Food security and the Coral Triangle Initiative |
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| Institution: | 1. ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia;2. Worldfish Centre, Penang, Malaysia, and Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Jakarta, Indonesia;3. Marine Science Institute, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines;4. Worldfish Centre, Penang, Malaysia, and School of International Development, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK;5. Worldfish Centre, Penang, Malaysia;6. Sustainability Research Centre, University of the Sunshine Coast, QLD, Australia;7. Christopher Gregory, School of Archaeology and Anthropology, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia;8. Research Institute for the Environment and Livelihoods, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT, Australia;9. Global Marine Programme, WWF International, Zurich, Switzerland;1. Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS), Oceanography section, Via A. Piccard 54 34151 S. Croce, Trieste, Italy;2. Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS), Oceanography section, Borgo Grotta Gigante 42/c, Sgonico, Trieste, Italy;3. University of Trieste, Department of Life Sciences, Via Giorgieri 10, 34127 Trieste, Italy;1. University of Wollongong, Australian National Centre for Ocean Resources and Security, Wollongong 2522, Australia;2. CSIRO, Agriculture and Food, Brisbane 4067, Australia;3. WorldFish Timor-Leste, Dili, Timor-Leste;1. Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Fahrenheit Str. 6, D-28359 Bremen, Germany;2. Faculty of Biology and Chemistry, University of Bremen, NW 2/Leobener Str. D-28359 Bremen, Germany;3. School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Jacobs University, Campus Ring 1, 28759 Bremen, Germany;4. Bremen International Graduate School for Marine Sciences (GLOMAR), Leobener Str. D-28359 Bremen, Germany;5. Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Bremen, GW2/Bibliothekstr. 1, D-28359 Bremen, Germany;6. Research Center for Society and Culture, Indonesian Institute of Sciences (LIPI), Widya Graha Fl. 6th, Gatot Subroto Kav. 10, Jakarta, Indonesia;1. Fundación Keto, 1735 - 1002, San José, Costa Rica;2. Asia-Pacific Program, The Nature Conservancy, 923 Nu’uanu Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96817-1539, USA;3. Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA;4. Indo-Pacific Division, The Nature Conservancy, 923 Nu’uanu Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96817-1539, USA;5. Department of Geography, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA |
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| Abstract: | The Asia-Pacific's Coral Triangle is defined by its extremely high marine biodiversity. Over one hundred million people living in its coastal zones use this biodiversity to support their livelihoods. Hundreds of millions more derive nutritious food directly from the region′s marine resources and through local, regional and global trade. Biodiversity and its values to society are threatened by demographic and habitat change, rising demand, intensive harvesting and climate change. In partnership with international conservation organisations and development funders, the governments of the region′s six countries have come together to develop the Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI) on Coral Reefs, Fisheries and Food Security. The CTI has explicit goals and defined targets for marine biodiversity conservation, but not for the food security of the region′s marine-resource dependent people, despite this being the wider aim used to justify conservation action. This article suggests how the food security aim of the CTI could be made more explicit. It outlines the complex pathways linking marine biodiversity with food security and argues that improved social science analysis, inter-sectoral policy and management interactions are necessary if conserving marine biodiversity is to contribute towards meeting food security challenges in the region. |
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