ALLIANCE EVENTS

Voices of the Amazon: challenges and sustainable practices of fishermen and fisherwomen of the Basin

10:00 AM (Lima, Bogotá, Quito) | 11:00 AM (Manaos, La Paz)

On World Fisheries Day, fishermen and fisherwomen participated in this conversation. The objective was to share experiences and reflect on current challenges, such as climate change, overfishing, and biodiversity loss, and on how to adopt more sustainable practices.

Participants:

(PERU) Wilver Chuctaya, Asociación de Pescadores artesanales “Luis Banchero Rossi”de Madre de Dios.

(BOLIVIA) Omar Rada, secretario de Deportes de la Asociación de Pescadores Indígenas Tacana El Sábalo del Río Beni

(PERU) Ángel Yaicate, de la Asociación de Pescadores El Manatí del río Apayacu

(BOLIVIA) Omar Ortuño – Asociación ASPECO del Río Ichilo

Moderation: Sannie Brum / WCS AAO

WATCH THE RECORDING (IN SPANISH)

The event aimed to share and discuss the most up-to-date knowledge about aquatic ecosystems, their pressures or challenges, and the main advancements for a conserved and interconnected Amazon Basin.

EVENT WEB PAGE (IN SPANISH)

WATCH THE PRESENTATIONS ON YOUTUBE

The Amazonian giant catfish occupied a prominent place in the Convention on Migratory Species, as representatives and researchers from the Ministry of the Environment of Brazil, Wildlife Conservation Society, SERFOR Peru, and the Federal University of Pará discussed the reasons for including the dorado and the piramutaba (manitoa) in Appendix II of the CMS, in a parallel event titled ‘Amazon Giant Migratory Catfish Species: connecting the Amazon from the Andes to the Atlantic Ocean.

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