A close up look at the social networks of Lake Victoria’s fisherfolk

The fisheries of Lake Victoria, the second largest freshwater body in the world, support the livelihoods of around three million people in the countries that border the lake – Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda. But there have been widespread concerns, since the early 2000s, that fish stocks and catches of the key commercial fishery of Nile … Continue reading “A close up look at the social networks of Lake Victoria’s fisherfolk”

Sustaining community-based Payments for Ecosystem Services: Lessons from fieldwork on Mikoko Pamoja in Kenya

Sarah Wollring is a 2017 MSc Masters Graduate in International Development (Environment, Sustainability and Politics). Prior to studying at Birmingham, she graduated from Avans University of Applied Sciences in Breda, the Netherlands with a BA in Cross-cultural Management and Languages and did a graduation internship at the European Parliament during which she wrote her dissertation … Continue reading “Sustaining community-based Payments for Ecosystem Services: Lessons from fieldwork on Mikoko Pamoja in Kenya”