L’homme et la mer aux Yasawa (îles Fidji)
The Yasawa archipelago has recently become a major tourist hotspot in Fiji and the international face of this small country of Oceania. This paper examines how two related sets of phenomena — tourism, and a growing concern over environmental issues due to economic development and climate change — co...
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| Language: | English |
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Laboratoire Éco-anthropologie et Ethnobiologie
2018-12-01
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| Series: | Revue d'ethnoécologie |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/ethnoecologie/3805 |
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| Summary: | The Yasawa archipelago has recently become a major tourist hotspot in Fiji and the international face of this small country of Oceania. This paper examines how two related sets of phenomena — tourism, and a growing concern over environmental issues due to economic development and climate change — contribute to re-shape relationships to the marine environment, relying on field research conducted in Yalobi and Vuake villages. It shows that tourism accelerates a loss of traditional marine knowledge, while leading to new approaches and uses of marine space and resources. For instance, commercial fishing, which helps regulate or compensate tourism impacts, is gaining importance. It is also concluded that, for Yalobi and Vuake villagers, preserving marine life cannot only rely on restrictive measures, such as fishing taboos, which Fijians are currently invited to “rediscover”. It also involves positive actions from the State so as to protect traditional fishing rights and the preservation of harmonious relationships with spiritual entities, which pull the strings of human lives, and within the island community itself. |
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| ISSN: | 2267-2419 |