{"id":94015,"date":"2022-04-20T12:42:14","date_gmt":"2022-04-20T07:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/?post_type=samudra&p=94015"},"modified":"2022-04-20T12:42:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T07:12:56","slug":"recognizing-green-leaders","status":"publish","type":"samudra","link":"https:\/\/www.icsf.net\/samudra\/recognizing-green-leaders\/","title":{"rendered":"Recognizing Green Leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"
Across the world, small-scale fishers have set examples of leadership to meet the environmental challenge. Now, a university initiative documents such exemplary efforts<\/strong><\/p>\n This article is by Alison Macnaughton<\/strong>(aemacnaughton@gmail.com), Shannon Hicks <\/strong>(Shannon.Hicks@dal.ca) and Anthony Charles <\/strong>(tony.charles@smu.ca), members of the SSF-Stewardship team at Saint Mary\u2019s University in Halifax, Canada<\/p>\n Small-scale fishers (SSF) have a long history of environmental stewardship and conservation of their local environments, safeguarding natural resources and local livelihoods. Such efforts need greater recognition and support. It is in pursuit of this goal that the SSF-Stewardship initiative is engaging with small-scale fisher organizations and fishing communities around the world, highlighting their experiences in environmental conservation and stewardship.<\/p>\n Saint Mary\u2019s University in Canada is leading the initiative, along with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and global fisher organizations. It connects with the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (the SSF Guidelines).<\/p>\n By bringing together the voices of small-scale fishers and fishing organizations, the project is seeking to support their work in protecting and caring for the natural environment, fishery resources and fishing livelihoods<\/strong><\/p>\n An interactive global map on the SSF-Stewardship website provides a showcase for the many varied experiences and allows us to see how small-scale fisher organizations and fishing communities are working on similar and different challenges, with many shared interests and concerns, and common and unique experiences. By bringing together the voices of small-scale fishers and fishing organizations, the project is seeking to support their work in protecting and caring for the natural environment, fishery resources and fishing livelihoods. It tries to understand the barriers they face and the good practices that promise success. SSF-Stewardship identifies the kinds of support they need.<\/p>\n The stewardship experiences of small-scale fishers<\/strong><\/p>\n With a high level of engagement by small-scale fishing communities and organizations, the initiative has assembled a wide range of stewardship experiences. It covers several kinds of activities, carried out across varied political, economic and social contexts, and in a broad range of fisheries and ecosystems.<\/p>\n
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