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"Camped on the banks of the Xeruá river, a tributary of the Juruá river,
members of the Deni group share multiple activities before embarking on the
search for the mythical giant fish pirarucu (also known as arapaima).
Swift and good-natured, they fish arowanas, pacus, piranhas and peacock bass
for their own dinner, set up hammocks under canvas tents, build a ladder to get
down to the riverbank, adjust the gillnets, overhaul the rabetas (low-power
boat engines) and reinforce the floater.
The Denis are one of the people of the Middle Juruá who have adopted in their
own way a managed approach to fishing pirarucu, in a productive chain that
comprises social organisation, control of their territory, rational use of
natural resources and income generation.
Distant from the artisanal mining and deforestation fronts, this vast region
connected by 650 kilometres of the winding Juruá river is staking its chances
of surviving well, with the forest still in place, on the managed fishing of
pirarucu as well as other productive chains. The scheme involves around 35,000
people spread over an area of 5 million hectares, according to an estimate of
the Juruá Institute, a local conservation organisation.
The transformation began with the demarcation of the indigenous lands and the
extractive reserves, ending the threat of expulsion of indigenous people from
their homes and of labour relations akin to slavery. Another consequence was a
decrease in predatory fishing done by large boats from Manaus."
Via Future Crunch Mar 26, 2022:
https://futurecrunch.com/good-news/
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
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https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
