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Navigating the tides of conservation and conflict: The political ecology of Mangrove Ecosystem Sustainable Use and Custody Agreements in the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador

Territorial Use Rights for Fisheries (TURFs) are a rights-based management strategy that grants area-based fishing rights to specific community groups. In Ecuador, following immense mangrove deforestation caused by industrial shrimp farming, TURFs have been implemented through Mangrove Sustainable Use and Custody Agreements (AUSCEMs, for its Spanish acronym), driven by grassroots demands to conserve remaining mangroves and recognize ancestral territorial rights. This article examines the power-laden dynamics of these agreements in the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador through ethnographic research in two fishing communities. We analyze historical and ongoing conflicts and reveal how multi-scalar power—across visible, hidden, and invisible forms—shapes access to and control over mangrove resources, often reinforcing inequalities and epistemic injustices. Our findings highlight how funding inequities, limited tenure security, and rising threats from organized crime compromise community-led conservation. For this management approach to succeed, it is essential to close funding gaps for stewardship and innovation, address security and service disparities, recognize local ecological knowledge, and fully honor ancestral territorial rights to promote equitable, sustainable governance.

Navigating the tides of conservation and conflict: The political ecology of Mangrove Ecosystem Sustainable Use and Custody Agreements in the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador

Territorial Use Rights for Fisheries (TURFs) are a rights-based management strategy that grants area-based fishing rights to specific community groups. In Ecuador, following immense mangrove deforestation caused by industrial shrimp farming, TURFs have been implemented through Mangrove Sustainable Use and Custody Agreements (AUSCEMs, for its Spanish acronym), driven by grassroots demands to conserve remaining mangroves and recognize ancestral territorial rights. This article examines the power-laden dynamics of these agreements in the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador through ethnographic research in two fishing communities. We analyze historical and ongoing conflicts and reveal how multi-scalar power—across visible, hidden, and invisible forms—shapes access to and control over mangrove resources, often reinforcing inequalities and epistemic injustices. Our findings highlight how funding inequities, limited tenure security, and rising threats from organized crime compromise community-led conservation. For this management approach to succeed, it is essential to close funding gaps for stewardship and innovation, address security and service disparities, recognize local ecological knowledge, and fully honor ancestral territorial rights to promote equitable, sustainable governance.

Navigating the tides of conservation and conflict: The political ecology of Mangrove Ecosystem Sustainable Use and Custody Agreements in the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador

Territorial Use Rights for Fisheries (TURFs) are a rights-based management strategy that grants area-based fishing rights to specific community groups. In Ecuador, following immense mangrove deforestation caused by industrial shrimp farming, TURFs have been implemented through Mangrove Sustainable Use and Custody Agreements (AUSCEMs, for its Spanish acronym), driven by grassroots demands to conserve remaining mangroves and recognize ancestral territorial rights. This article examines the power-laden dynamics of these agreements in the Gulf of Guayaquil, Ecuador through ethnographic research in two fishing communities. We analyze historical and ongoing conflicts and reveal how multi-scalar power—across visible, hidden, and invisible forms—shapes access to and control over mangrove resources, often reinforcing inequalities and epistemic injustices. Our findings highlight how funding inequities, limited tenure security, and rising threats from organized crime compromise community-led conservation. For this management approach to succeed, it is essential to close funding gaps for stewardship and innovation, address security and service disparities, recognize local ecological knowledge, and fully honor ancestral territorial rights to promote equitable, sustainable governance.

Olivenölhändler in Spanien zweifeln an Trumps Zollstrategie

Euractiv.de - Tue, 12/08/2025 - 10:04
Während die handelspolitischen Spannungen erneut hochkochen, versuchen die Händler des „flüssigen Goldes“ dennoch optimistisch zu bleiben.
Categories: Europäische Union

Les Balkans en festivals (4/5) | Serbie : vitrines du pouvoir ou foyers de contestation ?

Courrier des Balkans / Serbie - Tue, 12/08/2025 - 07:25

À Zrenjanin, il n'y a pas d'eau potable, mais un festival. Les appels au boycott des 40ᵉ « Dani piva » se sont multipliés, tout comme à Odžaci ou Loznica où les festivals financés par les autorités locales sont accusés d'entretenir « l'illusion de la normalité » dans une Serbie secouée par une vague de contestation inédite.

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Categories: Balkans Occidentaux

Coke en stock entre Paraguay et Albanie : un puissant réseau de trafiquants démantelé

Courrier des Balkans / Albanie - Tue, 12/08/2025 - 07:11

Une des principales organisations criminelles albanaises impliquées dans le trafic de cocaïne d'Amérique latine vers l'Union européenne a été démantelée. Elle blanchissait ses gains illicites en Albanie via des entreprises, des complexes hôteliers et des opérations immobilières.

