Résumé : From the PNCR, GAP MPs free to vote conscience on gay rights bill By Johann Earle Stabroek News June 11, 2003 The PNCR will allow its members to vote their conscience on the controversial Constitution (Amendment) Act of 2001 which seeks to prevent discrimination against persons on the basis of their sexual orientation and other grounds. A number of religious organisations are opposed to the passage of the bill because it includes sexual orientation as one of the grounds. They are concerned that it could lead to a legalisation of homosexual relations and demands for recognition of gay marriages among other things. PNCR Member of Parliament (MP) Vincent Alexander told a forum at the National Library on Saturday, that the Bill did not seek to legalise homosexuality, but to ensure that persons would not be discriminated against based on their sexual preferences. He was one of two parliamentarians who showed up - the other being PNCR member, Myrna Peterkin. The forum was organised by Students Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD), a group comprising fifteen students from the University of Guyana which was formed about two weeks ago. Alexander expects the vote on the bill to come up before the National Assembly in a matter of months. Paul Hardy, Leader of the Guyana Action Party (GAP), told Stabroek News that his party would not be using the so-called parliamentary whip. He added that GAP took a decision that every member should vote according to his or her own conscience. “We have no right to deny the rights of others based on sexual orientation. [The Bill] will guarantee rights to the homosexual.” GAP is in Parliament as part of an alliance with the Working People’s Alliance. GAP/WPA has two MPs. The bill was met with rejection from some members of the religious community in 2001 and as a result of this, the President did not assent to it. In a statement on Monday, the Central Islamic Organisa-tion of Guyana (CIOG) said that it stood in firm opposition to the Bill. The CIOG says the general purpose of the bill may be commendable and that the organisation’s objection is not based on a willingness to promote discrimination. Rather, the CIOG said, it was based on the fact that specific legal protection on the basis of sexual orientation without definition or qualification gives tacit legitimacy to practices which are considered criminal in Islam. “It is foreseeable that such a legal nod of approval (subtle as it may be) of these practices may pave the way for greater social (or even legal) acceptability in the future which, from the perspective of all Muslims including those in Guyana, is an undesirable and sinful outcome,” the CIOG statement said. At Saturday’s event, Muslim teacher Moulana Mohamed Ali Zenjibari spoke of instances of abuse, discrimination and harsh penalties meted out to gay and lesbian persons in countries such as Iran and Saudi Arabia and noted that the Quran did not sanction such punishments for homosexual behaviour. President of the CIOG, Fazeel Ferouz told Stabroek News that a meeting to discuss a strategy with regards to the bill was planned for tomorrow with various religious groups. Stabroek News tried to get a comment on the issue from the PPP/C but to no avail. ROAR leader, Ravi Dev said that his party was now having discussions on the issue. ROAR feels that it is an important question which has to do with morality and should be discussed across the country. He added legislators had to be in tune with their constituents on the issue. SASOD is lobbying for the legislation through the sensitisation of MPs. Keimo Benjamin, a law student at UG, gave a presentation based on the jurisprudential aspects of the discussion on sexual orientation. He argued that morality should not be the only guiding principle on which to base the laws. Sexual activities between two consenting male adults in private could not be equated with a violation of a person’s rights, he said, making the point that the thrust of his presentation was not whether homosexuality was wrong, but whether it violated the rights of others. He said that the attitudes of some towards this subject were based on preconceived notions and prejudices. He cited studies to show that the suppression of certain perceived deviant sexual impulses in persons might do more harm than good. One Harvard University study of teens who said they were gay indicated that those teens were three times more likely to commit suicide. Vidyaratha Kissoon, of Help and Shelter, in his contribution on Saturday, expressed his displeasure at the low turnout at the forum and urged the parliamentarians who showed up to take the message to their colleagues. He noted that because of homophobia, the numerical minority was terrified of speaking out against instances of discrimination. Gays and lesbians in Guyana were subjected to ridicule and abuse, and walk the streets at night not looking for sex necessarily, but for the companionship of persons who empathise with them. During his presentation, Joel Simpson, another member of SASOD, outlined a number of changes made within national jurisdictions that had international implications. One such crucial change was South Africa’s 1996 adoption of a new constitution, making that country the first in the world to expressly include sexual orientation as a prohibited ground of discrimination. It was the first time a developing country had taken the lead with respect to the rights of sexual minorities. He also said that according to Douglas Sanders, a Canadian jurist, the rights of homosexual, bisexual or transsexual men and women had never been officially recognised by the United Nations, despite the fact that international laws on the issue began to emerge at the close of the Second World War. Simpson said that under Article 170 (5), as amended by Section 8 of the Constitution (Amendment) (No. 4) Act 2000, the President is required to assent to any bill which is returned by the National Assembly unaltered after a two-thirds majority within 90 days of its presentation to him. To the parliamentarians present, Simpson stressed that the onus was now on them to adequately represent their constituents which include lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual