Hydropower Development and the Neglect of Inland Capture Fisheries from a Food Systems Perspective

Richard Morris Friend; Robert Arthur; Cecile Brugere; Ian G. Cowx; Bob Doherty; Sithirith Mak; Md. Monirul Islam; Fiona Nunan; Jouni Paavola; Bryce Donald Stewart; Chainarong Srettachau; Samarthia Thankappan; Chayan Vaddhanaphuti

doi:https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2023.2223551

Hydropower Development and the Neglect of Inland Capture Fisheries from a Food Systems Perspective

Richard Morris Friend^*, Robert Arthur, Cecile Brugere, Ian G. Cowx, Bob Doherty, Sithirith Mak, Md. Monirul Islam, Fiona Nunan, Jouni Paavola, Bryce Donald Stewart, Chainarong Srettachau, Samarthia Thankappan, Chayan Vaddhanaphuti

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Abstract

This paper addresses why food security implications of projected losses to inland capture fisheries due to hydropower development have been neglected in policy arenas. Drawing on the case of the Lower Mekong Basin, this paper applies a conceptual framework for analyzing this question as a case of fundamental food system change. Four inter-related axes of change – narratives, actors, institutions and resources – constitute the framework for analyzing and challenging the dynamics and values of food systems change. Despite substantial scientific evidence on the nutritional and food security significance of the fisheries, and the magnitude of negative impacts of planned hydropower development, there has been no discernible shift in hydropower investment and related policy. The lack of attention to this food production loss is due to a broader transformation in food systems, itself shaped by powerful interests and values. Addressing the neglect of fisheries requires challenging this trajectory of food system change.

Original language	English
Number of pages	13
Journal	Society and Natural Resources
Early online date	18 Jul 2023
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2023.2223551
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 18 Jul 2023

Keywords

Fisheries
Freshwater fisheries
Fisheries management
Food systems
Hydropower
Food security

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Friend, R. M., Arthur, R., Brugere, C., Cowx, I. G., Doherty, B., Mak, S., Islam, M. M., Nunan, F., Paavola, J., Stewart, B. D., Srettachau, C., Thankappan, S., & Vaddhanaphuti, C. (2023). Hydropower Development and the Neglect of Inland Capture Fisheries from a Food Systems Perspective. Society and Natural Resources. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2023.2223551

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