Constructing a policy and institutional framework for an ecosystem-based approach to managing the Lower Amazon floodplain |
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Authors: | David G McGrath Alcilene Cardoso Oriana T Almeida Juarez Pezzuti |
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Institution: | (1) Nucleo de Altos Estudos Amazonicos (NAEA), Federal University of Para, Belem, PA, 66075-900, Brazil;(2) The Woods Hole Research Center, Falmouth, MA 02540, USA;(3) Instituto de Pesquisa Ambiental da Amazonia (IPAM), Santarem, PA, Brazil |
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Abstract: | A regional experiment in co-management is underway in the Lower Amazon that is developing the basic policy and institutional
elements for an ecosystem-based approach to floodplain management. This initiative grew out of the grassroots movement of
floodplain communities who, concerned with excessive commercial fishing pressure on local fisheries, took control of local
lakes and implemented collective agreements regulating fishing activity. This paper describes the main elements of the evolving
regional management system. This process has focused on four main dimensions of floodplain settlement and resource use: development
of sustainable management systems for floodplain resources, policies and institutions for fisheries co-management, collective
agreements for grazing cattle on floodplain grasslands, and a land tenure policy consistent with the objectives of the evolving
co-management system. Over the last year INCRA, the National Institute for Colonization and Agrarian Reform, has begun implementation
of a comprehensive new land tenure policy that could resolve structural deficiencies in the existing co-management system
and provide the basis for the ecosystem-based management of the Lower Amazon floodplain.
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Keywords: | Amazon Co-management Ecosystem management Fisheries Floodplain Varzea |
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