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1 ESCAP. 1983. Proceedings of the Meeting on Water Resources Development in the South Pacific, held at Suva, Fiji, 14-19 March 1983. New York, NY, USA: UN. 170 p. (ESCAP water resources series no. 57)
Surface water ; Water resources development ; Groundwater development ; Training ; Technology transfer ; Environmental effects ; Data processing / Pacific Islands / American Oceania / Fiji / Niue / Marshall Islands / Mariana Islands / Solomon Islands / Samoa / Tonga / Vanuatu
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G956 ESC Record No: H0824)
2 ESCAP. 1990. Forecasting, preparedness and other operational measures for water-related natural disaster reduction in Asia and The Pacific. Bangkok, Thailand: UN. vii, 173p. (Water resources series no.69)
Water resources ; Flood water ; Forecasting ; Case studies / Asia / Pacific Islands / Sri Lanka / Vanuatu / Philippines / Afghanistan / Australia / China / Guam / Hong Kong / India / Iran / Japan / Laos / Malaysia / Mongolia / Myanmar / Nepal / New Zealand / Cook Islands / Pakistan / Korea Republic / Samoa / Singapore / Solomon Islands / Thailand / Tonga / Vietnam / Niue
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 363.34 G570 ESC Record No: H011988)
Contains the report and notes of the Workshop on Forecasting, Preparedness and Other Operational Measures for Water-related Natural Disaster Reduction held at Bangkok, 29 April - 3 May 1991.
3 ESCAP. 1995. Guidebook to water resources, use and management in Asia and the Pacific. Volume one: Water resources and water use. New York, NY, USA: UN. xi, 305p. (Water resources series no.74)
Water resources ; Water use ; Water management ; Water demand ; Groundwater ; Surface water ; Water quality ; Water availability ; Water supply ; Statistics / Asia / Pacific Islands / Afghanistan / American Samoa / Australia / Bangladesh / Bhutan / Brunei Darussalam / Cambodia / China / Cook Islands / Korea Republic / Fiji / French Polynesia / Guam / India / Indonesia / Iran / Japan / Kiribati / Laos / Malaysia / Maldives / Marshall Islands / Micronesia / Mongolia / Myanmar / Nauru / Nepal / New Caledonia / New Zealand / Niue / Northern Mariana Islands / Pakistan / Palau / Papua New Guinea / Philippines / Samoa / Singapore / Solomon Islands / Sri Lanka / Thailand / Tonga / Tuvalu / Vanuatu / Vietnam
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G570 ESC Record No: H018420)
4 Fleming, E. M. 1996. Research options for high-value agricultural exports in South Pacific Island nations. Hague, Netherlands: ISNAR. xvii, 206p. (ISNAR research report no.10)
Agricultural economics ; Agricultural research ; Research priorities ; Marketing policy ; Exports ; Developing countries / Pacific Islands / Cook Islands / Fiji / Kiribati / Niue / Papua New Guinea / Solomon Islands / Tonga / Tuvalu / Vanuatu / Western Samoa
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 338.1 G936 FLE Record No: H019962)
5 IIED. Sustainable Agriculture Programme. 1997. Methodological complementarity. London, UK: IIED. 102p. (PLA notes 28)
Participatory rural appraisal ; Households ; Poverty ; Villages ; Farmer participation ; Labor ; Women ; Soil fertility ; Pest control ; Training / South Africa / Nigeria / Kenya / Mauritania / Nepal / Malawi / El Salvador / Uganda / Mexico / Vanuatu / Uganda
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: P 488 Record No: H022289)
6 Arriens, W. L.; Bird, J.; Berkoff, J.; Mosley, P. (Eds.) 1996. Towards effective water policy in the Asian and Pacific Region: Volume two - Country papers. Manila, Philippines: ADB. 311p.
