Biodiversity
According to a document published by the United Nations Environmental Program
(UNEP), as part of its Biodiversity Programme and Implementation Strategy paper,
there are more than 30,000 species (18% fauna and 82% flora) either threaten or
in danger of extinction due to several reasons. Recall that biodiversity means all
types of life in our planet Earth including human beings. This variety, in turn,
creates intertwined and intra/inter-dependent relationships that contribute to the
maintenance of processes occurring within the biosphere. That is, people using up
the natural resources and destroying natural habitats produce a feedback
detrimental type effect, which, in the end, compromises humanity as a whole.
(UNEP), as part of its Biodiversity Programme and Implementation Strategy paper,
there are more than 30,000 species (18% fauna and 82% flora) either threaten or
in danger of extinction due to several reasons. Recall that biodiversity means all
types of life in our planet Earth including human beings. This variety, in turn,
creates intertwined and intra/inter-dependent relationships that contribute to the
maintenance of processes occurring within the biosphere. That is, people using up
the natural resources and destroying natural habitats produce a feedback
detrimental type effect, which, in the end, compromises humanity as a whole.
Coastal/Marine Area
Conservacion Terrazul has been gathering data on the current state of some marine
species of human use and consumption in Cabo de la Vela (Candle Cape) in the
north of Colombia. The deplorable state of the marine/coastal ecosystem is
noticeable with some of the principle food sources such as fish highly diminished
(diagnostic). Conservacion Terrazul will be seeking to propose and help establish a
coastal fish management plan in order to restore, conserve, and enhance the fishery
resources as to protect the local economy in a responsible and sustainable fashion.
species of human use and consumption in Cabo de la Vela (Candle Cape) in the
north of Colombia. The deplorable state of the marine/coastal ecosystem is
noticeable with some of the principle food sources such as fish highly diminished
(diagnostic). Conservacion Terrazul will be seeking to propose and help establish a
coastal fish management plan in order to restore, conserve, and enhance the fishery
resources as to protect the local economy in a responsible and sustainable fashion.
Oceans
The oceans have generally been regarded as a vast source of food supply and as a favourite transport and
communication medium. Indeed, the usage of marine resources has been known to be a historical and traditional
form of subsistence throughout many different cultures in our planet. For instance, way back in the 5th century,
Polynesians used to deploy nets and fishing artefacts fairly similar to those people use these days. Nonetheless,
fishing grew to its maximum expression in the last century, undergoing particular social organizational patterns
and colossal technological advancements, and becoming a massive industry for and within many nations, and
subsequently a modernised dynamic global process.
At present, the industrial commercial fleet posses vessels that are equipped with global positioning systems,
different types of nets and capture devices depending on targeted species, cold storage rooms, packaging rooms
with sufficient capacities, and aircraft spotting aid. In a few words, each modern vessel becomes a single factory
where extraction of fish resources and product manufacture take place. Although technological improvements have
taken place, especially within fishing companies from developed countries, there are still many fisheries that are
exploited in old fashionable ways. In the latter case, namely the civil society like the artisanal local fishing
communities, less efficient outcomes are obtained due to the associated difficulties with locating new resources,
obtaining optimum catches, and competing for the resources.
In response to this, there is the need to strengthen decision making at different levels (government, economic
sectors, civil organizations), build institutional and organizational capacity, and design an integral management
plan that addresses the questions arising from the above issue. The wellknown ecologist, Dr. Carl Safina,
mentioned that in some fisheries about 90% of the populations where removed each year (World’s Imperiled Fish
by Safina, C.). The Food and Agrriculture Organization of the United Nations - FAO (2000), stated that out of the
most valuable commercial fish species nearly 50% where exploited to the limit and 18% were overexploited to
dangerously low levels (State of Fisheries and Aquaculture by FAO).
communication medium. Indeed, the usage of marine resources has been known to be a historical and traditional
form of subsistence throughout many different cultures in our planet. For instance, way back in the 5th century,
Polynesians used to deploy nets and fishing artefacts fairly similar to those people use these days. Nonetheless,
fishing grew to its maximum expression in the last century, undergoing particular social organizational patterns
and colossal technological advancements, and becoming a massive industry for and within many nations, and
subsequently a modernised dynamic global process.
At present, the industrial commercial fleet posses vessels that are equipped with global positioning systems,
different types of nets and capture devices depending on targeted species, cold storage rooms, packaging rooms
with sufficient capacities, and aircraft spotting aid. In a few words, each modern vessel becomes a single factory
where extraction of fish resources and product manufacture take place. Although technological improvements have
taken place, especially within fishing companies from developed countries, there are still many fisheries that are
exploited in old fashionable ways. In the latter case, namely the civil society like the artisanal local fishing
communities, less efficient outcomes are obtained due to the associated difficulties with locating new resources,
obtaining optimum catches, and competing for the resources.
In response to this, there is the need to strengthen decision making at different levels (government, economic
sectors, civil organizations), build institutional and organizational capacity, and design an integral management
plan that addresses the questions arising from the above issue. The wellknown ecologist, Dr. Carl Safina,
mentioned that in some fisheries about 90% of the populations where removed each year (World’s Imperiled Fish
by Safina, C.). The Food and Agrriculture Organization of the United Nations - FAO (2000), stated that out of the
most valuable commercial fish species nearly 50% where exploited to the limit and 18% were overexploited to
dangerously low levels (State of Fisheries and Aquaculture by FAO).
For more information on the state of the world fisheries we recommend you to visit the official site of FAO or if you
wish to take a look to the document click on SOFIA (Some documents may be compressed, this link takes to Adobe
free downloads pdf).
wish to take a look to the document click on SOFIA (Some documents may be compressed, this link takes to Adobe
free downloads pdf).
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