DISCOVER THE TURF-RESERVE PROGRAM
In alliance with artisanal fishing unions or associations, we are dedicated to encourage the establishment of TURF-Reserves, non-extractive marine areas located within the productive areas known as Territorial User Rights for Fisheries (TURF or AMERB, as abbreviated in spanish). This allows to combine use and conservation in the same system.
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TURF-Reserves
18k
Fish records
13k
Records of invertebrates
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TURF-Reserves
18k
Fish records
13k
Records of invertebrates
CHILE’S TURF-RESERVES
Biodiversity monitoring in Zapallar
Cachagua’s TURF-Reserve inauguration
OUR MODEL
CO-CREATION
We get involved with multiple actors, recognizing the experience and knowledge to create situated proposals, feasible and complex as they are nourished by multiple perspectives.
BASED ON SCIENCE
We document marine biodiversity benefits based on sampling data.
Scaling Environmental and Community Benefits
The restoration of marine life must be able to generate appropriate benefits for local communities, who assume a leading role in this challenge.
CO-CREATION
We get involved with multiple actors, recognizing the experience and knowledge to create situated proposals, feasible and complex as they are nourished by multiple perspectives.
BASED ON SCIENCE
We document marine biodiversity benefits based on sampling data.
Scaling Environmental and Community Benefits
The restoration of marine life must be able to generate appropriate benefits for local communities, who assume a leading role in this challenge.
NEWS
This opinion piece was originally published in The Navigator, an e-newsletter from Rise Up For The Ocean, a global network of over 600 groups representing civil society, foundations, businesses, small-scale fishers and Indigenous peoples.
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Learn about some of the milestones that marked our work together with artisanal fishing groups with a view to promoting this conservation figure based on science and led by local communities.
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With the participation of various actors from the town of Zapallar, public institutions, civil society organizations, educational establishments and neighbors, the Cachagua Artisanal Fishers Union officially opened the doors of the Cachagua TURF-Reserve, an initiative that has been working since 2020 in conjunction with Capital Azul Foundation.
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The cove was filled with life and colors to celebrate a new year of life of the Zapallar TURF-Reserve: Kayak rides, open water swimming, environmental education stands, projection of films about the TURF-Reserves and a limpet stew were part of the ingredients of this marine conservation party led by the local community.
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