Proposal Title
Food Security: A Sustainable Livelihood
Abstract
Note: This research was conducted for the Yale Undergraduate International Policy Competition.
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The South China Sea disputes are widely perceived as a crisis of competing maritime claims and oil resources. However, the endangered biodiversity and fisheries further complicate this transnational conflict. Fisheries situated in the South China Sea are on the brink of collapse due to environmental degradation caused by unregulated fishing, the absence of established boundaries, increased competition, and other harmful practices.This socio-economic and geopolitical issue will lead to the depletion of access to food, which calls for the creation of a multilateral agreement that will create new regulatory fishing mechanisms and provide resources to ensure sustainable food supply and livelihood for countries bordering the South China Sea. In turn this paper argues for establishing a Regional Fisheries Management Organization (RFMO) in collaboration with ASEAN and UNEP, which will implement rotational zone strategies in the South China sea to better manage the marine resources. While this regional focus of the South China Sea seems disconnected from the outside world, there are evident economic and political connects that affect different governments across borders.
Start Date
27-3-2019 9:00 AM
End Date
27-3-2019 9:50 AM
Room Number
U-Hall 3-087
Presentation Type
Paper
Disciplines
Agricultural and Resource Economics | Asian Studies | Food Studies | International Relations | Models and Methods | Political Economy
Food Security: A Sustainable Livelihood
Note: This research was conducted for the Yale Undergraduate International Policy Competition.
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The South China Sea disputes are widely perceived as a crisis of competing maritime claims and oil resources. However, the endangered biodiversity and fisheries further complicate this transnational conflict. Fisheries situated in the South China Sea are on the brink of collapse due to environmental degradation caused by unregulated fishing, the absence of established boundaries, increased competition, and other harmful practices.This socio-economic and geopolitical issue will lead to the depletion of access to food, which calls for the creation of a multilateral agreement that will create new regulatory fishing mechanisms and provide resources to ensure sustainable food supply and livelihood for countries bordering the South China Sea. In turn this paper argues for establishing a Regional Fisheries Management Organization (RFMO) in collaboration with ASEAN and UNEP, which will implement rotational zone strategies in the South China sea to better manage the marine resources. While this regional focus of the South China Sea seems disconnected from the outside world, there are evident economic and political connects that affect different governments across borders.
