WRENmedia -African fisheries - raising the stocks

WRENmedia, an online and audio information provider of scientific information. This interview is with Fabio Pittaluga of the FAO's Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme, and covers two projects, in Guinea and Niger. In Guinea, local fishing communities are helping the government to control encroachments by commercial fleets, while in Niger fish farmers are being supported to increase production from seasonal lakes.

		To listen to the audio clip and a full description visit OneWorld Radio at: http://radio.oneworld.net/article/frontpage/251/4907
		For more on the Sustainable Livelihoods Fisheries Programme

	BBC World Service / Natural Resources Institute (NRI) Series

The NRI, in collaboration with the BBC World Service and supported by DFID, has produced a number of series of radio programmes on development-related topics, both for broadcast on the World Service and for broadcast on local radio stations in Africa.

See here for more detail on this work. Audio of the programmes in the different series as well as transcripts and other web resources for some series are available.

		Down to Earth - Offers a teaching series for English and for science and environmental education
		In the Field - Delves into innovative ways of improving the livelihoods of poor people through sustainable management of natural resources
		Making Ends Meet - Looks at how communities in remote places make a living
		The Language of Development - Highlights language and jargon used in development
		Gathering in the Rain - Explores rainwater harvesting in Tanzania
		Together to Market - Encourages the formation of groups to market produce more effectively
		Eating out Safely - Highlights the importance of safe practices in the preparation of informally vended foods
		Rats! - Uncovers the relationship between humans and rats in the United States and Africa

	New Agriculturalist Points of View: Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches

The New Agriculturalist Online, from WREN media, has produced a series of short audio clips on sustainable livelihoods approaches as part of its Points of View series.

The clips feature speakers from different organisations expressing their opinions on applying and working with SLAs. For more written points of view on sustainable livelihoods, visit the New Agriculturalist site.

		Jennie Dey Abbass, Rural Development Division, FAO, on incorporating Sustainable Livelihoods Approaches and principles into the field programme
		Jane Clark, Rural Livelihoods Department, DFID, "people's livelihoods are not single sectoral issues".
		Ricardo Roc'a, Rural development consultant, Bolivia - "can we still do a sectoral project with a livelihood approach?"
		Tim Frankenberger, CARE - there's nothing magical about livelihood approaches. They're just good, common sense.