The View from the other side: As examples from Brazil show, EIAs often ignore the views of artisanal fishing communities

Carlos Diegues, Antonio (1996) The View from the other side: As examples from Brazil show, EIAs often ignore the views of artisanal fishing communities. Samudra Report (16). pp. 3-9. ISSN 0973 1121

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Abstract

In Brazil, the Amazonian region represents the last frontier for coastal and inland fisheries. Fish represents the most important source of protein and income for the riverine population in the region. Brazil has the highest per capita fish consumption, equivalent to the consumption in Japan. Traditional fishermen, however, are today confronted with problems created by the construction of large dams, water pollution by the mercury used in gold mining, the invasion of lakes and rivers by commercial or industrial fishing boats from urban fishing harbours, limits to access to resources through the establishment of large farms along biologically rich lakes and lagoons and, finally, by the establishment of national parks in those very areas in which they used to live.

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM0194
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, Brazil, Small-scale Fisheries, Fishing Communities, Environment Impact Assessment, Artisanal Fisheries, Protected Areas
Subjects:	Right to Resources
Depositing User:	Varsha V icsf
Date Deposited:	05 Oct 2021 11:13
Last Modified:	30 Mar 2022 16:24
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/555

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