The Privatization of Mangroves

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2008

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"Indigenous and traditional peoples in Ecuador are demanding that shrimp aquaculture companies be penalized for seizing mangrove areas. The recent Decree 1391 completely ignores current legislation, and rewards the shrimp aquaculture industry that has destroyed the mangroves and deprived local communities of their sources of life and livelihood."

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indigenous institutions, privatization, mangroves, livelihoods

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