Environmental governance aims to develop and understand the lessons, achievements and
challenges of planning at both local and global levels. In particular, integrated river …

The Amazon River Basin's extraordinary social–ecological system is sustained by various
water phases, fluxes, and stores that are interconnected across the tropical Andes …

Introduction: Insecticide-treated mosquito nets (ITNs) are highly effective for the control of
malaria. Yet widely distributed ITNs have been repurposed as fishing nets throughout the …

The imperative to include stakeholders and rightsholders in fisheries management over the
past 30 years has led to many changes in management regimes around the world, a key …

Inland fisheries are important for food security in communities around the world, especially
in developing countries. In North Rupununi, Guyana, the state of exploited stocks is poorly …

Effective conservation must account for fish migrations to minimize threats to freshwater
fishes. Many floodplain fishes, like giant Neotropical arapaima (genus Arapaima), migrate …

Using population estimates that were made regularly between 2001 and 2013, the state of
recovery of arapaima populations and their IUCN conservation status were assessed after …

Arapaima are endemic to tropical South America and are among the largest freshwater
fishes in the world. Although their populations have been harvested intensely for more than …

Social capital is pointed out as a key factor for community social organization and the
collective management of natural resources. In this study, I investigated the role of …

O capital social é apontado como um fator chave para a organização social e o manejo
comunitário de recursos naturais. Neste estudo, investiguei o papel do capital social …