Evolving pathways towards water security in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta: An adaptive management perspective

Submitted by Luat Do on
EfD Authors:

The interplay of climate change, upstream hydropower development, and local water engineering interventions for agricultural production contributes substantially to the transformation of waterscapes and water scarcity in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. This paper aims to examine how these dynamics are linked to the paradigm shift in water management in An Giang and Ben Tre, the two ecologically distinct provinces that face serious water scarcity in the delta.

Climate Change, Policy Design, Water

Fisheries Management for Food Security and Poverty Eradication: The case of small-scale fisheries in Vietnam

Submitted by Petra Hansson on

Research questions: 

What is the contribution of small-scale fisheries in Vietnam in promoting food security and alleviating poverty among fishing households? 

What potential do fisheries management measures have to reduce poverty and improve food security?

 

Key Messages 

Fisheries, Policy Design

Economic values for ecosystem services: A global synthesis and way forward

Submitted by Luat Do on
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This paper presents a global synthesis of economic values for ecosystem services provided by 15 terrestrial and marine biomes. Information from over 1,300 studies, yielding over 9,400 value estimates in monetary units, has been collected and organised in the Ecosystem Services Valuation Database (ESVD). This is a substantial expansion of data since the de Groot et al. (2012) description of the ESVD and provides an important juncture to explore developments in the use of valuation methods and the contexts in which valuations are conducted.

Conservation, Policy Design

Exploring fishers' pro-environmental behavioral intention and support for policies to combat marine litter in Vietnam

Submitted by Luat Do on

This study applies Value-Belief-Norm (VBN) theory to investigate fishers' pro-environmental behavioral intention and their support for policies to reduce marine litter. While pro-environmental behavioral intention is often associated with personal environmental intention at the household level, policy support represents their support for government action at the political level. Therefore, we examine whether fishers are willing to engage in both of these dimensions. Data from 369 Vietnamese fishers are analyzed using structural equation modeling with FIMIX-PLS and PLS-POS.

Fisheries, Policy Design, Waste

What drives stocking density decisions in the Chilean salmon industry? A retrospective analysis of stocking regulations

Submitted by Belén Pulgar on
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According to Chilean legislation, a salmonid concession holder must choose between two mutually exclusive stocking density systems: Stocking Reduction Percentage (SRP) or Stocking by Density. This study identifies the main determinants in the choice of stocking system and estimates their marginal effects. The results suggest that if the previously stocked species is Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), the probability of stocking by SRP increases by 36.6%.

Fisheries, Policy Design

Poverty and gender considerations in marine spatial planning: Conceptual Framework

Submitted by Jane Nyawira Maina on

The report provides a framework for ensuring that marine spatial planning (MSP) does not worsen poverty and gender inequality in developing countries, and that potentially marginalised groups are appropriately considered and engaged in the MSP process.

This report provides guidelines for the steps of a more inclusive MSP process.

The findings indicate that a scorecard can be used to guide the social sustainability of the MSP process. The criteria in the scorecard include:

Biodiversity, Conservation, Fisheries, Forestry, Gender