Food for Feed: The Price Paid Beyond the Plate

Elsi, a mother in Torosiaje, Indonesia, always hoped that her family would never have to face an emergency. With her husband's fishing work as their sole source of income, they had little to no savings to fall back on. But when her son fell ill, she had...

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Ghana's small-scale fishers spent a decade fighting for their coastal waters, winning an expanded Preferential Access Area. As Europe prepares its Ocean Act, small-scale fishers are demanding...

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In Jomvu Kuu, a fisher community in Kenya, fishers are using catch data to understand what is happening in their fishery and shape what happens next.   Across Africa, declining fish stocks are already...

On the northern coast of Madagascar, the island of Nosy Faly, whose name means "forbidden island", has become known far beyond its shores, not for its size or isolation, but for something more endurin...

Drawing on more than five decades of fishing experience since 1968, Faye delivered a powerful message about the state of the nation’s marine resources.   He warned that destructive fishing practices ...

The Executive Director of the Fisheries Commission, Prof Benjamin Betey Campion, has stated that only community-led approach can reverse the rapid decline of the country's marine resources and protect...

The hidden half of small-scale fisheries

That morning broke the pattern of calm days in Kaibobu village. As the shoreline brightened and the tide receded, doors began to open along the coast. Men and women, old and young, stepped into small ...

Mangroves are truly magnificent. Making up less than 1% of tropical forests worldwide, some mangroves store six times more carbon than an equal area of Amazonian rainforest.  As green guardians of…

Warga Desa Medan Mas, Kubu Raya, sukses memadukan konservasi 182 hektare mangrove, pemberdayaan ekonomi UMKM, dan penekanan angka stunting.

A landmark policy decision has strengthened legal recognition of coastal communities’ role in safeguarding Madagascar’s marine and coastal ecosystems. The draft decree on Other Effective Area-based Co...

OOC11 must be grounded in community voice

2025 in the Barren Isles - a tale of community-led conservation progress 💪 With support from the Blue Action Fund, communities in Madagascar's Barren Isles have been supercharging their marine conser...