Official data tend to focus on open-ocean and river fishing, which are male bastions, ignoring the rest of the fishing cycle, where women work. It is imperative for policymakers to track the fishing cycle from start to finish, thereby making visible the "invisible work” done by women within the fisheries sector of the region. An alarming rate of deforestation is taking place across the region due to land-use change in agriculture, urbanization, mining and infrastructure development.