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Caring For Society And Nature On Tropical Coasts

·         Legal and anthropological support for customary land and sea rights

·         Strategic planning and policy studies for environmental NGOs and donor agencies

·         Training in ‘qualitative research’ methods (focus groups, oral histories, techniques for recording and managing cultural information, and protecting cultural property)

·         Establishment of local resource and cultural centers, and distance learning systems for communities in remote areas 

·         Training in rapid social and environmental assessment techniques

·         Methodologies for valuing ‘non-market’ activities and resources

·         Participatory social impact assessment 

·         Monitoring and evaluation of conservation field projects

·         Institutional strengthening, financing, and capacity-building for community management of protected areas, natural sacred sites and landscapes 

 ·       Development of sustainable, small-scale fisheries


Fishing in the Lagoa de Mamanguaba, by Andrade 2003
 

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