Engagement and Collaboration - Examples from the Field

Ratana Chuenpagdee

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Ratana Chuenpagdee is Professor at Department of Geography, Memorial University, Canada. From 2006-2016, she served as the Canada Research Chair on Natural Resources Sustainability and Community Development. As an interdisciplinary scientist interested in natural resource governance, she has conducted research in many countries, including Cambodia, Canada, Malawi, Mexico, Spain and Thailand. Ratana is currently leading a global research partnership, Too Big To Ignore, which aims at elevating the profile of small-scale fisheries and rectifying their marginalization in national and international policies. An important aspect of her work is bringing together researchers, practitioners, community groups, environmental organizations and policy people to work collaboratively to build local and global capacity to promote viability of small-scale fisheries and sustainable fisheries as a whole. Together with colleagues, Ratana has edited two major book volumes, Interactive Governance for Small-Scale Fisheries: Global Reflections (2015) and The Small-Scale Fisheries Guidelines: Global Implementation (2017), each containing more than 30 case studies illuminating the complex reality of small-scale fisheries and the opportunities for the sector to contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.