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Shahnaz is a role model for rural women in fish culture
Thursday, 9th May 2013
Shahnaz Dewan, a former elected member of local government, lives in Adabari village in Tangail...
“She’s just the cleaning lady”: Reflecting on gender norms
Tuesday, 16th April 2013
I had just arrived at our training venue in Dhaka and watched as the manager stood at the top of...

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New era of fisheries policy needed to secure nutrition for millions
Thursday, 16th May 2013
PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE   Thursday 16 May, 2013...
Timor-Leste to tackle poverty and malnutrition with aquaculture
Wednesday, 24th April 2013
The government of Timor-Leste has developed a National Aquaculture Development...

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Aquaculture Producers, an article in the latest Responsible Research Report, entitled The Future of Fish in Asia, features a recent study by WorldFish; Blue Frontiers.  Highlighting the importance of aquaculture in a fast growing population, it was shown that Asia far and away exceeds the amount of fish consumed by the population that was produced using aqauculture technologies, and the need...
After the flood - restoring aquaculture in Bangladesh - An article by New Agriculturalist explains how poor communities in Bangladesh can utilise aquaculture as a means of survival following disasters such as the recent Cyclone that devestated the area. Dispite the cyclone damaging many of the fish ponds that much of the country use as a source of income and food,  and the seemingly vulnerable...
Managing aquaculture’s net benefits - An article prepared by Michele Sabto from the CSIRO flagship magazine ECOS on the issues and concerns of the growing demand for aquaculture products based on the WorldFish report Blue Frontiers: Managing the environmental costs of aquaculture. Also reported in the International Business Times and Science Alert.  
Investing in Ecosystem Services Vital to Improving Food Security - Recognizing healthy ecosystems as the basis for sustainable water resources and stable food security can help produce more food per unit of agricultural land, improve resilience to climate change and provide economic benefits for poor communities, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)...
Managing aquaculture’s net benefits. An article prepared by Michele Sabto from the CSIRO flagship magazine ECOS on the issues and concerns of the growing demand for aquaculture products based on the WorldFish report Blue Frontiers: Managing the environmental costs of aquaculture. Also reported in the International Business Times and Science Alert.  
In a world that faces worsening food shortages, finding a more sustainable source of food supply is part of the solution. That's why people are now looking at fisheries and aquaculture as new growth points in our food production. To produce the same amount of protein, cultivating fish and other seafood roughly requires less feed than raising livestock. That means aquaculture is greener than...
Stephen J. Hall, Anne Delaporte, Michael Phillips, Malcolm Beveridge and Mark O’Keefe June 2011   A new and comprehensive analysis released by WorldFish and Conservation International (CI) has investigated the environmental impact of the world’s major aquaculture production systems and species, and offers a first-ever global assessment of trends and impacts of cultivated seafood. The...
Read the interviews on the launch of our report: “Blue Frontiers: managing the environmental costs of aquaculture” by the following major media:   As reported on BBC As reported on CNN As reported on The Guardian As reported on Voice of America As reported on Huffington Post  
Amena Khatun, a widow of Saliabukpur village in the Ganges Delta of Bangladesh, sheds tears when asked about the night of November 15, 2007, when Cyclone Sidr struck. "I will never forget that night," she says, "I have never seen such a flood in my life. My house was destroyed in a moment. Water was entering my yard and the water level rose. The pond was flooded and all the fish escaped."...
Aquaculture currently produces more than 50 per cent of all fish and seafood products that are consumed worldwide. With ongoing intensification and global networking, aquaculture is creating an increasing demand for infrastructure and supporting public services, resulting in a diversity of public-private partnerships (PPPs).

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