Fisheries management for biodiversity conservation in the Brazilian Amazon
Key Facts
FUNDING SCHEME Main Project
VALUE £0
WHERE Brazil
Summary
To evaluate fisheries management approaches to the conservation of floodplain (varzea) habitats and their associated biodiversity. Project purpose : The evaluation of fisheries management approaches to the conservation of floodplain (varzea) habitats and the associated biodiversity.
Project objectives : an analysis of the economic strategies of the different types of commercial fishers; an analysis of the responses of commercial fishers to alternative management measures; an analysis of the role of the fisheries sector within the Amazon regional economy; production of a socio-economic model to predict the responses of commercial fisheries to alternative management regimes.
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