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Disputed Spaces : Concheras, Shrimp Aquaculture, and Conservation in the Mangrove Forests of Southern Esmeraldas, Ecuador

Creator:

Treviño Peña, Melva B.

Abstract:

The mangrove ecosystem has served as a life-support system to large populations of coastal dwellers in Ecuador for many generations. Diverse communities comprised of multi-racial and multi-ethnic groups have formed along the edge of the mangrove forests throughout the Ecuadorian coast. These groups self-identify as being part of an “ancestral”...

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Dissertation

Full Text:

the port cities of Manta, Manabí province, and Guayaquil, Guayas Province (H2, m). In Esmeraldas