Project Summary
Countries: Uganda, Malawi
Delivery Partner: University of Birmingham
Project Partners: Lilongwe University of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Western Cape, National Fisheries Resources Research Institute
Principle Investigator: Professor Fiona Nunan, Professor of Environment and Development, International Development Department, University of Birmingham
The Building Adaptive Fisheries Governance Capacity project will deliver positive impacts on biodiversity, poverty alleviation and improved ecosystem resilience through strengthening the adaptive governance capacity of inland fisheries in Malawi and Uganda. The research will take a transdisciplinary co-production approach, working closely with the departments of fisheries, NGOs and local communities in all activities, and facilitate South-South learning. The project will include assessment of adaptive governance capacity at national, district and community levels, studies on information generation and changing fishing practices, and learning from action research involving pilot biodiversity protection interventions and network meetings. New evidence will be generated and plans for adaptive governance developed.
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Professor Fiona Nunan
Fiona’s interests and experience focus on natural resource governance and management in developing country settings, particularly within inland fisheries and coastal locations in East and Southern Africa, and on exploring the links between poverty and the environment. She particularly uses institutional analysis, but also has interests in how power and gender relations, and the wider political economy, affect the practice and outcomes of natural resource governance.
