TY - JOUR
T1 - A photovoice assessment for illuminating the role of inland fisheries to livelihoods and the local challenges experienced through the lens of fishers in a climate-driven lake of Malawi
AU - Simmance, Fiona Armstrong
AU - Simmance, Alison Budden
AU - Kolding, Jeppe
AU - Schreckenberg, Kate
AU - Tompkins, Emma
AU - Poppy, Guy
AU - Nagoli, Joseph
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was undertaken as part of a doctoral research study at the University of Southampton, UK. The study was affiliated to the Ecosystem Services Poverty Alleviation (ESPA) project - Attaining Sustainable Services from Ecosystems through Trade-off Scenarios’ (ASSETS) and collaborated with the WorldFish Centre and Leadership for Environment and Development, Southern and Eastern Africa (LEAD SEA). Funding was provided by the University of Southampton and the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). This work was also undertaken as part of the CGIAR Research Program on Fish Agri-Food Systems (FISH).
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© 2021, The Author(s).
Copyright:
Copyright 2021 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2021/6/25
Y1 - 2021/6/25
N2 - Small-scale inland capture fisheries provide an important source of nutritious food, employment and income to millions of people in developing countries, particularly in rural environments where limited alternatives exist. However, the sector is one of most under-valued fisheries sectors and is increasingly experiencing environmental change. This study adopts a Sustainable Livelihoods Approach and investigates how important a fluctuating inland fishery is to livelihoods, and how local perceptions on challenges corresponds to global evidence. Through an innovative participatory method; photovoice, the lived experiences and perceptions of fishers are depicted. The findings illuminate the valuable role of the sector to food and nutrition security and the complex nexus with vulnerability to climate change. The study responds to the call for more local level assessments of the impacts of climate change on inland fisheries in data-limited environments, and the value of the sector in underpinning the Sustainable Development Goals.
AB - Small-scale inland capture fisheries provide an important source of nutritious food, employment and income to millions of people in developing countries, particularly in rural environments where limited alternatives exist. However, the sector is one of most under-valued fisheries sectors and is increasingly experiencing environmental change. This study adopts a Sustainable Livelihoods Approach and investigates how important a fluctuating inland fishery is to livelihoods, and how local perceptions on challenges corresponds to global evidence. Through an innovative participatory method; photovoice, the lived experiences and perceptions of fishers are depicted. The findings illuminate the valuable role of the sector to food and nutrition security and the complex nexus with vulnerability to climate change. The study responds to the call for more local level assessments of the impacts of climate change on inland fisheries in data-limited environments, and the value of the sector in underpinning the Sustainable Development Goals.
KW - Climate change
KW - Food and nutrition security
KW - Inland small-scale fisheries
KW - Lake Chilwa
KW - Livelihoods
KW - Photovoice
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85108784266&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s13280-021-01583-1
DO - 10.1007/s13280-021-01583-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85108784266
SN - 0044-7447
VL - 51
JO - AMBIO
JF - AMBIO
IS - 3
ER -