Water policy ; Water resource management ; Water resources development ; River basin development ; Water supply ; Sanitation ; Drainage ; Fisheries ; Environmental effects ; Water pollution ; Pollution control ; Water scarcity ; Conflict ; Water transfer ; Irrigation management ; Swamps ; Development plans ; Constraints ; Social aspects ; Economic aspects ; Water potential ; Water quality ; Water use efficiency ; Cost recovery ; Financing ; Private sector ; Water distribution ; Equity ; Effluents ; Soil salinity ; Salinity control ; Flood control ; Water law ; Decision making ; Privatization ; Case studies ; Legislation / Asia / Bangladesh / Cambodia / China / India / Indonesia / Kazakhstan / Kyrgyzstan / Laos / Malaysia / Mongolia / Myanmar / Nepal / Pakistan / Philippines / Sri Lanka / Thailand / Uzbekistan / Vietnam / Pacific Islands / Fiji / Kiribati / Papua New Guinea / Vanuatu / Western Samoa / Korea Republic / France / Brantas River Basin
(Location: IWMI-HQ Call no: 333.91 G570 ARR Record No: H025265)
Proceedings of the Regional Consultation Workshop, "Towards a Policy for Water Resources Development and Management in the Asian and Pacific Region," ADB, Manila, Philippines, 10-14 May 1996.
7 Gilman, E. L.; Ellison, J.; Jungblut, V.; Van Lavieren, H.; Wilson, L.; Areki, F.; Brighouse, G.; Bungitak, J.; Dus, E.; Henry, M.; Kilman, M.; Matthews, E.; Sauni, I.; Teariki-Ruatu, N.; Tukia, S.; Yuknavage, K. 2006. Adapting to Pacific Island mangrove responses to sea level rise and climate change. Climate Research, 32:161-176.
Mangroves ; Wetlands ; Monitoring ; Climate change ; Sea level ; Coastal area ; Ecosystems / Pacific Islands / Fiji / Kiribati / Marshall Islands / Micronesia / Nauru / Oalau / Papua New Guinea / Samoa / Solomon Islands / Tonga / Tuvalu / Vanuatu
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 7838 Record No: H039940)
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8 Reid, H.; Simms, A.; Johnson, V. 2007. Up in smoke? Asia and the Pacific: the threat from climate change to human development and the environment. London, UK: International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) 92p.
Climate change ; Developed countries ; Developing countries ; Energy ; Public health ; Gender ; Water stress ; Drought ; Natural disasters ; Salt water intrusion ; Water scarcity ; Dams ; Forests ; Waste management ; Biofuels / Asia / Bangladesh / Central Asia / Uzbekistan / Tajikistan / Kyrgyzstan / China / Hong Kong / Australia / Japan / Korea / India / Indonesia / Philippines / Malaysia / Cambodia / Fiji / Nepal / Pakistan / Pacific Islands / Tuvalu / Vanuatu / Papua New Guinea / Niue / East Timor / Lower Mekong
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041449)
The human drama of climate change will largely be played out in Asia, where over 60 per cent of the world’s population, around four billion people, live. The latest global scientific consensus from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) indicates that all of Asia is very likely to warm during this century. Warming will be accompanied by less predictable and more extreme patterns of rainfall. Tropical cyclones are projected to increase in magnitude and frequency, while monsoons, around which farming systems are designed, are expected to become more temperamental in their strength and time of onset. This report asks, will global warming send Asia and the Pacific ‘up in smoke’?
9 Barker, D. H.; Watson, A. J.; Sombatpanit, S.; Northcutt, B.; Maglinao, Amado R.; Ang, T. M. (Eds.) 2004. Ground and water bioengineering for erosion control and slope stabilization. Enfield, NH, USA: Science Publishers. 419p.
