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V2V THEMATIC WEBINAR SERIES 2024
V2V DECEMBER THEMATIC WEBINAR
Vulnerability to Viability Transition is Multidimensional: Highlights from the V2V Thematic Webinar Series
This month's webinar brings together some of the valuable discussions and key takeaways from the talks delivered in the past years, reflecting on how various concepts, knowledge, ideas and experiences relating to small-scale fisheries have evolved. It aims to recognise and appreciate the contributions made by a panel of fifty speakers, over a period of four years, to the novel approach of vulnerability to viability (V2V) transitions, and celebrate the ongoing collaboration, learning, and impact as we look forward to continuing this journey together into the future.
V2V NOVEMBER THEMATIC WEBINAR
Historical Dimensions of Inland Fisheries in Bihar:
Model for Riverine Waterscapes
This talk proposes a Commons-Based Management Model for the governance of inland fisheries, inspired by historical case studies of riverine waterscapes in Gangetic Bihar of India under colonial rule. Key questions explored include: How did the colonial state’s fiscal motives shape the legal positioning of riverine fisheries? What were the socio-cultural impacts on communities with deep connections to aquatic resources and fish consumption? The proposed Commons-Based Management Model builds on these historical insights, advocating for community-led management, legal protections for public access, and cooperative resource stewardship as a sustainable alternative.
V2V OCTOBER THEMATIC WEBINAR
Vulnerability, Green Energy and Viability: A Framework of Intervention for Resilience and Sustainability
The talk will focus on several case studies from a recently concluded project on small-scale green energy interventions in coastal India in order to generate novel perspectives on technological innovations and enhance our understanding of the nexus between green energy, resilience and sustainability/viability. The talk aims to propose an initial model for how the emerging insights can be effective in facilitating vulnerability to viability transitions in small-scale fisheries (SSF) communities.
V2V SEPTEMBER THEMATIC WEBINAR
V2V SEPTEMBER THEMATIC WEBINAR
Stories of Disaster Resilience of Small-Scale Fishers from North Coastal Andhra Pradesh in India
Stories of Disaster Resilience of Small-Scale Fishers from North Coastal Andhra Pradesh in India
Many coastal villages, including eight towns in Andhra Pradesh State in India, fall under the Coastal Multi-Hazard Zone (CMZ), making them highly vulnerable to inundation due to sea erosion. Andhra Pradesh has weathered more than 60 cyclones since 1975. In addition, the tenure rights of fishers are unsupported and unprotected due to encroachment by and competition with other fisher groups and corporate greed. With the intersecting local-global processes, nurturing marine livelihoods is critical to achieving blue justice because small-scale fisheries are essential for the livelihoods of millions of people; however, they are vulnerable to global and local stresses. In this talk, a community science approach within the V2V framework is applied to discuss the migration, livelihood, and tenure-seeking patterns of Jalari fishers and their stories of resilience from north coastal Andhra Pradesh.
Many coastal villages, including eight towns in Andhra Pradesh State in India, fall under the Coastal Multi-Hazard Zone (CMZ), making them highly vulnerable to inundation due to sea erosion. Andhra Pradesh has weathered more than 60 cyclones since 1975. In addition, the tenure rights of fishers are unsupported and unprotected due to encroachment by and competition with other fisher groups and corporate greed. With the intersecting local-global processes, nurturing marine livelihoods is critical to achieving blue justice because small-scale fisheries are essential for the livelihoods of millions of people; however, they are vulnerable to global and local stresses. In this talk, a community science approach within the V2V framework is applied to discuss the migration, livelihood, and tenure-seeking patterns of Jalari fishers and their stories of resilience from north coastal Andhra Pradesh.
V2V AUGUST THEMATIC WEBINAR
Blue Injustices, Conflicts, and Transformations in Small-Scale Fisheries in Latin America
Challenges and threats to small-scale fisheries in Latin America arise from poverty, inequitable distribution of economic benefits from ocean development, environmental degradation, and exclusion from decision-making and governance. This talk addresses the main conflicts and blue injustices affecting small-scale fishing communities from a Latin American perspective and discusses potential and innovative socio-environmental struggles, pathways, and governance arrangements that could influence public policies throughout the region. Drawing on a conflict transformation perspective, the presentation also offers empirical insights from place-based research in Brazil, highlighting how conflicts can trigger changes and transitions that support the viability of small-scale fisheries.
V2V JULY THEMATIC WEBINAR
West Africa Small-Scale Fisheries Vulnerabilities and Viabilities Pathways
Small-scale fisheries in West Africa play a vital role in the socio-economic development of the region, providing livelihoods, food security, and economic benefits to countless communities. This talk discusses the importance of regional cooperation and coordination for reducing vulnerabilities and fostering sustainable fisheries. Effective policies and collaborative efforts are needed to address the challenges these fisheries face, such as overfishing, climate change, and economic pressures. Sustainable transitions in small-scale fisheries are essential for regional stability and prosperity, creating long-term viability and resilience pathways. Through concerted regional efforts, West Africa can build a more sustainable and secure future for its small-scale fishing communities.
