February 2017 - Welcome to the Community Conservation Research Network’s (CCRN) newsletter.
In this issue we feature community-based projects promoting conservation and local development, sustainable recreational fishing, and management of a spiny lobster fishery. We also share three community stories from Indonesia, India and Mexico.
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Members of the Catuçaba community (Sao Paulo, Brazil) and researchers from Campinas State University met to discuss the accomplishments of an outreach project which aimed to promote reflections about nature conservation and local development, and planning of collective actions. Read more about this community-focused approach for a university outreach project, and its many positive results.
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Many fishers in Punta Allen, Mexico, alternate their livelihood between the commercial lobster fishery and offering guide services for fly fishing. Indeed the latter form of recreational fishing in now the second most important activity for the local economy. Workshops with local fishing guides resulted in agreed methodologies to evaluate fish stocks.
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Multi-stakeholder meetings shared and evaluated results on the status of the spiny lobster fishery and helped designed a fishery improvement program for 2017. This cooperatively-managed fishery is an internationally recognized example of sustainable fishing practices.
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COMMUNITY STORIES
The CCRN’s series of ‘community stories’ highlight the linkages of communities with environmental conservation and sustainable livelihoods, and demonstrate the complex ways in which communities interact with their environments. These stories reflect a wide range of conservation and livelihood challenges and successes. In this Newsletter, we highlight three new community stories, from Indonesia, India and Mexico. |
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As elsewhere in Indonesia, Balinese waters face a combination of threats that include overfishing and destructive fishing practices, uncoordinated coastal development, and sewage and garbage disposal at sea. Bridging organizations can contribute to a more balanced conservation effort by facilitating collaboration, communication and resource sharing – all of which include and resonate with local communities.
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Chilika Lagoon is a Ramsar Site of international conservation importance and a biodiversity hotspot. However, due to large-scale forest and land degradation, subsistence based on agriculture and forestry is on the decrease. Consequently, a number of non-fisher caste members have turned to aquaculture as a growing source of income. This change has led to environmental and social consequences.
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The Maya people rely on rainforest resources and agriculture as their main livelihoods, and also practice slash-and-burn cultivation which is regarded as a cultural tradition. They engage in conservation activities that help maintain the services provided by their local environment. The complex meanings of such conservation, as well as their motivations for engaging in conservation, are important factors in the social system of the Maya Zone.
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The CCRN is looking for contributions from our readers. If you or someone you know wishes to contribute a news item, or to highlight a publication, video, community story or research output on the links between communities, conservation and livelihoods, please contact us at ccrn@smu.ca. |
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