Biotechnology ; Watershed management ; Water conservation ; Erosion control ; Sloping land ; Soil stabilization ; Soil conservation ; Soil fertility ; Humid tropics ; Ecosystems ; Vegetation ; Root systems ; Nitrogen fixing trees ; Hedging plants ; Terrace cropping ; Mulching ; Indigenous knowledge ; Cultural methods ; Forest fires ; Highlands ; Dams ; Rivers ; Sedimentation ; Mudstone ; Granite soils ; Volcanic soils ; Mine spoil ; Landslides ; Hurricanes ; Sustainability ; Smallholders ; Cropping systems ; Cassava ; Road construction ; Case studies / Asia Pacific Region / USA / Philippines / China / Hong Kong / Nepal / India / Sri Lanka / Pakistan / Bangladesh / Vanuatu / Indonesia / South Western Taiwan / Korea / Papua New Guinea / South Africa / Maharashtra / Mangala Dam / Halsema Highway / Subic Freeport Expressway / Kosong / Rabaul
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: 624.151363 G000 BAR Record No: H047280)
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10 Lawless, S.; Cohen, P. J.; Mangubhai, S.; Kleiber, D.; Morrison, T. H. 2021. Gender equality is diluted in commitments made to small-scale fisheries. World Development, 140:105348. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2020.105348]
Gender equality ; Small-scale fisheries ; Sustainable Development Goals ; Goal 5 Gender equality ; Gender equity ; Women ; Strategies ; Environmental management ; Governance ; Policies ; Livelihoods ; Communities ; Nongovernmental organizations / Pacific Islands / Fiji / Solomon Islands / Vanuatu
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050221)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X20304769/pdfft?md5=14344cbecec1db5a72e7f6356159a53e&pid=1-s2.0-S0305750X20304769-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050221.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H050221.pdf
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Gender equality is a mainstream principle of good environmental governance and sustainable development. Progress toward gender equality in the fisheries sector is critical for effective and equitable development outcomes in coastal countries. However, while commitments to gender equality have surged at global, regional and national levels, little is known about how this principle is constructed, and implemented across different geographies and contexts. Consequently, progress toward gender equality is difficult to assess and navigate. To identify influential policy instruments (n = 76), we conducted key-informant interviews with governance actors engaged in small-scale fisheries (n = 26) and gender and development (n = 9) sectors across the Pacific Islands region. We systematically analysed these instruments according to (1) representations of gender and gender equality, (2) rationales for pursing gender, and (3) gender strategies and actions. We found that fisheries policy instruments frequently narrowed the concept of gender to a focus on women, whereas gender and development policy instruments considered gender as diverse social identities, norms and relations. In fisheries policy instruments, rationales for pursuing gender equality diverged substantially yet, overall the principle was predominantly pursued for instrumental (i.e., improved environmental outcomes) rather than intrinsic (i.e., an inherent value in fairness) reasons. Over two-thirds of gender equality strategies focused on an organization’s own human resourcing and project assessments, rather than on direct action within communities, or for women and men reliant on fisheries. Our findings illustrate gender equality commitments and investments to be narrow and outdated. Critical shifts in dominant gender equality narratives and objectives, and an embrace of multi-level strategies, provide opportunities for fisheries governance and development agendas to rise to current best practice, and ultimately make meaningful (opposed to rhetorical) progress toward gender equality. The methodological approach we develop holds value for other development sectors to critically examine, and subsequently enhance, commitment toward gender equality.