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Categories: Balkans Occidentaux

Press release - Statement on the negotiations of a just peace for Ukraine based on international law and the will of the Ukrainian people

Europäisches Parlament (Nachrichten) - Mon, 11/08/2025 - 16:43
In a joint statement, lead MEPs stress that no peace in Ukraine can be negotiated without full participation of Ukraine’s democratically elected leadership and the backing of its people.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Categories: Europäische Union

Press release - Statement on the negotiations of a just peace for Ukraine based on international law and the will of the Ukrainian people

Európa Parlament hírei - Mon, 11/08/2025 - 16:43
In a joint statement, lead MEPs stress that no peace in Ukraine can be negotiated without full participation of Ukraine’s democratically elected leadership and the backing of its people.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Press release - Statement on the negotiations of a just peace for Ukraine based on international law and the will of the Ukrainian people

In a joint statement, lead MEPs stress that no peace in Ukraine can be negotiated without full participation of Ukraine’s democratically elected leadership and the backing of its people.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP
Categories: Europäische Union

Press release - Statement on the negotiations of a just peace for Ukraine based on international law and the will of the Ukrainian people

European Parliament (News) - Mon, 11/08/2025 - 16:43
In a joint statement, lead MEPs stress that no peace in Ukraine can be negotiated without full participation of Ukraine’s democratically elected leadership and the backing of its people.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP
Categories: European Union

Press release - Statement on the negotiations of a just peace for Ukraine based on international law and the will of the Ukrainian people

European Parliament - Mon, 11/08/2025 - 16:43
In a joint statement, lead MEPs stress that no peace in Ukraine can be negotiated without full participation of Ukraine’s democratically elected leadership and the backing of its people.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP
Categories: European Union

Press release - Statement on the negotiations of a just peace for Ukraine based on international law and the will of the Ukrainian people

In a joint statement, lead MEPs stress that no peace in Ukraine can be negotiated without full participation of Ukraine’s democratically elected leadership and the backing of its people.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP
Categories: European Union

Press release - Statement on the negotiations of a just peace for Ukraine based on international law and the will of the Ukrainian people

Europäisches Parlament (Nachrichten) - Mon, 11/08/2025 - 16:23
In a joint statement, lead MEPs stress that no peace in Ukraine can be negotiated without full participation of Ukraine’s democratically elected leadership and the backing of its people.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP
Categories: Europäische Union

Press release - Statement on the negotiations of a just peace for Ukraine based on international law and the will of the Ukrainian people

Európa Parlament hírei - Mon, 11/08/2025 - 16:23
In a joint statement, lead MEPs stress that no peace in Ukraine can be negotiated without full participation of Ukraine’s democratically elected leadership and the backing of its people.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP

Press release - Statement on the negotiations of a just peace for Ukraine based on international law and the will of the Ukrainian people

In a joint statement, lead MEPs stress that no peace in Ukraine can be negotiated without full participation of Ukraine’s democratically elected leadership and the backing of its people.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP
Categories: Europäische Union

Press release - Statement on the negotiations of a just peace for Ukraine based on international law and the will of the Ukrainian people

European Parliament (News) - Mon, 11/08/2025 - 16:23
In a joint statement, lead MEPs stress that no peace in Ukraine can be negotiated without full participation of Ukraine’s democratically elected leadership and the backing of its people.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP
Categories: European Union

Press release - Statement on the negotiations of a just peace for Ukraine based on international law and the will of the Ukrainian people

European Parliament - Mon, 11/08/2025 - 16:23
In a joint statement, lead MEPs stress that no peace in Ukraine can be negotiated without full participation of Ukraine’s democratically elected leadership and the backing of its people.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP
Categories: European Union

Press release - Statement on the negotiations of a just peace for Ukraine based on international law and the will of the Ukrainian people

In a joint statement, lead MEPs stress that no peace in Ukraine can be negotiated without full participation of Ukraine’s democratically elected leadership and the backing of its people.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

Source : © European Union, 2025 - EP
Categories: European Union

Online információs nap a Svájci-Magyar Együttműködési Program 3. Programkomponens „Resinfra” megjelent felhívással kapcsolatban (2025. szeptember 3.)

EU Pályázati Portál - Mon, 11/08/2025 - 16:22
A Nemzeti Kutatási, Fejlesztési és Innovációs Hivatal (NKFIH), mint Program Operátor, valamint a Széchenyi Programiroda (SZPI), mint Közreműködő Szervezet, online információs napot rendez a Svájci-Magyar Együttműködési Program II. időszak „Kutatás és innováció” tématerületén SM02-RES-PC3-AB és SM02-RES-PC3-C jelű, „Kutatási Infrastruktúrák együttműködésének támogatása” megjelent felhívással kapcsolatban.
Categories: Pályázatok

A 2025. évi Horizont Európa és partnerségi pályázatok tájékoztató videoanyagai egy helyen!

EU Pályázati Portál - Mon, 11/08/2025 - 15:05
Az NKFI Hivatal Horizont Európa Nemzeti Kapcsolattartó Pont csapata összeállított egy hiánypótló gyűjteményt az Európai Bizottság, az Európai Partnerségek és Nemzeti Kapcsolattartó Pont projektek által készített videóanyagok, videós segédletek és webinárok felvételeiből, mely a 2025. évi felhívásokon való részvételhez ad értékes támogatást.
Categories: Pályázatok

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