THE IMPORTANCE OF CO-MANAGEMENT AND MARINE PROTECTED AREAS TO SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS OF ARTISANAL FISHERIES: THE CASE OF MARINE EXTRACTIVE RESERVES

• Autor(a) principal: Dumith, Raquel de Carvalho
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: GeoTextos (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.ufba.br/index.php/geotextos/article/view/6281
• topic: Gestão compartilhada; pesca artesanal; Áreas Marinhas Protegidas; Reservas Extrativistas Marinhas; Co-management; Artisanal fisheries; Marine Protected Areas; Marine Extractive Reserves.

Due to the constancy of collapses that the artisanal fishing sector is experiencing around the world, demands for mitigating measures have increased and, together, 98. GeoTextos, vol. 8, n. 2, dez. 2012. R. Dumith. 97-121 the discussion of the need for solidly effective management of natural resources from the fishing shows increasingly imminent. Marine Protected Areas have proven to be interesting alternatives to the maintenance of fish stocks, especially those called Marine Extractive Reserves. The Marine Extractive Reserves, besides ensuring the customary law of possession for the traditional hunting and gathering communities, predict the action of co-management as a tool of management. Co-management is crucial for the integration of all the target actors involved in the process of natural resource management, both local sphere and governmental one, which promotes the encouragement of more democratic practices and socially fairer.