11 Lawless, S.; Cohen, P. J.; McDougall, C.; Mangubhai, S.; Song, A. M.; Morrison, T. H. 2022. Tinker, tailor or transform: gender equality amidst social-ecological change. Global Environmental Change, 72:102434. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2021.102434]
Gender equality ; Social aspects ; Ecological factors ; Small-scale fisheries ; Environmental management ; Governance ; Sustainability ; Women ; Livelihoods ; Equity ; Policies / Pacific Islands / Vanuatu / Solomon Islands / Fiji
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050786)
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Global visions of environmental change consider gender equality to be a foundation of sustainable social-ecological systems. Similarly, social-ecological systems frameworks position gender equality as both a precursor to, and a product of, system sustainability. Yet, the degree to which gender equality is being advanced through social-ecological systems change is uncertain. We use the case of small-scale fisheries in the Pacific Islands region to explore the proposition that different social-ecological narratives: (1) ecological, (2) social-ecological, and (3) social, shape the gender equality priorities, intentions and impacts of implementing organizations. We conducted interviews with regional and national fisheries experts (n = 71) and analyzed gender commitments made within policies (n = 29) that influence small-scale fisheries. To explore these data, we developed a ‘Tinker-Tailor-Transform’ gender assessment typology. We find that implementing organizations aligned with the social-ecological and social narratives considered social (i.e., human-centric) goals to be equally or more important than ecological (i.e., eco-centric) goals. Yet in action, gender equality was pursued instrumentally to achieve ecological goals and/or shallow project performance targets. These results highlight that although commitments to gender equality were common, when operationalized commitments become diluted and reoriented. Across all three narratives, organizations mostly ‘Tinkered’ with gender equality in impact, for example, including more women in spaces that otherwise tended to be dominated by men. Impacts predominately focused on the individual (i.e., changing women) rather than driving communal-to-societal level change. We discuss three interrelated opportunities for organizations in applying the ‘Tinker-Tailor-Transform’ assessment typology, including its utility to assist organizations to orient toward intrinsic goals; challenge or reconfigure system attributes that perpetuate gender inequalities; and consciously interrogate discursive positions and beliefs to unsettle habituated policies, initiatives and theories of change.
12 Mangubhai, S.; Lawless, S.; Cowley, A.; Mangubhai, J. P.; Williams, M. J. 2022. Progressing gender equality in fisheries by building strategic partnerships with development organisations. World Development, 158:105975. (Online first) [doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2022.105975]
Gender equality ; Fisheries ; Development organizations ; Gender mainstreaming ; Gender equity ; Inclusion ; Sustainable development ; Strategies ; Partnerships ; Non-governmental organizations ; Human rights ; Political attitudes ; Policies ; Empowerment ; Livelihoods ; Interdisciplinary research / Melanesia / Fiji / Solomon Islands / Vanuatu
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H051265)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0305750X22001656/pdfft?md5=cb19265b59990fc5a9f8bb96230e2049&pid=1-s2.0-S0305750X22001656-main.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051265.pdf
https://vlibrary.iwmi.org/pdf/H051265.pdf
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Gender equality, a universal agreed principle and value, has been adopted widely but implemented to varying levels in different sectors. Our study was designed to contrast how gender development (hereafter 'development') and fisheries sectors view and invest in gender, and then explore opportunities to strengthen collaborative relationships and networks between the two, with the aim of improving capacity for gender inclusion in practice in fisheries. We conducted key informant interviews with fisheries (n = 68) and development (n = 32) practitioners (including managers) in Fiji, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu between 2018 and 2019. We found three points of divergence between fisheries and development practitioners and/or their organisations when it comes to the inclusion of gender into their work: (1) fundamental differences in organisational motivations for working on gender – (i.e., fisheries organisations viewed gender equality as a means to achieve fisheries objectives (instrumental), while development organisations viewed it as a core value or principle (inherent); (2) fisheries practitioners had comparatively little to no access to qualified gender focal points and training, and limited networks with gender experts; and (3) differences in what each considered successful versus failed approaches to gender integration. Our findings illustrate opportunities, as well as limitations or challenges (e.g. resistance and indifference), to transfer knowledge and capacity to integrate gender into fisheries policies and practice. We suggest using these divergences to ‘pivot change’ in the fisheries sector by building on decades of knowledge, learning and experience from the development sector focusing on four areas for strategic partnership: (1) shifting values; (2) gender mainstreaming; (3) adopting gender best practice; and (4) investing in gender networks and coalitions. We argue that fundamental to the success of such a partnership will be the ability and willingness of fisheries and development practitioners and their organisations to break down silos and work collaboratively towards gender equality in the fisheries sector.
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