SDG 14 life below water

Essential equipment for multispecies fish stock assessment on Lake Victoria

GCRF Funding Cycle2019-20 Principal InvestigatorAndrew Brierley SchoolsBiology ODA countriesTanzania, Uganda, Kenya Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 12, Goal 14 The Lake Victoria fishery supports c. 35 million people in the East African Community (EAC). Fisheries ecologists from the School of Biology are working with human-health and fishery partners around Lake Victoria in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya on connected, multidisciplinary … Read more

Effects of COVID-19 on artisanal fishing in the Piura region, Peru

GCRF Funding Cycle2019-20 Principal InvestigatorsTania Mendo SchoolsBiology ODA countriesPeru Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 12, Goal 14 This project has shed light on the magnitude of the impact of Covid-19 on artisanal fisheries and their associated value chains. While artisanal fishing activities were allowed to continue in Peru, impacts further down the value chain, specifically in transport, … Read more

Digitizing Cultural Heritage for Sustainable Preservation and Development in Tanzania

GCRF Funding Cycle2019-20 Principal InvestigatorRichard Bates SchoolsEarth and Environmental Sciences ODA countriesTanzania Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 14, Goal 16 Repurposing has recently been necessary to the  School of Earth and Environmental Sciences (SEES) Global Challenges project in Tanzania to continue to support the local community despite the on-going COVID-19 crisis. When lock-down as a result of the COVID-19 … Read more

Building capacity and capability in Lake Victoria fisheries research

Integrating moored acoustic instruments into vessel-based fish stock assessments GCRF Funding Cycle2019-20 Principal InvestigatorRoland Proud SchoolsBiology ODA countriesKenya, Uganda, Tanzania Sustainable Development GoalsGoal 12, Goal 14 The Lake Victoria fishery supports more than 35 million people in the East African Community (EAC – including Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania). EAC fisheries research institutes collect lake-wide acoustic … Read more

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