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DEVELOPING TOWARD A
SUSTAINABLE NATURAL RESOURCE IN AMAZON FRESHWATER FISHERIES;
"Buy a fish, Save a
tree!"
Please
update your email address to Labbish Chao: piabas@gmail.com
Labbish
Chao wins OFI Award.
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 the past ten years (1989-1999) 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 (2000-2003) 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.
Join the Project Piaba Expedition and Make a Difference
Join
the Project Piaba Expedition and Make a Difference – A special
fund
raising eco-tour expedition to support a sustainable ornamental
fishery and explore the rea; Amazon. (.pdf
required)
Dates: January 24-27 2010 Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil
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some help in designing your own tour? Read
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