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Louise Teh

Basic income could solve global poverty and stop environmental destruction, study finds

Basic income could solve global poverty and stop environmental destruction, study finds

Providing a basic income could boost global gross domestic product (GDP) by $US163 trillion while acting to curb environmental degradation, UBC research has found.

Posted in 2024, IOFNews, News Release | Tagged with Biodiversity, Blue economy, environment, FERU, fisheries economics, Louise Teh, low-income fishers, ocean economy, Rashid Sumaila, Solving FCB

Exploring hypothetical transfer of harmful fisheries subsidies to support low-income fishers

Exploring hypothetical transfer of harmful fisheries subsidies to support low-income fishers

Not only a cheap and accessible food source, fish is also a source of income for low-income fishers working in fisheries. However, relying on fish is becoming a risky gamble.

Posted in 2024, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Africa, coastal countries, Coastline, finance, fishers, fishing fleets, harmful fisheries subsidies, IOF Research Associates, least developed countries, Louise Teh, low-income fishers, nutrition, Pacific Islands, poverty, Rashid Sumaila, Subsidies

New FCRR: Global Fisheries: Livelihood Impacts of Overfishing. Technical Report: November 30, 2022

New FCRR: Global Fisheries: Livelihood Impacts of Overfishing. Technical Report: November 30, 2022

This technical report supports what researchers have been saying for many years – we urgently need to rebuild overfished fish stocks in order to recoup the current economic and social benefits that are inescapable with current catch loss.

Posted in 2023, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Faculty, FCRR, FERU, fish stocks, IOF Research Associates, Louise Teh, Lydia Teh, Marine catches, Overfishing, Publications, Rashid Sumaila, shifting baselines, social sciences

Researchers call for action to stop exploitation of Antarctic waters

Researchers call for action to stop exploitation of Antarctic waters

The critically important Southern Ocean is not being properly protected by its stewards, a distinguished group of scientists from around the globe have noted.

Posted in 2022, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Antarctic, Antarctica, Faculty, fisheries management, humpback whales, IOF Research Associates, Krill, Louise Teh, Ocean governance, Overfishing, Rashid Sumaila, whales

2021 World Ocean Day – Dr. Louise Teh

2021 World Ocean Day – Dr. Louise Teh

Thirty per cent of the world’s oceans cannot be closed without political will and without consideration of the economic toll doing so would take on many coastal communities.

Posted in World Ocean Day 2021 | Tagged with Blue economy, FERU, fisheries economics, human dimensions, IOF Research Associates, Louise Teh, Marine protected areas, World Ocean Day

Study identifies major barriers to financing a sustainable ocean economy

Study identifies major barriers to financing a sustainable ocean economy

A Paris Agreement type effort may be required to financing a sustainable global ocean economy that benefits society and businesses in both developing and developed countries.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Blue economy, Faculty, finance, IOF Research Associates, Louise Teh, ocean economy, Ocean governance, Rashid Sumaila, Sustainability, Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), World Ocean Day

2021 World Ocean Week – June 7-11

2021 World Ocean Week – June 7-11

We asked ocean researchers from the IOF to envision how the target of protecting at least 30% of the world’s oceans by 2030 might be achieved.

Posted in 2021, IOFNews, News Release, Research, World Ocean Day 2021 | Tagged with Blue economy, bottom trawling, Conservation, CORU, FERU, fisheries economics, food webs, Gabriel Reygondeau, Hakai Coastal Initiative, human dimensions, international trade, IOF postdoctoral fellows, IOF Research Associates, Jacqueline Maud, Louise Teh, Marine protected areas, Overfishing, Pelagic Ecosystems Lab, plankton, Project Seahorse, Sarah Foster, Sustainability, Vicky Lam, Women in Science, World Ocean Day, zooplankton

Status, Trends, and the Future of Fisheries in the East and South China Seas

Status, Trends, and the Future of Fisheries in the East and South China Seas

Fisheries Centre Research Report (FCRR 27-1) is now available

Posted in 2019, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Faculty, FCRR, IOF Research Associates, IOF students, Juan Jose Alava, Louise Teh, Publications, Rashid Sumaila, William Cheung

The impact of global, future change on the lives of Tonle Sap inhabitants

The impact of global, future change on the lives of Tonle Sap inhabitants

Researchers explored the vulnerabilities of Cambodian lake fishers by examining their livelihood activities and responses to different scenarios of future change.

Posted in 2018, IOFNews, News Release, Research | Tagged with Cambodia, Faculty, FERU, fishing practices, Freshwater, Indigenous fisheries, IOF Research Associates, Louise Teh, Rashid Sumaila, Small-scale fisheries

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