In 1990, Jerry Sternin from the global charity Save the Children traveled to Vietnam to fight malnutrition. His strategy was simple. He looked for ‘bright spots’—mothers whose children were bigger and ...

When fish hauls show signs of slumping in the 230 acres of Papua New Guinean coral reef managed by the Muluk villagers of Karkar Island, clan chiefs confer and will sometimes agree to restrict fishing ...

Harnessing 'people power' to manage fisheries in the developing world has significantly benefited local communities and coral reefs, according to new research. Harnessing 'people power' to manage ...

(CNN)-- It's not just the number of people fishing, but the level of poverty in a local community that leads to overfishing of coral reefs, according to a new report. Studying coral reefs in the ...

New research from the University of Sydney shows that international conservation efforts account for approximately 10 percent of fish stocks on coral reefs. Looking at fish survey data across nearly 2 ...

Restricting the use of certain types of fishing gear could help protect the world's reefs and their fish populations from climate change, a new study has revealed. An international team, led by Dr ...

The majority of 72 coastal communities studied in five countries in the Indo-Pacific region may face significant losses of agricultural and fisheries products — two key food sources — simultaneously ...

Although there is a well-established link between overfishing and coral-reef health, we know less about the social, cultural and economic conditions that cause some communities to overfish while ...

Harnessing 'people power' to manage fisheries in the developing world has significantly benefited local communities and coral reefs, according to new research. "Studies about the environment, and ...