Article by @siddiki_saba @chris_weible @tanyaheikkila Dr Raul Pacheco-Vega @DCarterSLC Cali Curley aaron deslatte and Abigail Bennett

I'm seeking suggestions for a good introductory article/chapter-length text on democratizing science - why do it, ways to do it, challenges associated with it, perhaps an interesting example, etc. Audience is mixed-discipline undergraduate students. Thanks!!

#Overexploitation of freshwater resources comes in many forms, from sand mining in rivers to turtle bycatch in small-scale fisheries. In this new #OpenAccess paper we synthesize ways to mitigate these impacts! Check it out here dx.doi.org/10.1139/er-202…

Apply to work on this exciting project with a fantastic mentor @meredithgore!! Colleagues, please share widely!

New paper! "Connecting gender norms and economic performance reveals gendered inequities in Malawian small-scale fish trade", led by Fisheries & Wildlife at Michigan State University recent master's grad, Emma Rice (now @ Virginia Tech), funded by MSU AAP, w/ Luanar LINK: rdcu.be/dojm9

Excited to share a new PhD opportunity Stockholm Resilience Centre in Sustainability Science. Using a process-relational perspective to understand transformation and crisis. Please apply or share with potential candidates! su.se/english/about-…

How should water and aquatic foods be integrated in agroecological principles? See below opportunity to contribute your ideas on the matter.

How would we do ecosystem restoration if improving livelihoods were the primary objective rather than just a potential co-benefit? A group of international experts addressed this in a workshop via MSU CANR's MoU with FAO. More on results of the discussion to come... Fisheries & Aquaculture

New paper in IOP Environment collection: Focus on Sustainable Food Systems Transformation "Nutritional challenges of substituting farmed animals for wild fish in human diets" doi.org/10.1088/1748-9… Katie Fiorella Rafael M. Almeida #DemtraWilliams #AlexFlecker #PeteMcIntyre

Commercially important sea cucumbers of the world 😍. You, too, can peruse them at fao.org/documents/card…. Thank you Kim Friedman !

genderaquafish.org/2023/11/05/eco… E. Rice, A. Bennett & P. Kawaye found near-equal numbers of Malawian women & men trade fish, but economically women earn less per unit than men & trade in smaller volumes Abigail Bennett

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New paper out on (one of?😉) the World's most important lakes, co-authored by leading expert on its social dimensions, edithgondwe, among other greats. While you're at it, check out her paper on complex links between SSA inland fisheries and food security: tinyurl.com/w8hpp2fy.

New publication: "Investigating the inclusiveness of the usipa value chain in Malawi" by Park Muhonda and colleagues sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

New Publication! MSU Fisheries & Wildlife graduate students recently published an agenda-setting paper on The future of gender research in small‐scale fisheries: Priorities and pathways for advancing gender equity. Abigail Bennett edithgondwe onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

The peregrine falcon pair has returned to Spartan Stadium - check out this local news story featuring FW students and faculty. One egg in the nest box and counting! wilx.com/2024/03/28/per…

In this article in #BioScience, Abigail Bennett and others discuss "Ecosystem services from wildlife harvests". #biologyjournal #aibs doi.org/10.1093/biosci…

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