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Slow Fish Caribe: the EU financed project on sustainable management models in protected areas comes to an end, supporting two Slow Food Presidia and the strengthening of local communities

Slow Fish Caribe: the EU financed project on sustainable management models in protected areas comes to an end, supporting two Slow Food Presidia and the strengthening of local communities

The project Slow Fish Caribe: fortaleciendo modelos de conservación y aprovechamiento sustentable en áreas protegidas en el Caribe vinculadas a Slow Food (“strengthening conservation models and sustainable resource use in protected areas of the Caribbean linked to Slow Food”) is coming to an end.  Based on the promotion of marine-coastal resources and the different cultures that depend on them, the project’s activities allowed for a diversification of …

Protecting Mangroves Protects Life, Culture, and Food Sovereignty

Protecting Mangroves Protects Life, Culture, and Food Sovereignty

Marcela Ampudia Sjogreen 

Mangrove ecosystems provide essential benefits and services for food security, maintaining fisheries and forest products, and protecting against storms, tsunamis, and rising sea levels, to preventing coastal erosion, regulating coastal water quality, and the provision of habitats for endangered marine species. Yet, mangroves are among the most threatened ecosystems on Earth, according to UNESCO. In …

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