Expansion of intensive shrimp farms in the Muisne Canton, Ecuador
Description
The mangroves are the source of livelihood for the people of the canton of Muisne, located in the province of Esmeraldas, Ecuador, these are being exterminated by the shrimp farms of both legal and illegal companies.
Expansion of intensive shrimp farms in the
Muisne Canton, Ecuador
Excessive propagation of uncontrolled shrimp farms or
artificial farms generating legal and illegal actors.
Ilegal actors
False concessions for shrimp
farming in the mangrove area
Illegal shrimp farmers not
associated with local organizations
Legal actors
Shrimp industry
Central Government of Ecuador
Local Shrimp Associations
Temporary concessions for shrimp
farming in the mangrove area
The mangroves fulfill two functions
Source of sustenance
for the inhabitants of
the region
Medium of protection of the
coasts of marine erosion and
source of birth and food for
species of primary marine
ecosystems of the region.
Dispute location
Ecuador, Province of Esmeraldas,
Muisne Village
Cause of conflict
Ancestral right of the inhabitants to
the development of artisanal fishing
and exploitation of the mangrove.
By government dispense has been delivered in
concession to large companies and some local for the
development of artificial shrimp farming, a situation
also exploited by illegal for the economic advantage.
Protection of the environment
and primary marine ecosystem.
Environmentally, mangroves protect
the coast from marine erosion
Ecosystem because the mangrove are source of birth
of mollusks and shrimp, as well as this is a food for a
native fish of the sea, and some inhabitants use their
wood to build their houses and make any handicrafts
Parts of the conflict
Defenders of the mangrove
Fundación de Defensa Ecológica (FUNDECOL)
Small groups organized against the
destruction and privatization of mangroves
Mangrove Users Group
Groups of women Concheras
VS.
Mangrove Exterminators
Central Goverment
Legal grants
Ilegal grants and shrimps fishers
Interestingly economic and voracious
growth of the shrimp industry
Protection of the environment and
the ecological chain of the region.
Guarantee their traditional methods
of subsistence and self-sustainability.
Inclusion and vindication of women's
rights.
Threats to the safety
In the environmental
Threats against
biodiversity
Extinction of native marine
species
Erosion of coastal zones
In the economics
Excessive privatization and
deregulation of public
property