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Extractive and Sustainable Development Reserves in Brazil: resilient alternatives to fisheries?

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  • Priscila Lopes
  • Renato Silvano
  • Alpina Begossi

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This study uses the socio-ecological resilience concept to compare two categories of fisheries co-management in Brazil: Extractive and Sustainable Development Reserves. Ecological resilience was estimated by the indicators: reserve areas, human density and the existence of buffer zones around the reserves. Indicators for social-resilience were grouped in two categories: flexibility (assessed by livelihood diversification and resources exploited) and capacity to organize (assessed by local/governrnenta1 demand for reserve creation, existence of fishing management rules or management plans, participation in the decision-making process and existence of self-monitoring). Amazonian reserves are larger, have buffer zones and people depend on a broader range of natural resources compared to those on the coast. However, the inhabitants of coastal reserves can rely on ecotourism and jobs outside the reserves, which may reduce local fishing pressure. Both regions have reserves created using top-down initiatives as well as those created from local demands. Yet, participation in decision making is not necessarily related to the origin of demand and the level of local involvement can be limited in either case. Unless co-management is followed by adaptive management, increased local participation of people in management and the diversification of economic sources. its benefit to resilience is limited.

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  • Priscila Lopes & Renato Silvano & Alpina Begossi, 2011. "Extractive and Sustainable Development Reserves in Brazil: resilient alternatives to fisheries?," Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 54(4), pages 421-443.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jenpmg:v:54:y:2011:i:4:p:421-443
    DOI: 10.1080/09640568.2010.508687
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    1. Sessin-Dilascio, Karla & Prager, Katrin & Irvine, Katherine N. & de Almeida Sinisgalli, Paulo Antonio, 2015. "The Dynamics of Co-Management and Social Capital in Protected Area Management—The Cardoso Island State Park in Brazil," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 67(C), pages 475-489.
    2. Karper, Marjoleine A.M. & Lopes, Priscila F.M., 2014. "Punishment and compliance: Exploring scenarios to improve the legitimacy of small-scale fisheries management rules on the Brazilian coast," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 44(C), pages 457-464.
    3. Israt Jahan & Dewan Ahsan & Md Hasan Farque, 2017. "Fishers’ local knowledge on impact of climate change and anthropogenic interferences on Hilsa fishery in South Asia: evidence from Bangladesh," Environment, Development and Sustainability: A Multidisciplinary Approach to the Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development, Springer, vol. 19(2), pages 461-478, April.
    4. Mathews, Mason Clay, 2021. "How village leaders in rural Amazonia create bonding, bridging, and linking social capital configurations to achieve development goals, and why they are so difficult to maintain over time," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 146(C).
    5. Lopes, P.F.M. & Pacheco, S. & Clauzet, M. & Silvano, R.A.M. & Begossi, A., 2015. "Fisheries, tourism, and marine protected areas: Conflicting or synergistic interactions?," Ecosystem Services, Elsevier, vol. 16(C), pages 333-340.
    6. Silva, Monalisa R.O. & Lopes, Priscila F.M., 2015. "Each fisherman is different: Taking the environmental perception of small-scale fishermen into account to manage marine protected areas," Marine Policy, Elsevier, vol. 51(C), pages 347-355.

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