Conference Proceedings: Recent submissions
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The Agusan Marsh - two years after Pakse
Primavera, Jurgenne
(UNESCO Office, 2008)
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Bridging traditional knowledge with mainstream technology to sustain cultural and biological diversity in the product development of wild honey: Focus on the indigenous peoples of the Palawan Biosphere Reserve, Philippines
; Primavera, Jurgenne (UNESCO Office, 2008)
Declared a Man and Biosphere Reserve in 1991, the Palawan Biosphere Reserve in the Philippines is a biologically diverse province and home to a number of Indigenous Peoples particularly the Pala’wan, Tagbanua and Batak ... -
Influence of fishing gears on excessive use of fishing grounds in Batan Estuary, Aklan, central Philippines
(Asian Rural Sociology Association, 2010)The excessive fishing activities have led to the depletion of many coastal fisheries resources in most of the countries in Southeast Asia. It is therefore necessary to find out the causal factors of excessive fishing in ... -
Using mangroves for aquaculture - Why should we?
Primavera, Jurgenne (Western Indian Ocean Marine Science Association (WIOMSA), 2011)
Although brackishwater ponds have been a major factor in mangrove loss in Southeast Asia where aquaculture is centuries-old, the “No Touch option” for mangroves is a luxury that most countries in the region cannot afford. ... -
Sustaining aquaculture by developing human capacity and enhancing opportunities for women
(FAO; NACA, 2012)People are at the heart of sustaining aquaculture. Development of human capacity and gender, therefore, is an important human dimension. Human capacity development (HCD) was a major thrust of the 2000 Bangkok Declaration ... -
Fish biodiversity and incidence of invasive fish species in an aquaculture and non-aquaculture site in Laguna de Bay, Philippines
Cuvin-Aralar, Maria Lourdes (Science4Press, 2014)
Laguna de Bay is the Philippines' largest inland water with 900 km2 surface area. The lake has been assessed as hypereutrophic (Rohani and Roblo, 1984) to dystrophic (Barril and Tumlos, 2002). To make use of the lake's ... -
Series: Summary of Proceedings No. 1/2013
The Agusan Marsh and the Agusan River Basin: The need for science-based development and management
Primavera, Jurgenne (PCAARRD-DOST, 2013)
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Series: FAO fisheries and aquaculture proceedings; 31
Resiliency of small-holder fishfarmers to climate change and market prices in selected communities in the Philippines
; ; Quinitio, Emilia T.; (FAO, 2013)
A rapid assessment of the resiliency of small-holder fishfarmers in selected communities in the Philippines was conducted to gather the fishfarmers’ observations and insights about climate change and market prices, and the ... -
Series: ACIAR Proceedings; No. 136
Evaluation of nutritional condition of juvenile sandfish (Holothuria scabra)
; ; Lebata-Ramos, Maria J. H.; (Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 2012)
It is important to accurately evaluate the wellbeing or nutritional condition of organisms when monitoring the wild stock conditions and improvement in aquaculture techniques; however, reliable nutritional condition indexes ... -
Series: ACIAR Proceedings; No. 136
Ability of sandfish (Holothuria scabra) to utilise organic matter in black tiger shrimp ponds
; ; ; Lebata-Ramos, Maria J. H.; (Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 2012)
Due to frequent viral disease outbreaks, a large proportion of shrimp aquaculture in South-East Asian countries has switched from black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) to P. vannamei, an exotic species originally imported ... -
Series: VLIZ Special Publication; 57
A lifetime of mangrove research, management and advocacy
Primavera, Jurgenne (Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ), 2012)
Apart from a decade of undergraduate teaching, my professional life has been directly or tangentially devoted to mangrove issues. Strife in my native Mindanao pushed my family and me to the peace and quiet of Panay Is. in ... -
Series: ACIAR Proceedings; No. 136
Overview of sea cucumber aquaculture and sea-ranching research in the South-East Asian region
(Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research, 2012)South-East Asia has traditionally been the global centre of production of tropical sea cucumbers for Chinese markets. Early research into culture methods took place outside this region, notably in India, the Pacific region ... -
Recent developments in the study and surveillance of koi herpesvirus (KHV) in Asia
(Fish Health Section, Asian Fisheries Society, 2011)Koi herpesvirus infection causes significant mortalities in common carp (Cyprinus carpio carpio), koi carp (Cyprinus carpio koi) and ghost carp (common x koi cross, Cyprinus carpio koi). Outbreaks have been reported in ... -
Sociocultural factors influencing fishers’ participation in coastal resource management in Anini-y, Antique, west central, Philippines
(Asian Rural Sociology Association, 2010)Fishing is the only source of livelihood in the coastal communities. This is the reason why poverty persists in these areas. The lack of other alternative livelihood activities results to overfishing and eventual degradation ... -
Updates on the nervous necrosis virus and the koi herpesvirus in Southeast Asia
(Veteran Council I.R.IRAN, 2009)In Southeast Asia, the Viral Nervous Necrosis (VNN) or Viral Encephalopathy and Retinopathy (VER) and the Koi herpesvirus (KHV) infection are currently economically-important diseases of fishes. The VNN affects groupers ... -
Mud crab culture: challenges and opportunities
Quinitio, Emilia T.; (The Marine Products Export Development Authority, 2008)
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Inventory of aquatic fauna of Agusan marsh with notes on introduced species and their potential impacts on biodiversity
; ; Primavera, Jurgenne (UNESCO Jakarta Office, Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development, 2008)
An important region of biodiversity in the country is the Agusan Marsh, located in northeastern Mindanao, southern Philippines. The Marsh aquatic fauna are not well studied and majority of available information is dispersed ... -
Proceedings of the 1st Scientific Conference on the Agusan Marsh: Butuan City, Agusan del Norte, Philippines, 21-23 May 2007
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The Agusan marsh: A situationer with focus on scientific aspects
Primavera, Jurgenne; (UNESCO Jakarta Office, Philippine Council for Aquatic and Marine Research and Development, 2008)
The Agusan Marsh is an extensive floodplain in the middle of the Agusan River Basin in eastern Mindanao where rivers, creeks and tributaries mainly in the provinces of Agusan del Norte, Agusan del Sur and Compostela Valley ... -
DNA amplicons using arbitrary primers distinguish polymorphic loci among mangrove thraustochytrid genomes
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2007)Thraustochytrids - lightly-pigmented estuarine and marine microheterotrophs, taxonomically aligned with heterokont algae - are of great biotechnological interest because they produce substantial amounts of polyunsaturated ...
