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Better Together: Partnership Building in a Brazilian Coastal Protected Area

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dc.contributor.author Almudi, Tiago en_US
dc.contributor.author Berkes, Fikret en_US
dc.contributor.author Kalikoski, Daniela en_US
dc.date.accessioned 2009-07-31T14:43:48Z
dc.date.available 2009-07-31T14:43:48Z
dc.date.issued 2008 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2008-10-24 en_US
dc.date.submitted 2008-10-24 en_US
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/10535/2253
dc.description.abstract "The Peixe Lagoon National Park was created in 1986 in an area of high environmental significance for the reproduction and feeding of several species of endemic and migratory birds. The implementation of this protected area has been jeopardized due to conflicts between the local population and the federal environmental agency responsible for managing it - the recently created Instituto Chico Mendes. The present research was done to explore the advantages and barriers of including the local traditional fishers in the management and conservation of the protected area and its resources. Participant observation, semi- structured interviews and focus group interviews were the methods used for data gathering during four months in 2007. In that period 36 traditional local fishers and 10 officials from organizations with some stake in the National Park were interviewed. Currently 166 traditional fishers have a temporary license to fish inside the protected area. Despite the growing recognition in Brazil of the rights of traditional communities and the role for resource management, the environmental agency continues pressing them to leave the National Park. The creation of a partnership which integrates environmental conservation and sustainable livelihood maintenance could be the solution for current environmental and social issues. Despite numerous barriers for the implementation of a participatory approach, there exist considerable benefits to be gained through the inclusion of the local fisher communities in protected area management." en_US
dc.subject coastal resources en_US
dc.subject indigenous knowledge en_US
dc.subject governance and politics en_US
dc.subject conflict en_US
dc.subject parks en_US
dc.subject protected areas en_US
dc.subject fisheries en_US
dc.subject IASC en_US
dc.title Better Together: Partnership Building in a Brazilian Coastal Protected Area en_US
dc.type Conference Paper en_US
dc.coverage.region South America en_US
dc.coverage.country Brazil en_US
dc.subject.sector Social Organization en_US
dc.subject.sector Fisheries en_US
dc.subject.sector Water Resource & Irrigation en_US
dc.identifier.citationmonth July en_US
dc.identifier.citationconference Governing Shared Resources: Connecting Local Experience to Global Challenges, the Twelfth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Commons en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfdates July 14-18, 2008 en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfloc Cheltenham, England en_US
dc.submitter.email elsa_jin@yahoo.com en_US


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