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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.
Your tax deductible donation will help us
continue our many humanitarian projects
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.
MAY
2009 NEWS: Project Piaba is a winner
of UN Commission of Sustainable Development SEED award 2009.
Join the Project Piaba Expedition and Make a Difference
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