What can the rest of the world learn from Ecuadors environmental situation?
Yepez: This issue about shrimp farming in Ecuador should be published the “lessons learned” chapter so that pristine mangrove areas around the world will not allow shrimp ventures. Nevertheless, new mangroves have been destroyed in the last years in Brazil, and we have notices that the shrimp venture is now entering Africa too. We realize that anywhere in the tropical and subtropical areas of the world where the mangrove ecosystem is located, the communities that inhabit the surroundings of this forest are always fish workers with no political and economic power. Despite this, we do believe that the organization of the folks is essential to stop the abuse over the resources and the common people.
