Pierre Morand

TL;DR: In this article, the archives of the Station Zoologique at Villefranche-sur-Mer contain records of "years with Pelagia noctiluca" and "years without Pelagias" over the past 200 years (1785-1985).

TL;DR: In this article, the authors focus on the fundamentals of resilience thinking to evaluate its usefulness in developing relevant management interventions in small-scale fisheries in the Niger River Basin in West Africa, and present the outputs of a participatory assessment exercise where both fishery communities and local experts were involved at two different scales.

TL;DR: A series of field assessments focusing on vulnerability conducted in two communities in Mali and Nigeria revealed some counterintuitive results. Despite fishing being the primary livelihood, vulnerabilities relating directly to the state of the resource were ranked lower than those relating to basic human needs.

TL;DR: The overlap of traditional and modern rules impedes secure access to water and investments in agriculture by generating uncertain land tenure, which is a major cause of poverty in the Niger River basin this paper.

TL;DR: The simulator is developed to represent both social, economic and ecological knowledge to contribute to a synthesis of the multidisciplinary knowledge of the Niger inland delta fishery and is considered as a discussion tool to lead to interdisciplinary meetings.