Banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO: CAROLINA TAVARES DE FREITAS

Uma banca de QUALIFICAÇÃO de DOUTORADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
DISCENTE : CAROLINA TAVARES DE FREITAS
DATA : 22/10/2018
HORA: 14:00
LOCAL: Sala de Reuniões do CB
TÍTULO:

The arapaima (Arapaima sp.) management in the Amazon: ecological and socioeconomic aspects


PALAVRAS-CHAVES:

Participatory management; sustainability; fishing; fisheries; arapaima management; culturally important species; gender


PÁGINAS: 55
GRANDE ÁREA: Ciências Biológicas
ÁREA: Ecologia
RESUMO:

Since the 1980s, the participatory management (collaborative management) of natural resources has been increasingly adopted in management systems around the world. This type of management represents the transition from a centralized control to a more democratic and inclusive arrangement in which local people have the right of participating in the decision making and control of resource use. Despite the increasing number of collaborative management systems being implemented worldwide, the establishment of these systems often occurs without any theoretical basis on aspects related to the success or failure of the initiatives. Furthermore, scant attention is given to the social and economic dimensions, even if they are spheres of great importance, and directly related to the ecological success. In the Amazon, several collaborative management regimes have already been implemented - among them, the arapaima management has had great repercussions in recent years. The arapaima (Arapaima spp.) is one of the largest freshwater fish in the world, and is an element of great ecological, economic and cultural importance in the Amazon. Although it used to be the main fishing resource of the Brazilian Amazon for more than a century, little is known about the arapaima populations’ historical due to the lack of fishery statistics. However, in light of some evidence of over-exploitation, arapaima fishing has been banned, and is currently allowed only under a management plan approved by the government. The arapaima management initiatives are proliferating throughout the Amazon, and seem to be promoting both the increase of the stocks, and socioeconomic benefits. This study aims to (1) evaluate the benefits of using culturally important species, such as the arapaima, as umbrella species in management plans and conservation of natural resources; (2) to evaluate patterns of change in the abundance and size of arapaima over time; (3) to estimate the economic impact of the arapaima management for rural families inside and outside Conservation Units; (4) to verify the impact of the arapaima management in increasing gender equity in fisheries through the recognition of women participation. Each of these objectives corresponds to a chapter of the thesis. The data for the first chapter were obtained from the literature, while the others chapters were based on data from semi-structured interviews with fishermen living in communities from three Amazonian rivers’ basins. With our results we expect to provide subsidies and incentives for the development of more effective natural resource management systems seeking to reconcile ecological and socioeconomic sustainability.


MEMBROS DA BANCA:
Interno - 1803589 - ADRIANA ROSA CARVALHO
Externo à Instituição - LEANDRO CASTELLO
Presidente - 1718747 - PRISCILA FABIANA MACEDO LOPES
Notícia cadastrada em: 10/10/2018 08:49
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