Innovation with the Poor
The main objective of this transdisciplinary research is to support a sustainable coastal transformation in saline and brackish coastal environments by co-developing innovative Integrated Multi-trophic Aquaculture (IMTA). | Photo: Marion Glaser, ZMT
The main objective of this transdisciplinary research is to support a sustainable coastal transformation in saline and brackish coastal environments by co-developing innovative Integrated Multi-trophic Aquaculture (IMTA). | Photo: Marion Glaser, ZMT

The main objective of this transdisciplinary research is to support a sustainable coastal transformation in saline and brackish coastal environments by co-developing innovative Integrated Multi-trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) and associated institutions along ecosystem-based principles in collaboration with poor coastal residents whose livelihoods are most undermined by salinization and other environmental change.

Selected publications

Ahmed, N., Thompson, S. & Glaser, M.   (2018). Global Aquaculture Productivity, Environmental Sustainability, and Climate Change Adaptability Environmental Management

Ahmed, N., Thompson, S., Glaser, M. (2018) Transforming organic prawn farming in Bangladesh: Potentials and challenges Journal of Cleaner Production 172, pp. 3806-3816.

Ahmed, N., Thompson, S., Glaser, M. (2017) Integrated mangrove-shrimp cultivation: Potential for blue carbon sequestration Ambio online

Theses/Dissertations

Tacke F. (2017) Integrated multi-trophic aquaculture in coastal Bangladesh - Approaches for a sustainable social & ecological adaptation process. BSc thesis.

De Buhr, S (2018) Sustainable Livelihood Outcomes: Lessons from two NGO approaches in Bangladesh MSc Thesis

Nagel, Ben (2019 in prep) Innovative technologies as transformation tools for coastal households in Bangladesh, MSc Thesis

International conference presentations

Leverage Points Lüneburg (Glaser) Feb 2019

Future Oceans2, Brest (Selim) June 2019

MARE Amsterdam (Selim/Glaser) June 2019

Current activities

- Second phase of proposal EU Atlantic Collaboration for the development of sustainable marine aquaculture practices and trainings (ACD-MAP (with work proposed in South Africa and Brazil)

- Preparation of small pilot experiments with landless groups in Bangladesh

- Aquaculture value chain studies with ULAB

- Two articles in preparation

- Further search for funding


Project Partner

Samiya Selim (University of the Liberal Arts - ULAB, Banglasdesh)

Centre for Sustainable Development (Dhaka, Bangladesh)

 Anisul Huq (Khulna University, Bangladesh)

Harunur Rashid (Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh, Bangladesh)

Lucinaldo Blandtt and Roberta Barbosa, (University of Pará, Brazil)

Nesar Ahmed (University of Manitoba, Canada)

Contacts

  • PD Dr. Marion Glaser
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  • Dr. Andreas Kunzmann
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Aquaculture innovations with poor people and coastal environmental change
Partner Countries: Bangladesh, Brazil, (South Africa)
Project Duration: since 2016
Funding: Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; Centre for Science and Technology of the Non-Aligned and other Developing Countries
Status: a growing and internationalising network initiated at ZMT with pilot field research
ZMT Programme Area:  PA 1 - Coastal Resources and Sustainable Blue Economy

 

Working Groups

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