Title:
Saving the forest by catching aquarium fish : Guyana
Corporate author(s):
Small Grants Programme
Place:
IUCN
Publisher:
[Amsterdam]
Year:
2005
PAGE:
1
Language:
eng
Subject:
Environment and Natural Resources
Keywords:
communities
,
fisheries
,
nature conservation
,
sustainable development
Abstract:
Harvesting aquarium fish from tropical forest streams and lakes can be a promising income-generating activity for local people, as this case in Guyana demonstrates. Because aquarium fishery is highly sensitive to forest disturbance, it also encourages local communities to conserve natural resources. This case study discusses how a small grant helped to establish a viable community-based business that achieved financial sustainability in the space of just a few years.
Organization:
IUCN National Committee of the Netherlands
Country:
Guyana
Region:
South America
Category:
Practice
Right:
© 2005 IUCN
Document type:
Report
File:
200337.pdf