Burgos Ariadna

French National Research Institute for Sustainable Development

Aquatic foods, such as finfish, shellfish, and seaweed, are vital sources of high-quality protein, vitamins, minerals, and essential fatty acids that contribute significantly to human health. In Timor-Leste, where aquatic resources play an important role in the local diet, consuming a diverse range of aquatic species is essential to meet nutritiona...

This guide presents an approach to measuring aquatic foods (AF) consumption in Timor-Leste that was developed by WorldFish in collaboration with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO). The guide attempts to capture consumption patterns in the first 1000 days of life among fishing communities in Timor-Leste and is a...

Workshop report on gleaning fisheries in the Asia-Pacific

Global patterns of management and governance of small-scale fisheries:contributions towards the implementation of the SSF Guidelines

Monitoring of the ecological and social, including economic aspects of uses of wild species is critical for sustainable use. Progress towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals and the Aichi Biodiversity Targets is assessed using global indicators, however to date, there is not a comprehensive set of global indicators able to monitor statu...

This article presents the life and work of Eugène Poilane (1888-1964), prospector, planter and explorer during the first half of the 20th century in French Indochina. The scientific legacy of E. Poilane is built around a series of manuscripts and a remarkable natural history collection deposited at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris...

In the last few decades, the mangroves ecosystems in Vietnam have been strongly affected by various factors: spraying of Agent Orange during the war, monoculture, urbanization, development of intensive shrimp farming, as well as coastal erosion and climate change. During the first half of the 20th century, Eugène Poilane – the most prominent collec...

A greater understanding of gendered roles in fisheries is necessary to value the often-hidden roles that women play in fisheries and households. We examine women’s contributions to household food and income using focus group discussions, market surveys, and landings data in six communities in Timor-Leste. Women were actively fishing more days per m...

The main objective of this pilot study, conducted in June 2015 in the Can Gio Mangrove Biosphere Reserve (Can Gio MBR, Viet Nam), was to develop an interdisciplinary approach to assess some key services provided by reforested mangroves subject to external pressures and varying management policies. We focused on the abundance of viruses, bacteria, e...

The women from Katurai Bay (Siberut Island, Indonesia) explore the mangrove forest in search of crabs, fish and shellfish. Since their childhood, they have developed a close relationship with this environment and, with their experience have consolidated a corpus of ecological knowledge that allows them to assess the environment and optimize their d...