Transcript The Aquarium Fish Project - Instituto de Investigaciones

Sustainable, community-based
Aquarium Fish business, Iwokrama
Forest – Guyana
Objectives and Goals
• Develop a sustainable aquarium fish business in the
North Rupununi as a NTFP and an alternative to tropical
deforestation
• Develop a multi-stakeholder management plan and
work toward developing regulatory structures that
ensure the ecological, social, and cultural sustainability
of the aquarium fish trade
• Build stakeholder capacity and awareness of the potential
for the trade to contribute to development and
conservation in the North Rupununi
Experience Gained:
Ecological Sustainability
 Catch Per Unit Effort
 Holding and Health Protocols for selective key
aquarium fish species
 Habitat and distribution and abundance of key aquarium
species
 Migration and breeding behavior of key aquarium fish
species
Experience Gained:
Cultural Sustainability
 Custom and belief
 Local community involvement
 Decision Making Process
 Trust
 Partnership
Experience Gained:
Socio-Economic Sustainability
 Alternative source of income
 Harvesters expectations
 Cultural Shock
 Business Management
 $$$ Matters