Fishing Communities
Contribute knowledge of seasonal patterns, fishing grounds, currents, pollution accumulation areas and changing species composition.
Co-designed action
Community & Stakeholders
Knowledge users and local stakeholders help define priorities, select sites, validate protocols, interpret findings and identify practical solutions.
Key areas
Core Components
Women Processors and Sellers
Inform food safety concerns, market practices and community perceptions of pollution risks.
Local Authorities
Identify regulatory needs, management priorities and opportunities for uptake of project findings.
Civil Society and Media
Support awareness, outreach and public access to practical environmental information.
Project detail
Consent, Attribution and Benefit-Sharing
- Prior informed consent before collecting community-linked knowledge
- Appropriate acknowledgement of community contributors
- Results returned through meetings, simplified briefs, posters and local-language materials
- Benefits through training, awareness materials, results-sharing sessions and participation in the observatory
- CARE principles applied: collective benefit, authority to control, responsibility and ethics