AFP Blog: Tsunami Relief: Reuters AlertNet - Tsunami boat aid to Sri Lanka could backfire

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Wednesday, March 09, 2005

Reuters AlertNet - Tsunami boat aid to Sri Lanka could backfire - UN

Reuters AlertNet - Tsunami boat aid to Sri Lanka could backfire - UN: "Tsunami boat aid to Sri Lanka could backfire - UN
09 Mar 2005 12:52:03 GMT

Source: Reuters

COLOMBO, March 9 (Reuters) - Relief agency pledges of new boats for Sri Lanka's fishermen could backfire because too many new vessels will increase competition, reduce the average catch and endanger fish stocks, a United Nations agency warned on Wednesday.
The UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said donor agencies have so far delivered or promised over 10,000 small canoes to tsunami-hit fishing villages, well over the nearly 7,000 small boats the government estimates were lost."

AFP Blog: Tsunami Relief

Wednesday, March 09, 2005

Reuters AlertNet - Tsunami boat aid to Sri Lanka could backfire - UN

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