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mangroves in 2011, International Year of the forest!

forget no mangroves in 2011, International Year of the forest!

In Pakistan, two days' march in protest against the grabbing and deforestation of mangroves ... In Europe and France, growing demand for farmed shrimp ....

Deforestation for palm oil, soybeans, biofuels, ... But also

deforestation of mangrove forests for shrimp, concreting, ...

In Pakistan, fishing communities have organized on 8 and 9 February 2011 demonstrations against the hoarders and the destroyers of mangrove forests that line the shoreline in the area of Karachi.

For these fishing communities represented by Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF ), mangroves are vital. These mangrove forests are like "shields" to protect their villages storms and erosion. Mangroves also provide them with significant income and food security ...


In Pakistan, the monopolization of coastal land for speculative purposes is the main cause of mangrove destruction ; development of shrimp ponds is limited. Mohammed Ali Shah President of PFF reminds us that in the world 30% of shrimp from aquaculture are produced in mangrove areas, and nearly 35% of global mangrove areas have been destroyed over the last 20 years. The Fishsite: Mangrove Day Calls for Action on Shrimp Farms .

From the mangrove forest to fork

In its latest report " From forest to fork " the association "Friends of the Earth Europe," says that overconsumption in Europe threatens efforts to fight against deforestation in Brazil.

"The growing demand for meat, food feed and agrofuels in Europe pushes more and stronger on the Amazon and the Cerrado, Brazil, as reveals a new report by Friends of the Earth Europe. As Europe opened the debate on the future of its agriculture, the Friends of the Earth Europe called for a thorough reform of the Common Agricultural Policy to reduce Europe's dependence on imports of soybeans, feed and fodder meat. "

We could easily expand the thinking of the Friends of the Earth to the seafood and especially shrimp farming ...

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To go further ....

PhD thesis on shrimp farming in Peru and the Philippines

The development of brackish water aquaculture in the Pacific Area - Change of scenery, dynamic socio-economic and environmental impacts in two areas in Peru and Philippines. By Francis Mialhe - December 2010

Aquaculture experiencing a growth rate of average annual production of close to 7% in 50 years. Many countries, to varying degrees, have experienced increases in their aquaculture production. This development was accompanied by an increase in land and marine areas occupied by different forms of aquaculture: marine, brackish or freshwater. Among these is brackish aquaculture ponds that was our object of study, and more particularly that carried in the intertropical area. From two case studies, the Philippines (Pampanga) and Peru (Tumbes) This thesis has aimed to analyze the development of aquaculture is to say, to identify the factors and the sequence of events that contributed to the development of aquaculture, to characterize its spatial development and identify and explain its impact, both positive and negative, on several scales. The methodology developed in response to this questioning was based on the use of a method of image processing and a method of investigation. The image processing had three objectives: the mapping of the ponds, the mapping of land cover mapping and change of occupancy ground ....

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