FISHERIES, FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
AS FOR AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT IN GENERAL OUR SUPPORT OF FISHERIES, FORESTRY AND NATURAL RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT AND CONSERVATION IS PUTTING SUSTAINABLE USE OF RESOURCES AND EQUITABLE/PRO POOR BENEFIT DISTRIBUTION FIRST. WE THEREFORE PROMOTE HOLISTIC APPROACHES TO RESOURCE UTILIZATION ADDRESSING THE ENTIRE ECOSYSTEM E.G. IN MARINE AND INLAND FISHERIES AND FORESTRY IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN RESOURCE ABUNDANCE AND DIVERSITY. OUR FOCUS IS ON COMMUNITY BASED MANAGEMENT AS IN SOCIAL FORESTRY AND ON SMALL SCALE, ARTISANAL FISHERIES WHICH UTILIZE LIVING AQUATIC RESOURCES RESPONSIBLY. REGIONAL SOLUTIONS CO. LTD. SENIOR MANAGEMENT AND ASSOCIATED EXPERTS HAVE ADVOCATED CO-MANAGEMENT ARRANGEMENTS WHERE COMMUNITIES AND GOVERNMENTS PARTNER IN RESOURCE CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT; MANY OF US HAVE BEEN AND ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE WORLD WIDE FIGHT AGAINST ILLEGAL, UNREPORTED AND UNREGISTERED (IUU) FISHING AS WELL AS ON GOING DEFORESTATION AND LOSS OF BIODIVERSITY.
