Cacau Bolsas creates exclusive, handmade leather bags and accessories, founded in Goiânia, Brazil in 1996. Step into the artistic world of Cacau where the finest craftsmanship is exhibited in distinctive, exclusive creations.
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PIRARUCU: A LUXURIOUS AND ECOLOGICAL MATERIAL
The pirarucu (Arapaima gigas) is the largest scaled freshwater fish in the world, reaching to over 3 m in length and to over 220 kg in weight. It is found across the Amazon Basin.
Over the last 20 years, Brazil has adopted a pioneering approach to pirarucu management based on supporting community rights to establish rules about access.
The pirarucu management project began in 1999 with the goal of recovering the fish stock, in order to provide food security to the local residents. Since then, 33 areas were issued with authorizations to catch pirarucu.
Key livelihood benefits for rural communities from involvement in management and trade of pirarucu are food security and income. These benefits are crucial to the rural communities that harvest pirarucu, who typically have no or very minimal other opportunities to generate cash income.
Community-based management of pirarucu, based on sustainable harvest and trade, is an outstanding conservation success story. Widespread and rapid recoveries of pirarucu have taken place in areas with community management in place.
