for the purpose of research, training or direct use in agriculture or food producing systems. 15- Enhancing the Resilience of Lake Chilwa Basin Communities to Climate Change K Snyder funded by Norway, [AWAITS CONTRACT] $29,500 The WorldFish Center has been awarded a contract to develop a project that will help meet the challenges of climate change in the Lake Chilwa Basin in Malawi. Researchers will conduct participatory rural appraisals, engage in project design using thematic working groups and prepare proposals for presentation in a workshop. Researchers will solicit the views of community stakeholders, including farmers, fishers, fish traders and others. They will assess stakeholders’ natural resource and livelihood priorities and the constraints and opportunities stakeholders face in adapting to climate change. Partners include LEAD-SA, the Forestry Research Institute of Malawi/the Department of Forestry, and the National Herbarium and Botanical Gardens. 16- Fisheries Rehabilitation in Tsunami-Affected Indonesia: Community Needs Assessment and Resource Status, L Garces, [completed] $116K Indonesian coastal communities affected by the 26 December tsunami were ignificantly dependent upon fish for livelihoods and income. Some 16 percent of the coastal population in Aceh was directly employed in the fisheries sector. As a result of the tsunami, infrastructure was destroyed and a large percent of fishers were injured or killed. The project proposal aims to ensure that the Indonesian strategy for rehabilitation and restoration of capture strategies is founded upon community needs and perspectives and is sustainable in regard to the fisheries resource. Outputs will include an assessment of community needs, livelihood strategies, and perceptions, an evaluation of state fisheries resources and fisheries prior to the tsunami, and action plans at the district, province, and national level. The project will lead to increased linkages between communities and government, provide sound data on resources, and use participatory assessments to help restore the beleaguered coastal communities of Aceh. Partners include the United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization, District and Provincial government, Indonesia's Agency for Marine Affairs and Fisheries Research, and the University Syiah Kuala of Banda Aceh and the Indonesian Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries (MMAF). 17- Rehabilitation of Fisheries and Aquaculture in Tsunami-affected Coastal Communities in Aceh Province, USAID, L Garces, [completed] $100K WorldFish Center researchers reported on coastal community needs, livelihood strategies, and available resources for rehabilitation in Aceh in order to develop management options in support of rehabilitation of fisheries. Key outputs will include a synthesis of findings, identification of technical and management options in support of rehabilitation of fisheries and aquaculture, and adoption and testing of management options in at least three communities using participatory approaches. Partners include the Ministry of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of Indonesia, and the Bureau for Reconstruction and Rehabilitation in Aceh- Nias. SUBMITTED 18- Climate Change Adaptation in the Lower Mekong Basin [Concept], B Ratner, 6.0M More than 56 million people from four Southeast Asian countries inhabit the Lower Mekong Basin and are primarily dependent on its natural resources, including an annual fish catch of more than 2.6 million tons. Climate change is directly influencing water resources that will affect agriculture, fisheries and the livelihoods of rural communities in the Lower Mekong Basin. More variance in precipitation, increases in intensity and frequency of weather events and changes in temperature will likely lead to water stress, flooding and changes in vegetation. These disruptions would impact agroand aquatic ecosystems and could drastically change current economic patterns and livelihoods. This proposal made in partnership with the International Water Management Institute aims to address these issues in a study focused on the uplands of Lao PDR, rain-fed areas in Thailand, the Tonle Sap Basin of Cambodia, and the delta regions of Cambodia and Vietnam. The research would involve selecting and developing tools for assessing the impact of climate change and water resource development on food processing, sea levels, infrastructure, hydrological regimes, agriculture and fisheries. Researchers would also examine means and methods to adapt to climate change. The research results would be analyzed for policy implications and widely disseminated. Partners and collaborators would include the International Water Management Institute, the Asian 19- Addressing Climate Change by Building Social and Ecological Resilience in the Lake Chilwa Basin submitted to Norway, K Snyder $5.0M According to recent United Nations climate change profiles, Malawi is predicted to experience higher temperatures and precipitation falling in a shorter period with heavier rainfall. Malawi has already experienced a variety of dry spells, droughts, intense rainfalls, riverine floods and flash floods. Researchers working on this project would aim to secure the livelihoods of some 1.5 million people and enhance the resilience of the natural resource base in the Lake Chilwa Basin. In order to maintain food security, economic and social benefits of agriculture and natural resources in the face of known climate variability and anticipated climate change, researchers would work to develop and implement basin-wide climate change adaptation strategies that will enhance the resilience of communities. They would work to strengthen local and district institutions to better manage natural resources and build resilience to climate change. They would facilitate and help build cross-basin and cross-sectoral natural resources management and planning policy for climate change throughout the basin. Researchers would also work to improve household and enterprise capacity to adapt, and finally, they would work to mitigate the effects of climate change through improved forest management and governance. The Malawi Government recently approved the National Adaptation Programme of Action for climate change. The efforts of the WorldFish Center and partners would be complimentary to the efforts of the national government. Partners would include Leadership for Environment and Development (LEAD), the Forestry Research Institute of Malawi and the National Herbarium and Botanical Gardens of Malawi. 20- Enhancing IAA Benefits Through Improved Water and Land Use Management and Governance Under Drought-Prone Conditions in Southern Africa submitted to BMZ/GTZ, K Suan Pheng Euro 1.2M Researchers working on this proposed project would contribute to improving food security and well being of sub-Saharan rural households trapped in cycles of poverty and vulnerability that are exacerbated by climate change. They would help develop practices that integrate aquaculture into diversified food production systems and enhance management of water use for aquaculture as well as improve small-scale irrigation. Participants would conduct a scientific assessment of the potential for sustaining high water productivity, improving capacity for design, developing and implementing approaches for enhancing water use, and providing guidance for water use by integrating aquaculture and small scale irrigation in the Chinyanja Triangle in the lower Zambezi River basin. The basin encompasses the Southern and Central Provinces of Malawi, the Eastern Province of Zambia and the Tete Province of Mozambique. Partners include Chancellor College of Malawi, Bunda College University of Malawi, the International Water Management Institute, the Malawi Department of Irrigation, the Malawi Department of Fisheries and the Universitaet Osnabruck. 21- Enhancing Gender-Equitable Outcomes of Migration in Fishing Communities in Sri Lanka submitted to World Bank , N Weeratunge, $200K Women and men in fishing communities in Sri Lanka respond to reduced opportunities in fisheriesbased livelihoods with migration. Researchers working on this proposed project would aim to provide an analysis of the gendered social and economic impacts of seasonal and circular migration in fishing communities in Sri Lanka. They would address gaps in knowledge in regard to migration, particularly the differences between the genders in migration experiences and the role of remittances. They would also assess the well being of fishing households and the socio-cultural effects of migration. Results would be shared with policymakers, development practitioners and civil society organizations through GIS generated scenarios, policy advice to promote the rights of grants, suggested practices to enhance gender sensitivity in development projects, and the development of migrant support centers. Partners include the Centre for Poverty Analysis of Sri Lanka, the Overseas Development Group of the United Kingdom, the School of International Development of the United Kingdom, and the UK’s University of East Anglia.