Sustaining Community Fish Refuges in Cambodia through Community-Based Governance
In Cambodia, inland fisheries, including Rice Field Fisheries (RFFs), are a key element of rural food and nutrition security, seasonal income, and an important cultural asset. However, these fisheries are increasingly threatened by habitat loss, changes in land use, overfishing, pollution, and clima...
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| author | Baldivieso, Carla De Silva, Sanjiv Gleich, Pia Soeun, Kimourn Neth, Sreypov Ou, Phichong Sun, Vathanak Sean, Vichet Oem, Sothanh Koy, Chandy Ostrower, Lara Freed, Sarah Mak, Sithirith Dubois, Mark Sieber, Stefan Bonatti, Michelle |
| author_browse | Baldivieso, Carla Bonatti, Michelle De Silva, Sanjiv Dubois, Mark Freed, Sarah Gleich, Pia Koy, Chandy Mak, Sithirith Neth, Sreypov Oem, Sothanh Ostrower, Lara Ou, Phichong Sean, Vichet Sieber, Stefan Soeun, Kimourn Sun, Vathanak |
| author_facet | Baldivieso, Carla De Silva, Sanjiv Gleich, Pia Soeun, Kimourn Neth, Sreypov Ou, Phichong Sun, Vathanak Sean, Vichet Oem, Sothanh Koy, Chandy Ostrower, Lara Freed, Sarah Mak, Sithirith Dubois, Mark Sieber, Stefan Bonatti, Michelle |
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| description | In Cambodia, inland fisheries, including Rice Field Fisheries (RFFs), are a key element of rural food and nutrition security, seasonal income, and an important cultural asset. However, these fisheries are increasingly threatened by habitat loss, changes in land use, overfishing, pollution, and climate change. In response to these pressures, international organizations, government agencies, local NGOs, and local communities have partnered to implement Community Fish Refuges (CFRs) within RFFs to protect fish stocks, increase productivity, and strengthen local food systems. Managed by local communities with support from the Fisheries Administration Cantonment (FiAC) and external parties in the early stages of implementation, CFRs provide multiple benefits including stable aquatic habitats; increased production of aquatic foods; enhanced food and nutrition security; greater supplementary income; groundwater recharge, and climate resilience. However, the sustainability and success of CFRs largely depend on the capacity of local villagers to collaborate and engage in collective action. In this policy brief, some of the challenges of collective management and grassroots decision-making in a rural Cambodia context were examined, and underscored the social dimensions that development actors, policymakers, and funding agencies who initiate development interventions must consider. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1801592026-01-22T15:50:52Z Sustaining Community Fish Refuges in Cambodia through Community-Based Governance Baldivieso, Carla De Silva, Sanjiv Gleich, Pia Soeun, Kimourn Neth, Sreypov Ou, Phichong Sun, Vathanak Sean, Vichet Oem, Sothanh Koy, Chandy Ostrower, Lara Freed, Sarah Mak, Sithirith Dubois, Mark Sieber, Stefan Bonatti, Michelle climate resilience adaptive management community fish refuges rice fish food and nutrition security rice field fisheries local governance community-based governance social-ecological sustainability inclusive participation local leadership In Cambodia, inland fisheries, including Rice Field Fisheries (RFFs), are a key element of rural food and nutrition security, seasonal income, and an important cultural asset. However, these fisheries are increasingly threatened by habitat loss, changes in land use, overfishing, pollution, and climate change. In response to these pressures, international organizations, government agencies, local NGOs, and local communities have partnered to implement Community Fish Refuges (CFRs) within RFFs to protect fish stocks, increase productivity, and strengthen local food systems. Managed by local communities with support from the Fisheries Administration Cantonment (FiAC) and external parties in the early stages of implementation, CFRs provide multiple benefits including stable aquatic habitats; increased production of aquatic foods; enhanced food and nutrition security; greater supplementary income; groundwater recharge, and climate resilience. However, the sustainability and success of CFRs largely depend on the capacity of local villagers to collaborate and engage in collective action. In this policy brief, some of the challenges of collective management and grassroots decision-making in a rural Cambodia context were examined, and underscored the social dimensions that development actors, policymakers, and funding agencies who initiate development interventions must consider. 2025-12-31 2026-01-19T20:50:03Z 2026-01-19T20:50:03Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/180159 en Open Access application/pdf WorldFish Carla Baldivieso, Sanjiv De Silva, Pia Gleich, Kimourn Soeun, Sreypov Neth, Phichong Ou, Vathanak Sun, Vichet Sean, Sothanh Oem, Chandy Koy, Lara Ostrower, Sarah Freed, Sithirith Mak, Mark Dubois, Stefan Sieber, Michelle Bonatti. (31/12/2025). Sustaining Community Fish Refuges in Cambodia through Community-Based Governance. Bayan Lepas, Malaysia: WorldFish (WorldFish). |
| spellingShingle | climate resilience adaptive management community fish refuges rice fish food and nutrition security rice field fisheries local governance community-based governance social-ecological sustainability inclusive participation local leadership Baldivieso, Carla De Silva, Sanjiv Gleich, Pia Soeun, Kimourn Neth, Sreypov Ou, Phichong Sun, Vathanak Sean, Vichet Oem, Sothanh Koy, Chandy Ostrower, Lara Freed, Sarah Mak, Sithirith Dubois, Mark Sieber, Stefan Bonatti, Michelle Sustaining Community Fish Refuges in Cambodia through Community-Based Governance |
| title | Sustaining Community Fish Refuges in Cambodia through Community-Based Governance |
| title_full | Sustaining Community Fish Refuges in Cambodia through Community-Based Governance |
| title_fullStr | Sustaining Community Fish Refuges in Cambodia through Community-Based Governance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Sustaining Community Fish Refuges in Cambodia through Community-Based Governance |
| title_short | Sustaining Community Fish Refuges in Cambodia through Community-Based Governance |
| title_sort | sustaining community fish refuges in cambodia through community based governance |
| topic | climate resilience adaptive management community fish refuges rice fish food and nutrition security rice field fisheries local governance community-based governance social-ecological sustainability inclusive participation local leadership |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/180159 |
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