Alfredo Quarto, director of Mangrove Action Project (MAP), recently attended the In the Hands of the Fishers (IHOF) Workshop in Brazil. (Earth Island Project Reports).Alfredo Quarto, director of Mangrove Action Project (MAP), recently attended the In the Hands of the Fishers (IHOF IHOF International House of Fonts ) Workshop in Brazil. The workshop, co-organized by MAP and Terramar (a Brazilian NGO NGO abbr. nongovernmental organization Noun 1. NGO - an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government nongovernmental organization working on mangrove conservation issues) catalyzed the mangrove conservation/antishrimp farm expansion movement in Brazil, uniting this nascent, national movement more effectively with the existing Latin American NGO movement. The IHOF proceedings made a strong impression on the government officials from the Brazilian state of Caere, where the IHOF took place in Fortaleza. Local organizers are hoping to pressure for more government scrutiny and stronger regulation of what can only be termed a runaway shrimp aquaculture aquaculture, the raising and harvesting of fresh- and saltwater plants and animals. The most economically important form of aquaculture is fish farming, an industry that accounts for an ever increasing share of world fisheries production. industry in Brazil Brazilian Industrialization Industrialization during colonial Times During the colonial period, due to the rules of the economic theory of Mercantilism, no industrial activity could take place in Brazil. . The next two IHOF workshops will be held August 11-14 in Koh Kong, Cambodia, and October 6-10, 2003 in Sri Lanka. |
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