Project Profile: TLSCC
Maintaining Productivity and Incomes in the Tonle Sap Fishery in the Face of Climate Change
Who?
| Principal Investigators: | Lee Hannah, Conservation International and University of California, Santa Barbara, United States |
| Partners: | Kevin McCann, University of Guelph, Canada Sovan Lek, Université Paul Sabatie, France Evan Fraser, University of Guelph, Canada Robert Pomeroy, University of Connecticut, United States U. Rashid Sumalia, University of British Columbia, Canada Christopher Costello, University of California, Santa Barbara, United State Les Kaufman, Boston University, United States Kirk Winemiller,Texas A&M University, United States So Nam, Mekong River Commission, Cambodia Chhoueth Khunleap, University of Battambang, Cambodia Michael Cooperman, Conservation International, United States Veasna Kum, Mekong Institute of Cambodia, Cambodia |
| Sponsors: | Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council, Canada French National Research Agency, France National Science Foundation, United States |
What?
| Full Project Title: | Maintaining Productivity and Incomes in the Tonle Sap Fishery in the Face of Climate Change |
| Full Call Title: | Freshwater2012 |
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Why?
| Project Objective: | TLSCC proposes to (i) construct a general theory for understanding the social and ecological implications of truly indiscriminate fisheries under climate change, and; (ii) develop and test a specific application of this theory for the important case of the Tonle Sap fishery, Cambodia. Social impact in Cambodia will result by informing implementation of recent major management changes that have converted privately held fishing lots into community fisheries. Internationally, the results will inform similar systems that feed and provide income for millions of people by revealing management tools effective in heavily exploited, dynamic freshwater fisheries as climate changes. |
| Call Objective: | This call was created to address the following: - Identification and characterization of the interactions between natural processes and human practices that govern water budgeting in selected regions; - Development of approaches that support the evolution of resilient communities/regions through improved seasonal forecasting of droughts, taking into account natural and socio-economic drivers. |
Where?
| Regions: | Asia |
| Countries: | Cambodia |
When?
| Duration: | 36 months |
| Call Date: | 2012 |
| Project Award Date: | 2012 |
