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Collection Biodiversity Conservation
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Publisher Frontiers in Marine Science
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Related Countries Fiji
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Fisherwomen's Indigenous and Local Knowledge - Hidden Gems for the Management of Marine and Freshwater Resources in Fiji.

Biodiversity Conservation

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Breckwoldt, Annette

Kitolelei Salanieta

Kitolelei, Jokim

Makhoul, Natalie

Fisherwomen in Fiji play a vital role in the daily sustenance of their families and they use their Indigenous and local knowledge to harvest resources. Marine and freshwater resources harvested by fisherwomen contribute to the primary protein intake of their families, particularly for those who have limited or no access to other animal products or plant proteins.

Spatial Use of Marine Resources in a Rural village a case study from Qoma, Fiji.

Biodiversity Conservation

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Kitolelei, S., Lowry, John H., Qaqara, N., Jacqueline R., Veitayaki, J., Piovano, S.

Understanding the value of fishers’ Indigenous and Traditional Knowledge (ITK) and of fishers’ spatial use of customary fishing grounds is an important contributing factor to marine resource management. This study investigates and documents ITK of marine resources and the associated spatial knowledge of fishing areas in Qoma, a rural fishing village in Fiji.

Na Vuku Makawa ni Qoli: Indigenous Fishing Knowledge (IFK) in Fiji and the Pacific.

Biodiversity Conservation

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Kitolelei, S., Thaman R., Veitayaki, J., Breckwoldt, A., Piovano, S.

The time-tested Indigenous fishing knowledge (IFK) of Fiji and the Pacific Islands is seriously threatened due to the commercialization of fishing, breakdown of traditional communal leadership and oral knowledge transmission systems, modern education, and the movement of the younger generations to urban areas for work and/or study.

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