Technical information for reconstructionFollowing the tsunami disaster in South Asia, Practical Action provided links to practical online resources |
Fisherfolk
Technical resources on boat-building and associated topics, from Practical Action and FAO:
Boatbuilding
- Small is Difficult: the pangs and success of small boat technology transfer in South India by Pierre Gillet. A review of ITDGPractical Action's boat-building work in South India (PDF, 427k)
- Boatbuilding Materials for Small-scale Fisheries in India Bay of Bengal Programme Development of Small-scale Fisheries FAO
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Fishing Boat Design: 2 V-bottom Boats of Planked and Plywood Construction by عvind Gulbrandsen, FAO
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Fishing Boat Construction: 3. Building a Ferrocement Fishing Boat by Richard O.N. Riley
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Fishing boat construction: 2 Building a fibreglass fishing boat by Ned Coackley
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Technical Trials of Beachcraft Prototypes in India - BOBP/WP/7 Bay of Bengal Programme Development of Small-scale Fisheries, FAO
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Small Offshore Fishing Boats in Shri Lanka
by G. Pajot, FAO
Other fishing topics:
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Fisherfolk safeguarding aquatic diversity through fishing techniques ITDGPractical Action booklet (PDF, 209k)
NB: this is a text-only version. It is hoped to revise this to include some diagrams and illustrations shortly. - Artificial Reefs and their Placement ITDGPractical Action Technical Brief (PDF, 1.8Mb - NB: very large file)
Links to relevant sites:
- UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) - Tsunami Reconstruction
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UKabc: Indian Ocean Tsunamis Devastate Fisherfolk
including Trade and the Tsunami - Trade Justice Movement briefing for Make Poverty History
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Technical information for reconstruction |

