Béné C. auteur aut IRD Evans L. auteur aut IRD Mills D. auteur aut IRD Ovie S. auteur aut IRD Raji A. auteur aut IRD Tafida A. auteur aut IRD Kodio A. auteur aut IRD Sinaba F. auteur aut IRD Morand Pierre auteur aut IRD Lemoalle Jacques auteur aut IRD Andrew N. auteur aut IRD text journalArticle eng text/pdf born digital access Resilience thinking is an important addition to the range of frameworks and approaches that can be used to understand and manage complex social-ecological systems like small-scale fisheries. However, it is yet to lead to better environmental or development outcomes for fisheries stakeholders in terms of food security, improved livelihoods and ecological sustainability. This paper takes an empirical approach by focusing on the fundamentals of resilience thinking to evaluate its usefulness in developing relevant management interventions in small-scale fisheries in the Niger River Basin in West Africa. The paper presents the outputs of a participatory assessment exercise where both fishery communities and local experts were involved at two different scales. The resilience frame used was designed to facilitate the identification of socially defined thresholds that help delineate the desirability of the current system configuration and provides a diagnosis framework that tailors management solutions to problems in local context. The analysis highlights some key contributions from resilience thinking to the challenge of diagnosis in small-scale fisheries management in developing countries, as well as important contributions that emerge from taking a pragmatic and critical approach to its application. specialized Vulnerability assessment Livelihoods analysis Inland fisheries Participatory diagnosis Africa 040 098 21 4 1173-1184 2011 0959-3780 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053888 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2011.07.002 0959-3780 [F B010053888] https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053888 https://www.documentation.ird.fr/intranet/publi/2011/10/010053888.pdf Accès réservé (Intranet de l'IRD) IRD - Base Horizon / Pleins textes 2011-11-07 2017-08-23 fdi:010053888 fre