Incentives for marine conservation: options for small island developing states

2012 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 440-458 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eduard Niesten ◽  
Heidi Gjertsen ◽  
Patrick S. Fong
Keyword(s):  
Natural Habitat ◽  
Marine Conservation ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Small Island Developing States ◽  
Alternative Livelihoods ◽  
Alternative Livelihood ◽  
The World ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Impact On Biodiversity ◽  
Conservation Interventions

AbstractConservation practitioners are increasingly turning to incentive-based approaches to encourage local resource users to change behaviors that impact on biodiversity and natural habitat. Three such approaches are buyouts, conservation agreements and alternative livelihoods. We assess the design and performance of these types of marine conservation interventions through an analysis of 27 case studies from around the world. Here we focus on cases that are particularly relevant to designing incentives for Small Island Developing States. Many more opportunities exist for interventions that combine the strengths of these approaches, such as through performance-based agreements that provide funds for education or alternative livelihood development.

Fishing for a Career: Alternative Livelihoods and the Hardheaded Art of Academic Failure

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 155-167
Author(s):  
Deb Cleland
Keyword(s):  
East Asia ◽  
Marine Ecosystem ◽  
Academic Failure ◽  
Work Life ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
South East Asia ◽  
Alternative Livelihoods ◽  
Alternative Livelihood ◽  
The World ◽  
History Of

Charting the course: The world of alternative livelihood research brings a heavy history of paternalistic colonial intervention and moralising. In particular, subsistence fishers in South East Asia are cyclical attractors of project funding to help them exit poverty and not ‘further degrade the marine ecosystem’ (Cinner et al. 2011), through leaving their boats behind and embarking on non-oceanic careers. What happens, then, when we turn an autoethnographic eye on the livelihood of the alternative livelihood researcher? What lexicons of lack and luck may we borrow from the fishers in order to ‘render articulate and more systematic those feelings of dissatisfaction’ (Young 2002) of an academic’s life’s work and our work-life? What might we learn from comparing small-scale fishers to small-scale scholars about how to successfully ‘navigate’ the casualised waters of the modern university? Does this unlikely course bring any ideas of ‘possibilities glimmering’ (Young 2002) for ‘exiting’ poverty in Academia?

An Overview of Climate Change and Impacts on Food Security in Small Island Developing States

2014 ◽  
pp. 1-31
Author(s):  
T. Grady Roberts ◽  
Mary T. Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Regional Climate ◽  
Regional Climate Change ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Coastal Zones ◽  
Small Island Developing States ◽  
Climate Change Projections ◽  
The World

Our climate is changing and this will impact food security around the world. The impacts from climate change will not be evenly felt around the world. Some of the most vulnerable areas will be coastal zones and island territories. Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are especially vulnerable. This chapter provides an overview of climate change, discusses climate change projections, and then highlights specific regional climate change projections. It then discusses how SIDS can respond to climate change, introduces gender as a variable to consider when discussing climate change, and concludes by emphasizing the importance of monitoring and evaluation.

scholarly journals Analyzing Patterns of Qualified Teachers and the Impact of Teacher Education Requirements in Small Island Developing States

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 26
Author(s):  
Nicole Jurewicz ◽  
Jasmyne Yeldell
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Primary School ◽  
Significant Positive Correlation ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Small Island Developing States ◽  
Sustainable Development Goal ◽  
Development Goal ◽  
Qualified Teachers ◽  
The World ◽  
Educational Requirements

This paper analyzes existing patterns in the percentage of qualified teachers in primary school in Small Island Developing States (SIDS) as well as patterns in the current required minimum level of education to teach primary school in those countries. Sustainable Development Goal Target 4.C aims to substantially increase the supply of qualified teachers by 2030, including through international cooperation for teacher training in developing countries, especially least developed countries and Small Island Developing States. Using data from the World Policy Centre and the World Bank, this study finds that in a sample of Small Island Developing States (N = 23) the percentage of teachers who are qualified is lower than the global average (78.1 percent compared to 85.6 percent). When looking at minimum teacher educational requirements for primary education, only 29.2 percent of countries require a Bachelor's degree with training (compared to 48.8 percent globally). This study further aimed to determine whether stricter educational requirements for primary school teachers in SIDS is related to higher literacy rates of ages 15-24 and GDP per capita. No significant relationship between educational requirements and either measure was found using a Pearson’s product-moment correlation coefficient. However, in a global sample (N = 168), a significant positive correlation between teacher educational requirements and GDP was found. In addition, a marginally significant positive correlation between educational requirements and literacy rate ages 15-24 was found. The results suggest that having qualified teachers and stricter educational requirements may lead to economic and educational benefits, though the results from SIDS-only analyses were inconclusive. This paper also recommends for changes in policy in order to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 4.C, including the development of a clearer universal definition of qualified teacher and the development of programs to help individuals attain teaching credentials and higher education. 

