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The proposed co-management plan for fisheries in the North Rupununi Wetlands: what does it mean?

Year of publication 2024

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 18 p.

Author FAO; CIFOR-ICRAF; CIRAD; WCS;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Synopsis (short abstract) This brochure represents a simplified version of the Co-management Plan for Fisheries in the North Rupununi. It presents the vision on how communities would like to see their fishing grounds managed in collaboration with the government Fisheries Department.The SWM Programme is a major international initiative that aims to improve the conservation and sustainable use of wildlife in forest, savannah and wetland ecosystems. It is funded by the European Union with co-funding from the French Facility for Global Environment (FFEM) and the French Development Agency (AFD). Projects are being piloted and tested with governments, national partners and communities in 16 participating countries. The initiative is coordinated by a dynamic consortium of four partners, namely the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), the French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).

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