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Resource management in subsistence communitites: island natives retain traditional resource management methods
Arial view of natural taboo boundary
Natural rock and coral formations were used by landowner to divide access to “his” fishing area. State environmental agents overturned this division, forcing the landowner to designate the entire fishing area as taboo. Landowner states that this newly imposed strategy ignores decades of successful “traditional” resource management.
Credits: Jeff Wescott
