TY - JOUR
T1 - Children's interaction with ecosystem services in a mangrove forest
T2 - Perceptions of fisherfolks on the involvement of minors in fishing activities in the Gulf of Fonseca in Honduras
AU - Maya Jariego, Isidro
AU - Holgado, Daniel
AU - Castillo, Andrea Cecilia
AU - Florido del Corral, David
AU - Gòmez Mestres, Sílvia
N1 - Funding Information:
This study forms part of a development cooperation project financed by the Seville City Council in its 2021 call: “Psycho-educational intervention to improve the psychological well-being of working minors in Honduras: A multi-situated community prevention programme with different conditions and forms of child labour”. The exploratory field work in the communities of the Gulf of Fonseca was carried out within the framework of the projects entitled “Early work experiences of minors in shellfishing and small-scale fishing in the Gulf of Fonseca (Honduras): elements for the effective prevention of child labour” and “Educate Me First in Honduras. Psychological impact and transmission of local ecological knowledge in working minors in the fishing sector”, both financed by the Development Cooperation Office at the University of Seville . The photos taken during the exploratory fieldwork were taken by Oscar Sánchez Molina and Bárbara Chiuz García. Two of the authors, Isidro Maya Jariego and David Florido del Corral, worked on the article during a research stay in IMAR (Cabo Verde) within the framework of the project "Planning in a liquid world with tropical stakes: solutions from an EU-Africa-Brazil perspective" (PADDLE) , H2020-734271 .
Funding Information:
This study forms part of a development cooperation project financed by the Seville City Council in its 2021 call: “Psycho-educational intervention to improve the psychological well-being of working minors in Honduras: A multi-situated community prevention programme with different conditions and forms of child labour”. The exploratory field work in the communities of the Gulf of Fonseca was carried out within the framework of the projects entitled “Early work experiences of minors in shellfishing and small-scale fishing in the Gulf of Fonseca (Honduras): elements for the effective prevention of child labour” and “Educate Me First in Honduras. Psychological impact and transmission of local ecological knowledge in working minors in the fishing sector”, both financed by the Development Cooperation Office at the University of Seville. The photos taken during the exploratory fieldwork were taken by Oscar Sánchez Molina and Bárbara Chiuz García. Two of the authors, Isidro Maya Jariego and David Florido del Corral, worked on the article during a research stay in IMAR (Cabo Verde) within the framework of the project “Planning in a liquid world with tropical stakes: solutions from an EU-Africa-Brazil perspective” (PADDLE), H2020-734271.
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PY - 2023/4/1
Y1 - 2023/4/1
N2 - This study examines the participation of minors in fishing activities in the communities settled in the mangroves of the Gulf of Fonseca, in Honduras. With a survey of 88 fishermen from San Lorenzo (in the province of Valle), we describe the perception of adults regarding the involvement of minors in fishing and we examine the threats to the mangrove ecosystem on the Pacific coast. To complete the case study, 11 qualitative interviews and 2 focus groups with key informants were conducted. The results revealed that children start to perform pre-work activities around the age of 11 or 12. The contact with nature in complementary shellfish harvesting and fishing activity is perceived as contributing to the improvement of their understanding of nature in general and about the ecosystem services of the mangrove in particular. This assessment of child labour practices when minors collaborate in family subsistence activities, highlights the need to ensure local traditional knowledge transmission that should be integrated as part of formal education, which may help reinforce the fishing community future implication in conservation bottom-up initiatives at the same time that prevent child labour malpractices.
AB - This study examines the participation of minors in fishing activities in the communities settled in the mangroves of the Gulf of Fonseca, in Honduras. With a survey of 88 fishermen from San Lorenzo (in the province of Valle), we describe the perception of adults regarding the involvement of minors in fishing and we examine the threats to the mangrove ecosystem on the Pacific coast. To complete the case study, 11 qualitative interviews and 2 focus groups with key informants were conducted. The results revealed that children start to perform pre-work activities around the age of 11 or 12. The contact with nature in complementary shellfish harvesting and fishing activity is perceived as contributing to the improvement of their understanding of nature in general and about the ecosystem services of the mangrove in particular. This assessment of child labour practices when minors collaborate in family subsistence activities, highlights the need to ensure local traditional knowledge transmission that should be integrated as part of formal education, which may help reinforce the fishing community future implication in conservation bottom-up initiatives at the same time that prevent child labour malpractices.
KW - Child labour
KW - Ecosystem services
KW - Fishing communities
KW - Honduras
KW - Mangroves
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106502
DO - 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106502
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85146838160
SN - 0964-5691
VL - 236
SP - 106502
JO - Ocean and Coastal Management
JF - Ocean and Coastal Management
M1 - 106502
ER -
