Student
Lydia Teh
Name: Lydia Teh
Email: lydia.teh@fisheries.ubc.ca
Postdoctoral Fellow, UBC Fisheries Centre
Program: RMES, PhD
Thesis: Zoning MPAs using a fuzzy logic system: case study of small scale reef fisheries in Sabah‚ Malaysia
Supervisor: Tony Pitcher
Degree Held: BComm, MSc (University of British Columbia)
Biography
Lydia's research is concerned with understanding how the goals of biodiversity conservation and sustainable resource use can be balanced in coral reef fisheries in developing countries. She is interested in fishers' behaviour and its relationship to the ecological and socio-economic condition of fisheries, as well as in the effectiveness of marine protected areas in conserving resources and meeting fishing communities' needs. Lydia will be conducting her Phd research in Pulau Banggi, Sabah, a large but relatively undeveloped island where she has returned to repeatedly since her first visit in 2004. Pulau Banggi was also the focus of Lydia's MSc thesis, which assessed biophysical and social limits to tourism development on the island. Together with Louise Teh (FC student), she recently implemented a fish monitoring programme in several villages in Banggi, the first such attempt at documenting the island's unmanaged fisheries. For her Phd thesis, Lydia will be using a fuzzy logic approach to integrate ecological, socio-economic, and behavioural factors in developing a site suitability index for marine protected area zoning decisions. Lydia is also involved in marine conservation as a volunteer at the Sugud Island Marine Conservation Area (Sabah), where she takes part in underwater fish surveys and reef mapping projects.
Selected Publications
Human Ecology 2012
Marine Policy 2012
Fish and Fisheries 2011
Fisheries Centre Working Paper #2011-03 2011
Environmental Management 2011
Sustainability 2011
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Peer reviewed articles
Teh LCL, Teh LSL, Pitcher TJ (2012) A tool for site prioritisation of marine protected areas under data poor conditions. Marine Policy. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2012.04.010
Teh LCL, Teh LSL, Meitner MJ (2012) Preferred resource spaces and fisher flexibility: Implications for spatial management of small-scale fisheries. Human Ecology 40(2):213-226.
Teh LCL, Sumaila UR (2011) Contribution of marine fisheries to worldwide employment. Fish and Fisheries. doi:10.1111/j.1467-2979.2011.00450.x
Teh LCL, Teh LSL (2011) A fuzzy logic approach to marine spatial management. Environmental Management 47(4): 536-545.
Teh LSL, Teh LCL, Sumaila UR (2011) Low discounting behaviour among small-scale fishers in Fiji and Sabah, Malaysia. Sustainability 3: 897-913.
Teh LSL, Teh LCL, Sumaila UR (2011) Quantifying the overlooked socio-economic contribution of small-scale fisheries in Sabah, Malaysia. Fisheries Research 110(3): 450-458.
Teh L, Teh L, Starkhouse B, Sumaila UR (2009) An overview of socio-economic and ecological perspectives of Fiji’s inshore reef fisheries. Marine Policy 33(5): 807-817.
Teh LCL, Teh LSL, Chung FC. (2008) A private management approach to coral reef conservation in Sabah, Malaysia. Biodiversity and Conservation 17(13): 3061-3077.
Teh L, Teh L, Starkhouse B, Kuridrani N, Sumaila R (2008) Preliminary assessment of the socio-economic importance of export trade in coral reef resources on Fijian society. Proceedings of the 11th International Coral Reef Symposium, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 7-11 July 2008.
Teh L, Cabanban AS (2007) Planning for sustainable tourism in southern Pulau Banggi: an assessment of biophysical conditions and their implications for future tourism development. Journal of Environmental Management 85(4): 999-1008.
Teh L, Zeller D, Cabanban AS, Teh L, Sumaila UR (2007) Seasonality and historical trends in the reef fisheries of Pulau Banggi, Sabah, Malaysia. Coral Reefs 26(2): 251-263.
Other Publications
Kam SP, Badjeck MC, Teh L, Teh L, Be Nam VT et al. (2010) Economics of adaptation to climate change in Vietnam’s aquaculture sector: a case study. Report to the World Bank.
Teh L, Teh L (2010) Learning about the spatial use of fishing grounds in Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia. FishBytes 16(6): 2.
Teh L, Teh L (2009) Illegal gill net catch in the Sugud Islands Marine Conservation Area, Malaysia. FishBytes 15(5) 1-2.
Teh L, Teh L, Zeller D, Cabanban AS (2009) Historical perspective of Sabah’s marine fisheries. In: Zeller D, Harper S (eds.) Fisheries catch reconstructions: Islands, Part I. Fisheries Centre Research Reports 17(5): 77-98.
Teh L, Teh L (2007) Tackling data-less fisheries in Pulau Banggi, Sabah. FishBytes 13(6) 3.
Conferences
2011
¨ International Marine Conservation Congress, Victoria, BC. Oral presentation.
¨ North American Association of Fisheries Economists Forum, Honolulu, Hawaii. Oral presentations (2).
2010
¨ Asia Pacific Coral Reef Symposium, Phuket, Thailand. Oral and poster presentation.
¨ International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade, Montpellier, France. Special session participant.
2009
¨ International Marine Conservation Congress, Washington DC. Poster presentation.
¨ Workshop: “Beyond the Obituaries: Success stories in marine conservation”, Smithsonian Museum, Washington DC. Poster presentation.
¨ North American Association of Fisheries Economists Forum, Newport, RI. Oral presentation.
2008
¨ International Coral Reef Symposium, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Oral and poster presentations.
2006
¨ Asia Pacific Coral Reef Symposium, Hong Kong. Oral presentation.
¨ International Symposium on Society and Resource Management, Vancouver, BC. Oral presentation.
¨ Fisheries and Marine Ecosystems Graduate Student Conference, Crescent Beach, Vancouver. Oral presentation.
