Browsing by Author "Cohen, Philippa J."

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    Building adaptive capacity to climate change in tropical coastal communities
    (2018) Cinner, Joshua E.; Adger, W. Neil; Allison, Edward H.; Barnes, Michele L.; Brown, Katrina; Cohen, Philippa J.; Gelcich, Stefan; Hicks, Christina C.; Hughes, Terry P.; Lau, Jacqueline; Marshall, Nadine A.; Morrison, Tiffany H.
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    Harnessing the diversity of small-scale actors is key to the future of aquatic food systems
    (2021) Short, Rebecca E.; Gelcich, Stefan; Little, David C.; Micheli, Fiorenza; Allison, Edward H.; Basurto, Xavier; Belton, Ben; Brugere, Cecile; Bush, Simon R.; Cao, Ling; Crona, Beatrice; Cohen, Philippa J.; Defeo, Omar; Edwards, Peter; Ferguson, Caroline E.; Franz, Nicole; Golden, Christopher D.; Halpern, Benjamin S.; Hazen, Lucie; Hicks, Christina; Johnson, Derek; Kaminski, Alexander M.; Mangubhai, Sangeeta; Naylor, Rosamond L.; Reantaso, Melba; Sumaila, U. Rashid; Thilsted, Shakuntala H.; Tigchelaar, Michelle; Wabnitz, Colette C. C.; Zhang, Wenbo
    Small-scale fisheries and aquaculture (SSFA) provide livelihoods for over 100 million people and sustenance for -1 billion people, particularly in the Global South. Aquatic foods are distributed through diverse supply chains, with the potential to be highly adaptable to stresses and shocks, but face a growing range of threats and adaptive challenges. Contemporary governance assumes homogeneity in SSFA despite the diverse nature of this sector. Here we use SSFA actor profiles to capture the key dimensions and dynamism of SSFA diversity, reviewing contemporary threats and exploring opportunities for the SSFA sector. The heuristic framework can inform adaptive governance actions supporting the diversity and vital roles of SSFA in food systems, and in the health and livelihoods of nutritionally vulnerable people-supporting their viability through appropriate policies whilst fostering equitable and sustainable food systems.
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    Rights and representation support justice across aquatic food systems
    (2022) Hicks, Christina C.; Gephart, Jessica A.; Koehn, J. Zachary; Nakayama, Shinnosuke; Payne, Hanna J.; Allison, Edward H.; Belhbib, Dyhia; Cao, Ling; Cohen, Philippa J.; Fanzo, Jessica; Fluet-Chouinard, Etienne; Gelcich, Stefan; Golden, Christopher D.; Gorospe, Kelvin D.; Isaacs, Moenieba; Kuempel, Caitlin D.; Lee, Kai N.; MacNeil, M. Aaron; Maire, Eva; Njuki, Jemimah; Rao, Nitya; Sumaila, U. Rashid; Selig, Elizabeth R.; Thilsted, Shakuntala H.; Wabnitz, Colette C. C.; Naylor, Rosamond L.
    Injustices are prevalent in food systems, where the accumulation of vast wealth is possible for a few, yet one in ten people remain hungry. Here, for 194 countries we combine aquatic food production, distribution and consumption data with corresponding national policy documents and, drawing on theories of social justice, explore whether barriers to participation explain unequal distributions of benefits. Using Bayesian models, we find economic and political barriers are associated with lower wealth-based benefits; countries produce and consume less when wealth, formal education and voice and accountability are lacking. In contrast, social barriers are associated with lower welfare-based benefits; aquatic foods are less affordable where gender inequality is greater. Our analyses of policy documents reveal a frequent failure to address political and gender-based barriers. However, policies linked to more just food system outcomes centre principles of human rights, specify inclusive decision-making processes and identify and challenge drivers of injustice.