Fihsing and Forests
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- Created on: 29-03-16 09:03
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- common fisheries policy and sustainable forestry
- common fisheries policy
- facts
- located in the north sea EU waters
- aim is to make resource sustainable
- needed as overfishing
- needed as new technology is being used such as *****-mines
- needed as dmaged or low value fish are thrown away
- EU treaty gave EU fishermen equal access to members state waters
- method
- 1983 policy set up
- 1992 and 2003 reformed
- fixed quotas of allowable catches based on fish stocks - minimum mesh size
- inspectorate set up to enforce rules and fines
- conservation of certain stocks and closure of some areas to aid recovery
- banning some types of fishing and promoting environmentally friendly types
- agreements with non-EU countries about responsible fishing
- reducing capacity by scrapping old boats
- protecting non-target species Eg birds and turtles
- impact
- loss of jobs in smaller ports
- fishermen see quotas too tough and dump illegal catches
- scientests dont think quotas are tough enough
- loss of local fishing culture
- friction with non-EU fishermen
- expansion of fish farming
- rising price of fish and use of wider variety
- countries disagree over shares
- facts
- sustainable forestry
- facts
- takes place in bolivia
- makes resource sustainable
- dominated by a few TNC's
- needed due to unsustainable exploitation of a few species
- needed to expand exports
- needed as TNC's damage water supplies and the lives of indigenous forest dwellers
- method
- 1993 BOLFOR (bolivian forestry project) projects launched with USAID
- 1996 forestry law set up monitoring scheme
- comp[anies that meet standards of the forest stewardship council FSC are exempted from monitoring
- negotiated preflfered status with ethical retailers such as B and Q
- FSC introduced rules to protect water, indeginous people and economic well-being of workers
- planned felling with replanted
- education used on how to make forests sustainable
- impacts
- expansion of fairly paid jobs in forestry
- Worlds largest share of natural tropical forests
- " million Ha certified under FSC rules (25%)
- exports now at 10million a year
- local economic development including ecotourism
- increased habitat protection and endagered species
- investment in community Eg health services
- facts
- common fisheries policy
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