(Piaba is a regional generic name for ornamental fishes) 

DEVELOPING TOWARD A SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE IN AMAZON FRESHWATER FISHERIES

"Buy a fish, Save a tree!"

Project Piaba is a community based interdisciplinary project established to understand the ecological and socio-cultural systems of the middle Rio Negro basin, Amazonas, Brazil, in order to conserve and maintain the live ornamental fishery and other renewable resources at commercially feasible, and ecologically sustainable level.

Project Piaba has been working solidly for many years (1989-2009) on research to promote the sustainable harvest of aquatic resources that will ensure the survival of both the Amazonian rainforests and its human inhabitants. Significant progress has been made during this time, but much more baseline data are required before firm resource management strategies can be formulated. The next phase of Project Piaba aims to generate data relating to a wide range of issues, from population of species diversity, to the function and structure of the ecosystem, and to develop measures that will help improve the livelihood of the riverine people. The ultimate goal is to promote a viable fishery at commercially and ecologically sustainable, and to help reduce environmentally destructive land use and rural-to-urban migration in the Rio Negro basin.

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT FROM LABBISH CHAO:

My original G-MAIL account, piabas@gmail.com has been hijacked on February 21, 2010. Hacker sent e-mails to all my contacts in my name asking for money to help me (supposedly stranded in London). Hackers also blackmailed me for $1000USD to get my G-MAIL account back! Let the hacker have my old E-mail. My only good G-Mail is piabachao@gmail.com, also contact me via piabas@aim.com.

PROJECT PIABA WON INTERNATIONAL AND BRAZILIAN ENTREPRENEURSHIP AWARDS ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPEMENT.

Categoria Empreendedorismo Consciente - Sênior1º Colocado

Candidato – Ning Labbish Chao

Instituição – Universidade Federal do Amazonas

Estado - Amazonas

Título do Projeto – Eco-Amazon Piabas do Rio Negro, um empreendimento coletivo de estabelecer uma cadeia de comércio verde de peixes ornamentais do Amazonas.