SSNC, Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (2011) Murky waters: The Environmental and social impacts of shrimp farming in Bangladesh and Ecuador. Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC), Sweden.
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Studies have shown that the value of the ecosystem services that are lost as a result of shrimp farming – such as biodiversity, protection against storms and erosion, carbon storage that mitigates climate change – greatly exceed the value of the shrimp that is produced. Scientists and civil society organisations have also documented environmental crimes and severe human rights violations related to the shrimp industry. For many years already, the Swedish Society for Nature Conservation (SSNC) has advised against Swedish imports, marketing and consumption of tropical shrimp. Through its extensive international networks, SSNC has regular access to information from scientists, and organisations in the countries where the prawns are produced. This report presents the results of a new investigation, which has been carried out in 2011. We have taken a closer look at two countries and two different production systems: conventional export-oriented shrimp farming in Bangladesh, and organically certified shrimp farming in Ecuador.
| Item Type: | Documents |
|---|---|
| Class Number: | 410.MUR001 |
| Keywords: | Bangladesh, Ecuador, Shrimp, Organic Farming, Environmental Impact, Sunderbans, Vulnerability, Human Rights, Women, Gender, Traceability, Toxins, Mangroves |
| Subjects: | Right to Resources |
| Depositing User: | Jeeva ICSF Rajan |
| Date Deposited: | 07 Jan 2022 11:17 |
| Last Modified: | 07 Jan 2022 11:17 |
| URI: | http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/6810 |
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