Thursday 26 March 2009

A Lesson in Fishing

The Right of Communities in an area set aside as parkland can easily become a thorny issue if it is not managed with some degree of sensitivity and care. If native customary right are granted, how then must one negotiate that very fine line which ensures the pie is equitable for the users and as well as the long term sustainability and balance of threatened ecosystem.

Fish is an important source of protien that is much cheaper and accessible to be populations here who earn an average monthly income of less then RM600.00 permonth.