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IN THE PRESS
A look at the TURF-Reserve Program in the media.
Artisanal fishers use their TURF-Reserves to curb the uncontrolled growth of black sea urchins and revive underwater forests
Article published in Mongabay Latam on how the Ventanas and Zapallar TURF-Reserves are beginning to shift from an urchin-barren stage, caused by black sea urchins, toward a phase of greater kelp cover.
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TURF-Reserves: the golden opportunity to activate new incentives for community-led conservation in Chile
Rodrigo Sánchez Grez, Executive Director of Capital Azul Foundation.
See moreTURF-RESERVES: ARTISANAL FISHERS CARING FOR THE OCEAN
This documentary directed by Valentina Díaz Saravia is a vivid portrait of those who breathe the sea every day and care for it for future generations. Narrated in the first person, the film is a meeting point between traditional knowledge of the trade and science through a community-led marine conservation model: TURF-Reserves.
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Memories for Conservation: voices and stories of the Zapallar Artisanal Fishers Union
Co-created by the fishers of the Zapallar union and Capital Azul Foundation, these pages recover a web of life in which identity, family and trade are inseparably intertwined with the sea. An invitation to see biodiversity conservation as a deeply human act, this book is a living record so that new generations and visitors to Zapallar recognize that the true wealth of the ocean also lies in the history of its people.
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