Children's interaction with ecosystem services in a mangrove forest : Perceptions of fisherfolks on the involvement of minors in fishing activities in the Gulf of Fonseca in Honduras
Maya Jariego, Isidro (Universidad de Sevilla)
Holgado, Daniel (Universidad de Sevilla)
Castillo, Andrea Cecilia (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de Honduras)
Florido del Corral, David (Universidad de Sevilla)
Gómez Mestres, Sílvia (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)

Data:	2023
Resum:	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.
Ajuts:	European Commission. Horizon 2020 H2020-734271
Drets:	Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial i la comunicació pública de l'obra, sempre que no sigui amb finalitats comercials, i sempre que es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original. No es permet la creació d'obres derivades.
Llengua:	Anglès
Document:	Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Matèria:	Fishing communities ; Child labour ; Ecosystem services ; Mangroves ; Hondura
Publicat a:	Ocean and coastal management, Vol. 236 (April 2023) , ISSN 0964-5691

DOI: 10.1016/j.ocecoaman.2023.106502

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