Indigenous small-fish aquaculture as a means for the sustainable development of rural communities in Brazil

Author(s)

Tamara Fonseca de Almeida

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Vicente. 2017-05-03.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp). Instituto de Biociências. São Vicente
• Defense date: 2017-01-17
• Advisor: Wagner Cotroni Valenti

Abstract

The current global challenge for protected areas management is to reconcile social development and conservation. We report on a case study of the development of lambari aquaculture in a rural community located in a protected coastal rainforest in SE Brazil, with an emphasis on available information on the status and potential socio-ecological impacts of this innovative enterprise. Poor management practices and a lack of applied science has led to low productivity and a high consumption of natural resources. Lambari aquaculture performed in this protected area consumes three times more water and nutrients per ton of fish than other comparable semi-intensive aquaculture systems globally. Simple, alternative strategies are needed to improve systems’ efficiencies. With participatory applied science, the aquaculture of indigenous, low trophic level fish such as the lambari can be an important tool for sustainable food production and development of rural populations, and an alternative income source for poor communities remaining in nature reserves in Brazil. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 15/02143-9 - Environmental sustainability of Lambaris-da-Mata-Atlântica production, Deuterodon iguape
• Grantee: Tamara Fonseca de Almeida
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master