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Workshop:
International Workshop on Aquatic Resources are
more than Managing Fish: The Ecosystem Approach
in Inland Fisheries and the Role of Intra-Country
Linkages
12-16 January 2004
WorldFish Center, Penang, Malaysia |
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| Background |
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In
collaboration with InWEnt, Germany, the WorldFish
Center is organizing an international Workshop
titled “ Aquatic resources are more than
managing fish: The Ecosystem Approach in Inland
Fisheries and Role of Intra-Country Linkages”
in Penang during 12-16 January 2004.
The concept of the “ecosystem approach”
is central to the implementation of the Convention
on Biological Diversity (CBD). The success of
the ecosystem approach depends on integration
at different levels. One level is the integration
of conservation and sustainable use within the
limits of ecosystem functioning. Another is the
integration of ecological, economic and social
objectives into
the management of specific areas. The key to implementing
the ecosystem approach is to overcome the conceptual
and practical difficulties of making choices that
require trade-offs and compromises among different
sectors of society. This requires long-term economic
and political support and also needs to be supported
by short-term economic and social support, particularly
for the local stakeholders.
In practice, the equitable sharing of costs and
benefits is difficult because conservation measures
often impose livelihood costs on the local stakeholders.
In developing countries, this difficulty is compounded
by the fact that at the public sector level there
are multiple agencies from the fisheries, environment
and water sectors working at cross-purposes on
freshwater systems. Thus, there is a need for
an integration of the three sectors for implementing
the
ecosystem approach in freshwater systems. There
have been many international level consultations
on implementing the ecosystem approach in aquatic
ecosystems. However, the implementation of the
ecosystem approach in fisheries has largely been
limited to marine fisheries. This Workshop will
deal
with freshwater fisheries and also address the
intra-country linkages required for implementing
the ecosystem approach.
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| Objectives
of the Workshop |
The
overall objective of the workshop is to contribute
to the sustainability of fresh water fisheries (aquaculture,
culture-based fisheries, open water fisheries) through
the ecosystem approach.Specifically the workshop
would:
1. Analyze areas of intra-country conflicts in terms
of realizing the eco-system approach;
2. Identify elements of successful ecosystem based
fishery models and trade-offs;
3. Develop concepts of implementation and indicators
for success at the country level; and
4. Identify recommendations for coherent actions. |
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| Workshop
format |
The
workshop will have the following four sessions:
Session 1: Status, conflicts, trade-offs.
Session 2: Challenges and policies, science and
development.
Session 3: Concept, experiences, insights, ideas
and future developments.
Session 4: Final plenary.
Six status papers will be presented during the first
two sessions. In the third session, nine case histories
will be presented. A Working Group will follow each
session. InWent and the WorldFish Center will jointly
publish the Proceedings of the workshop. |
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| Venue
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Equatorial
Hotel
No. 1, Jalan Bukit Jambul,
11900 Bayan Lepas,
Penang,
Malaysia.
Tel : +60-(0)4-6438111
Fax : +60-(0)4-6448000
Website : www.equatorial.com/pen
Email for Guests : guest@pen.equatorial.com
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Equatorial Hotel is located 10 minutes from Penang
International Airport, 20 minutes from City of
Georgetown, 10 minutes from WorldFish Center and
3 minutes from shopping complexes.
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| Workshop
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| English
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| Organizers
of the Workshop |
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WorldFish
Center
Jalan Batu Maung
Batu Maung
11960 Bayan Lepas
Penang, Malaysia
Tel: +60-(0)4-6261606
Fax: +60-(0)4-6265530
E-mail: worldfishcenter@cgiar.org
Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbH
(InWEnt)
Capacity Building International, Germany
Department for Environment, Natural Resources
and Food
Wielinger Strasse 52
82340 Feldafing
Federal Republic of Germany
Tel : +49-(0)8157-938300
Fax : +49-(0)8157-938777
E-mail: info@inwent.org
Website: http://www.inwent.org
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| Click
here to download information of the workshop (PDF
290KB) |
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