This report describes for the first time the supply chain of Caulerpa racemosa in three Pacific Island countries. The harvesting and marketing of C. racemosa are important subsistence activities for villagers in Fiji and Samoa, less so in Tonga. At least 150 harvesters are involved in Fiji, some 100 in Samoa and only a handful in Tonga. The annual combined crop is of some 123 t valued at around US$266,492. In Fiji, it is projected that supply does not meet local demand and there is a potential export market that is currently operating at a pilot project level. In Samoa, the supply is considered adequate for the current market. In Tonga, harvesting is carried out by a few families and supplies a niche market in that country. The possibilities of field cultivation of Caulerpa have been explored but, at present, with only limited success in Samoa. The supply chain is simple in all three countries, and only in Fiji are middlemen involved in the distribution process. The limitations for marketing include the fact that only a few sites supply most of the crop in all the three countries, that all sites need to be conserved through sustainable harvesting methods, the short shelf life of the crop and a lack of information on the carrying capacity of harvest sites. Caulerpa remains a crop that fulfils a niche market but has the potential to be scaled up for additional livelihood development in the future.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1007/s10811-014-0254-1) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
Building Research Capacity on Assessing Community Livelihood Vulnerability to Climate Change Impacts in Central Viet Nam and the Mekong River Delta CIA2009-06-Duc: Capacity Development for Adaptation to Climate Change in the Rural Coastal Zone of Viet Nam CIA2009-07-Lotia: Capacity Development of the Scientific Community for Assessing the Health Impacts of Climate Changen the past decade, APN has published yearly project reports containing abstracts of APNfunded activities that have been useful for the APN members and other interested parties. However, with the implementation of the APN third strategic phase (2010)(2011)(2012)(2013)(2014)(2015) and the need to ensure that the work of the APN reaches all stakeholders, including science, policy and civil-society communities, the APN has launched a new publication series: APN Science Bulletin.The APN Science Bulletin is an annual publication that highlights all of the projects funded and completed by the APN in the year of publication (the present year running from April 2010 -March 2011). The Science Bulletin has four main sections: 1) Featured Articles; 2) Regional Research Projects funded under the Annual Regional Call for Research Proposals (ARCP) Programme; 3) Scientific Capacity Development Projects funded under the CAPaBLE Programme; and 4) Projects funded under the APN's Focussed Activities Programme.In this first issue of the APN Science Bulletin, March 2011; all activities that were funded and undertaken since April 2010 have been included. Under featured articles, full scientific research papers have been written and cover a number of major themes in the APN's science agenda from looking at high-resolution regional climate models for food security in Southeast Asia to developing scientific capacity for Coral Reef Management in the South Pacific. Sections 2 and 3 look at the work conducted under the APN's two main pillars of activities -the ARCP and CAPaBLE programmes, respectively. Section 4 highlights projects funded through a special focussed activity undertaken from 2009-2010 on Climate Impact and Vulnerability Assessments.On behalf of the Scientific Planning Group (SPG), who advises the scientific programme of the APN to the APN's governing body, the Inter-Governmental Meeting, we, as the SPG Co-Chairs are delighted to present the first issue of the APN Science Bulletin to you and hope that you find the contents both interesting and useful for your activities in global environmental change.
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