The impacts of digital transformation on fisheries policy and sustainability: Lessons from Timor-Leste
Digital technologies are transforming how we monitor and manage natural resources, by speeding up data-driven decision-making. Still, to date, there is scant evidence of their impacts on environmental sustainability. In fisheries, a digital record of landings represents enormous potential for sustai...
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| author | Tilley, Alexander Dam Lam, Rodolfo Lozano, Denise Dos Reis Lopes, Joctan Da Costa, Dede Belo, Maria Da Silva, Joaquina Da Cruz, Gilberto Rossignoli, Cristiano |
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| description | Digital technologies are transforming how we monitor and manage natural resources, by speeding up data-driven decision-making. Still, to date, there is scant evidence of their impacts on environmental sustainability. In fisheries, a digital record of landings represents enormous potential for sustainable food production, resource management, and livelihoods, by making information about fish production and price available to all. To fill a gap in information and understanding about fisheries in Timor-Leste at the time, and to inform decision-making to renew outdated fisheries legislations and strategies, the ‘Peskas’ system was developed and piloted in Timor-Leste in 2017. Peskas was designed to collect, analyse and display small-scale fisheries data in near real-time to improve fisheries management through real-time data-driven policymaking. Using targeted interviews in key stakeholder groups, we assessed the progress made toward this goal through three different pathways over a six-year period: i) capacity building; ii) partnership and collaboration; and iii) sustainable resource management. Results showed that the formal Government adoption of Peskas was a tipping point that catalysed greater intragovernmental collaboration, as well as between government and communities, and brought new investment into the fisheries sector. However, Peskas has had minimal impact on the development of new regulations to date. We discuss reasons for this, such as an inadequate fisheries legal framework and wider capacity gaps and draw broader recommendations for how to leverage digital transformation for positive change in fisheries sustainability. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1399082025-10-26T12:55:22Z The impacts of digital transformation on fisheries policy and sustainability: Lessons from Timor-Leste Tilley, Alexander Dam Lam, Rodolfo Lozano, Denise Dos Reis Lopes, Joctan Da Costa, Dede Belo, Maria Da Silva, Joaquina Da Cruz, Gilberto Rossignoli, Cristiano livelihoods resource management food production fishing communities fish fisheries management real-time peskas fisheries monitoring Digital technologies are transforming how we monitor and manage natural resources, by speeding up data-driven decision-making. Still, to date, there is scant evidence of their impacts on environmental sustainability. In fisheries, a digital record of landings represents enormous potential for sustainable food production, resource management, and livelihoods, by making information about fish production and price available to all. To fill a gap in information and understanding about fisheries in Timor-Leste at the time, and to inform decision-making to renew outdated fisheries legislations and strategies, the ‘Peskas’ system was developed and piloted in Timor-Leste in 2017. Peskas was designed to collect, analyse and display small-scale fisheries data in near real-time to improve fisheries management through real-time data-driven policymaking. Using targeted interviews in key stakeholder groups, we assessed the progress made toward this goal through three different pathways over a six-year period: i) capacity building; ii) partnership and collaboration; and iii) sustainable resource management. Results showed that the formal Government adoption of Peskas was a tipping point that catalysed greater intragovernmental collaboration, as well as between government and communities, and brought new investment into the fisheries sector. However, Peskas has had minimal impact on the development of new regulations to date. We discuss reasons for this, such as an inadequate fisheries legal framework and wider capacity gaps and draw broader recommendations for how to leverage digital transformation for positive change in fisheries sustainability. 2024-03 2024-03-11T15:28:06Z 2024-03-11T15:28:06Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139908 en Open Access application/pdf Elsevier Alexander Tilley, Rodolfo Dam Lam, Denise Lozano, Joctan Dos Reis Lopes, Dede Da Costa, Maria Belo, Joaquina Da Silva, Gilberto Da Cruz, Cristiano Rossignoli. (1/3/2024). The impacts of digital transformation on fisheries policy and sustainability: Lessons from Timor-Leste. Environmental Science and Policy, 153. |
| spellingShingle | livelihoods resource management food production fishing communities fish fisheries management real-time peskas fisheries monitoring Tilley, Alexander Dam Lam, Rodolfo Lozano, Denise Dos Reis Lopes, Joctan Da Costa, Dede Belo, Maria Da Silva, Joaquina Da Cruz, Gilberto Rossignoli, Cristiano The impacts of digital transformation on fisheries policy and sustainability: Lessons from Timor-Leste |
| title | The impacts of digital transformation on fisheries policy and sustainability: Lessons from Timor-Leste |
| title_full | The impacts of digital transformation on fisheries policy and sustainability: Lessons from Timor-Leste |
| title_fullStr | The impacts of digital transformation on fisheries policy and sustainability: Lessons from Timor-Leste |
| title_full_unstemmed | The impacts of digital transformation on fisheries policy and sustainability: Lessons from Timor-Leste |
| title_short | The impacts of digital transformation on fisheries policy and sustainability: Lessons from Timor-Leste |
| title_sort | impacts of digital transformation on fisheries policy and sustainability lessons from timor leste |
| topic | livelihoods resource management food production fishing communities fish fisheries management real-time peskas fisheries monitoring |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139908 |
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