An Overview of Climate Change and Impacts on Food Security in Small Island Developing States

2018 ◽  
pp. 168-192
Author(s):  
T. Grady Roberts ◽  
Mary T. Rodriguez
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Regional Climate ◽  
Regional Climate Change ◽  
Monitoring And Evaluation ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Coastal Zones ◽  
Small Island Developing States ◽  
Climate Change Projections ◽  
The World

Our climate is changing and this will impact food security around the world. The impacts from climate change will not be evenly felt around the world. Some of the most vulnerable areas will be coastal zones and island territories. Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are especially vulnerable. This chapter provides an overview of climate change, discusses climate change projections, and then highlights specific regional climate change projections. It then discusses how SIDS can respond to climate change, introduces gender as a variable to consider when discussing climate change, and concludes by emphasizing the importance of monitoring and evaluation.

scholarly journals In Search of Higher Ground

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 3-11
Author(s):  
Bronwyn Russel
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Sea Level Rise ◽  
Sea Level ◽  
Political History ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Small Island Developing States ◽  
New Era ◽  
Extreme Risk ◽  
The World ◽  
First Time

The world is on the precipice of a new era in political history. For the first time in 400 years there will soon be fewer states in the world, as even the most modest estimates of sea level rise place the first of the small island Developing states (siDs), along with its population of over 13,000, underwater within the next 20 years. These are not the only states and individuals at extreme risk of soon finding themselves forcibly displaced by climate change.

Characterizing the effectiveness of COVID-19 mitigation measures: A data-centric approach (Preprint)

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lukman Olagoke ◽  
Ahmet E. Topcu
Keyword(s):  
Control Measure ◽  
Control Measures ◽  
World Health ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Effective Control ◽  
The World ◽  
Decision Making Processes ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Health Organization ◽  
The Impact

BACKGROUND COVID-19 represents a serious threat to both national health and economic systems. To curb this pandemic, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a series of COVID-19 public safety guidelines. Different countries around the world initiated different measures in line with the WHO guidelines to mitigate and investigate the spread of COVID-19 in their territories. OBJECTIVE The aim of this paper is to quantitatively evaluate the effectiveness of these control measures using a data-centric approach. METHODS We begin with a simple text analysis of coronavirus-related articles and show that reports on similar outbreaks in the past strongly proposed similar control measures. This reaffirms the fact that these control measures are in order. Subsequently, we propose a simple performance statistic that quantifies general performance and performance under the different measures that were initiated. A density based clustering of based on performance statistic was carried out to group countries based on performance. RESULTS The performance statistic helps evaluate quantitatively the impact of COVID-19 control measures. Countries tend show variability in performance under different control measures. The performance statistic has negative correlation with cases of death which is a useful characteristics for COVID-19 control measure performance analysis. A web-based time-line visualization that enables comparison of performances and cases across continents and subregions is presented. CONCLUSIONS The performance metric is relevant for the analysis of the impact of COVID-19 control measures. This can help caregivers and policymakers identify effective control measures and reduce cases of death due to COVID-19. The interactive web visualizer provides easily digested and quick feedback to augment decision-making processes in the COVID-19 response measures evaluation. CLINICALTRIAL Not Applicable

Aiding ocean development planning with SDG relationships in Small Island Developing States

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gerald G. Singh ◽  
Marck Oduber ◽  
Andrés M. Cisneros-Montemayor ◽  
Jorge Ridderstaat
Keyword(s):  
Development Planning ◽  
Small Island ◽  
Small Island Developing States
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