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ManagementMike Fabinyi
Former Research Fellow
PhD, Australian National University
James Cook University
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University Townsville
Queensland 4811 Australia
Phone: 61 7 4781 4000
Email: info@coralcoe.org.au
Former Research Fellow
PhD, Australian National University
James Cook University
My research broadly focuses on the social and political aspects of marine resource use and management. Using theory and methods from environmental anthropology and political ecology, a key aspect of my research is the use of ethnographic research techniques. I am currently involved in two major projects.
The first project focuses on marine resource trading and livelihoods in the Asia-Pacific. This project seeks to understand how trade in marine resources is linked with the broader livelihood goals of fishing households, and the ways in which such trade is having both positive and negative effects on sustainable livelihoods. A particular focus has been the live reef fish for food trade, which is one of the most significant fisheries in the Asia-Pacific region. My research on this theme is ongoing in the Philippines and Malaysia, and involves close collaboration with the Center for Strategic Policy and Governance at Palawan State University, Philippines.
My second project investigates the trends, drivers and effects of seafood consumption in China. Increased levels of seafood consumption in China have major implications for the livelihoods and environments of source countries outside of China. The project aims to provide an anthropological perspective on this phenomenon in order to understand and analyse the social drivers that shape seafood consumer perspectives and behaviour, forms of seafood trade, and the policy landscape relating to Chinese sefaood consumption. I am conducting research on this project under a Society in Science Branco Weiss fellowship, and from early 2013 I will be based in Beijing for this project.
If you cannot access the links to the publications below please email me for a copy.
Books
Journal Articles
A group of Australian scientists has created the world’s first computer model that can accurately predict the movements of baby coral trout across the Great Barrier Reef.The study confirms the i
Being a fussy eater is a problem for reef fish who seek refuge from climate change on deeper reefs. But, scientists discovered, the coral that these fussy fish eat can support them.The study was l
Australian scientists have created a world-first tool that can systematically assess climate change risks to all types of World Heritage properties: marine and terrestrial, natural and cultural. Ther
An international group of scientists is making major advances in sustaining the world's environments, untangling the intricate ways in which people and nature depend on each other.The results are
Abstract:Developing global environmental policies, and implementing these at a local level has proven extremely challenging. I will present research using ethnographic techniques and multi-level
Abstract: Recurrent bleaching events since the early 1980’s have led to enduring ecosystems changes throughout the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea and the increasing frequency and intensity of
Abstract: Conservation relies largely on the ability to influence behaviours and ensure rule adherence. Yet, noncompliance in conservation contexts is common. For instance, poaching regularly neg
AbstractProjected near-future ocean CO2 levels alter behaviours that affect survival, such as predator escape and foraging, in marine invertebrates. However, the mechanisms responsible for these e
Abstract:The long-standing paradigm that ecology and evolution play out on different timescales is increasingly challenged by recent studies that show real-time interaction of the two. Similarly t
Abstract: The declining condition of many habitats in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area means marine park managers have to take a different approach to management. Managers can no longer rely
Abstract: Photosymbiosis is the main driver of reef development because it enhances calcification rates, thereby allowing corals to grow in oligotrophic environments. The reefal systems of the Palae
Abstract: Disease transmission is a natural process that helps shape the ecology and evolution of all organisms on Earth, yet, the burden and distribution of disease outbreaks is changing at an alarmi
Partner Research Institutions
ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies
James Cook University Townsville
Queensland 4811 Australia
Phone: 61 7 4781 4000
Email: info@coralcoe.org.au