This is the first evidence review delivered by the COAST MEL services team. The evidence reviews aim to provide robust and relevant evidence related to the COAST programme. They will facilitate informed judgement and evidence-based decision making in the implementation and adaptation of the COAST ToC, and in turn the programme, by providing a critical appraisal of evidence (and/or lack thereof). Identification of gaps in the available evidence will guide future research.
This evidence review addresses the question “What are the links between poverty alleviation and nature-based solutions, including sustainable aquaculture, small scale fisheries and marine habitat protection, sustainable management and restoration?”, and seeks to address, across the three interventions areas, the sub questions:
- What is the evidence on the links between sustainable aquaculture/ small-scale fisheries/ marine habitat protection, sustainable management and restoration and poverty alleviation? How is poverty alleviated through such nature-based solutions?
- What is the evidence on the factors and strategies that contribute to simultaneously promoting sustainable aquaculture/ small-scale fisheries/ marine habitat marine habitat protection, sustainable management and restoration, gender equality and social inclusion, and poverty alleviation?
- What is the evidence for how a participatory, innovation-based process of designing, testing and adapting novel and/or alternative technologies for sustainable aquaculture/ small-scale fisheries/ marine habitat protection, sustainable management and restoration can help to achieve poverty alleviation?
