World Pet Association supports Project Piaba
How Displaying Fish Can Save the Amazon Project Piaba, a nonprofit with a 25-year history of protecting the Amazon rainforest, has partnered with World Pet Association, which unites the pet community through knowledge, integrity, innovation and leadership. The...
Community Training Workshops Best Handling Practices 2017
Over the course of the multi-day workshops, which were provided free to aquarium fish collectors who are part of the local trade association/cooperative, ORNAPESCA, Project Piaba Brazil’s group of local experts covered topics such as basic water quality management,...
2017 Expedition Report
FFSG 2017 Newsletter Summarizing the Project Piaba 2017 Expedition and plans for 2018
Scott Dowd, 2018 Indianapolis Prize Nominee
Indianapolis prize, environment, ecosystem services, socio-economic benefits, 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals, home aquarium fisheries as a solution.
New Book Now Available
Amazon Adventure: How Tiny Fish Are Saving the World’s Largest Rainforest Use this link to buy it: “Montgomery thoroughly mines the social and economic effects the piabas have on locals alongside an in-depth exploration of the Amazon river and its ecosystems. The...
Best Handling Practices – Community Workshops
The newly trained Brazilian team has conducted their first training. Over the summer, the team worked to develop curriculum.
IUCN Meeting Sustainability and Livelihoods in the Home Aquarium Trade
Drs. Sneider and Mileham of the IUCN lead this important session at the IUCN World Conservation Congress on September 2 in Hawaii. Click Here for More: https://portals.iucn.org/congress/session/9797 Aquarium fisheries can be a solution to many of our problems Ten...
Train the Trainers Best Handling Practices Workshop
The goal of the week long program is to reinforce and improve proper collection and handling practices that contribute to a sustainable Rio Negro fishery. The program is being attended by Rio Negro fisherfolk (piabeiros and piabeiras), exporters, Brazilian government...
Segrest Farms Supports the Rio Negro Fishery
Segrest has remained committed to our goals of conservation outcomes and socio-economic benefits to local communities derived through the home aquarium trade. Segrest Farms, one the world’s largest wholesale ornamental fish distributors, has a commitment to not only...
Zoo and Aquarium Visitors
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