V2V JUNE THEMATIC WEBINAR
Gender Equity and Social Inclusion (GESI) in Small-Scale Fisheries: Reflections from the Indian Sundarbans
The application of the Gender equity and social inclusion (GESI) framework in fisheries research is gaining strong grounds in recent times with the key argument that gendered analysis is critical for inclusive development in coastal ecologies. Millions of women engage in small-scale fisheries (SSF) but remain invisible in policy frameworks, which clearly demonstrates how their participation and perspectives are discounted and devalued in a male-dominated SSF sector. Building up on gendered renderings from two remote SSF sites of the Indian Sundarbans Delta, this presentation will empirically illustrate gender roles, participation, exclusions, and resistance, exemplifying not only gender vulnerabilities and exploitation but also aspirations and practices that can lead to viable transitions through transdisciplinary collaborations and actions.
V2V May THEMATIC WEBINAR
Does Social Capital Secure Livelihoods of Small-Scale Fisher Households?
Small-scale fisheries communities around the world are facing numerous social-ecological challenges. It is widely accepted that social capital can play a key role in poverty reduction for the poor and marginalized fisher households. The poor fishers possess limited capital assets and resources for economic activities, and their livelihoods primarily depend on fishing. This talk highlights the existing literature on the role of social capital and sustainable livelihoods of small-scale fisher communities in Asia. It provides insights into how social capital facilitates cooperation in the community when fishers face livelihood stress, and its crucial role in improving fishers access to a host of assets that strengthen the livelihoods at the household level. This has tremendous implications for building strong and viable small-scale fisheries.
V2V APRIL THEMATIC WEBINAR
Ambivalent role of Market and Technology in the Transitions from Vulnerability to Viability: Nexus in Senegal SSF
The international fish market and technological advances to satisfy demand are among the main drivers that have damaged marine ecosystems. This situation has resulted in the vulnerability of SSF communities, who depend on these same ecosystems for various functions and services, including cultural services, the supply of fish for income and food, etc. However, fishers are managing to navigate through some of the twists and turns offered by the market and a range of technologies in a perpetual search for ways to ensure a transition to guarantee viability of SSF, including its cultural dimensions. The webinar talk aims to share initiatives by small-scale fishers from a socio-anthropological angle drawing on examples from Senegalese fishing communities.
V2V MARCH THEMATIC WEBINAR
Shell-Fisheries as a Tool for the Stewardship and Conservation of Mangroves
In Nigeria, data on mangrove use, livelihood dependencies, and the relationship between mangrove fisheries and human well-being is scarce. Recognizing the broad range of users who depend on or benefit from mangroves is crucial to developing adaptive and inclusive management approaches that reflect the interests of all users. The highest stakes for food and nutrition security, and livelihoods, however, are associated with mangrove-dependent shellfisheries, and this should be the starting point to foster a sense of stewardship and ownership to ensure sustainable mangrove use.
V2V FEBRUARY THEMATIC WEBINAR
Navigating Waves of Change: Chronicles of Resilience and Transitions in Bangladesh Small-Scale Fisheries
Small-scale fisheries in Bangladesh provide a dynamic setting of ecosystems, vulnerabilities, adaptation, resilience, and uncertainties caused by changing climate and blue growth. As the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events are expected to increase, it is crucial to understand how fishers and fish resources are affected by it and how their daily responses contribute to their ability to adapt to changing weather conditions. Using a mixed method approach, our four-year research identifies and investigates the impacts, response and adaptation strategies adopted by small-scale fishers in Moheshkhali and Patharghata upazila of Bangladesh to deal with extreme weather events and mega development projects.
V2V JANUARY THEMATIC WEBINAR
Food and Nutrition In-(security) in the Caribbean: Perspectives from Socio-metabolic Research (SMR)
Small Island Developing States (SIDS) are on the frontlines of climate change and consistently rank high on a range of risk and climate vulnerability indices. In this talk, a socio-metabolic research (SMR) perspective will be adopted to analyze the challenges of food and nutrition insecurity in the Caribbean. From being a net exporter of food, the region underwent a transition in the 1970s and now imports 83% of its total food requirements. Yet, 67.5% of the population faces food and nutrition insecurity, in contrast to the global average of 27.6%. What does this mean for the region’s food security when subject to shocks such as the Covid-19 pandemic? And where are the barriers, and opportunities for a transition from vulnerability to viability?
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