Guyanese. http://www.landofsixpeoples.com/news301/ns306115.htm and Vote on sexual orientation should be a matter of conscience - MP Alexander By Esther Elijah Guyana Chronicle June 8, 2003 PEOPLE’S National Congress (PNC/R) Member of Parliament Mr. Vincent Alexander, said the Opposition will vote on “conscience” when the piece of legislation on sexual orientation is again brought before the National Assembly. “With specific reference to my party, when this Bill gets back to the Parliament in the spirit of the arguments here, we will not use the `whip’. Our party will not say we have to vote for the provision (in the Sexual Orientation Bill). We will allow our members to vote as a matter of conscience,” he told participants gathered in the Conference Room of the National Library. “We feel this is a matter of conscience. You may end up with a collective position but you have to deal with us individually,” Alexander said at a poorly attended public consultation aimed at gaining support for sexual orientation to be considered a fundamental right in Guyana. Alexander, one of the main persons who sat on the Constitutional Reform Commission that addressed this controversial clause, said the legislation was not meant to legalise homosexual activities in Guyana. “It was intended to ensure that persons who have an orientation - a way of thinking - which may or may not lead to a certain activity, to not be discriminated against, in terms of their rights,” he explained. Alexander noted that very often, discussions on the sexual orientation provision in the Bill have led to seepages into other areas where debates centre on the “right to be homosexual.” “I am saying the Bill does not comment on that… However, law is peculiar, especially in a Common Law system. Once you venture out and change the law, very often you open other windows which we cannot definitively say exist or does not exist in advance,” he said. “The fear of some people is that the legislators might say one thing and the Courts will eventually say something else. While some people can’t argue against the law, per say, they will say this has opened a window of opportunity not meant to be opened. So, it is better to stay without a window than open it and then have a possibility of something you didn’t intend to happen - happening sometime in the future.” Alexander added: “I want to say I’ve found this activity to have been rich from the perspective of the amount of research which was done by student (speakers). Without any comment as to whether I agree with the arguments, I would wish that much more research on other issues be done by students, and that at the University (of Guyana) students would find it convenient to have forums on other issues, with the same depth of research for their own intellectual development.” Alexander and other Opposition M.P, Lurlene Nestor were the only three Parliamentarians in attendance at the session organised by the recently formed `Students Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination’ (SASOD), a group that has a membership of 15 mostly University of Guyana (UG) students from various faculties. SASOD was established two weeks ago. With the exception of members of the press, the consultation only managed to attract 11 persons, a handful of who were SASOD members. While congratulating the students for an “insightful” presentation, Nestor pointed out that whether or not she chooses to agree with their position is “another issue” and she is entitled to her “own view”. “The issue of sexual orientation is very `toucheous’ …while we agree with the human rights provisions and all that as a society, we must also revert to our own society. Some of the very critical questions that I would want to ask is whether or not at the society (level) we are ready for that kind of thing,” she remarked. “We cannot, at (any) time, ignore the religious groups in our society. If we look at statistics going back to 1992 from a survey done by the Bureau of Statistics, we would see that a small section of the Guyanese population might be considered as people who do not subscribe to a religious view. While the laws are not necessarily based on moral values, we must acknowledge the fact that we might want to revert to many of the cases that (concern) laws that protect public morality.” Nestor told the speakers at the consultation these were some of the issues that they needed to deal with. She highlighted, too, that what must be examined is the effects of same-sex marriages on society and how this issue must be tackled. “These are some of the things we should consider and I don’t think you dealt with that in the presentations,” Nestor stated, adding that the issues must be addressed “frontally.” “Do we think that with the coming to being of this Bill that there might be quite a number of challenges to the Constitution in relation to the same issue of a man marrying a man? What do we do at the society (level)? Do we recognise that?” were the questions directed at the five speakers at the session. Nestor continued: “There is some argument that says, `Oh the Bill does not promote homosexuality or does not encourage a man to marry (another) man, but if you look at Section (15) that talks about `non-discrimination’ then how can we not, with the passage of this Bill, allow a man not to marry (another) man.” According to Nestor, matters of this nature constitute some of the “inconsistencies” of the Bill. On the argument raised by presenters at the session on who determines what is morality, Nestor said in the concept of democracy it is the people who are the determinants based on a “line of thinking.” She also rebutted on grounds that put the spotlight on teachers who may have been caught “interfering” with their young students and who may subsequently be dismissed from their jobs. “Could you imagine such a person interfering with a boy below age 10 - and by virtue of the fact that the Bill is there, the judges (in the case) will have to use their discretion in terms of what happens. We will have more Constitutional changes and problems (arising with the passage of the Bill).” SASOD member and law student, Joel Simpson, in reply, said he doesn’t think any homosexual in Guyana wants to “run into a church and ask that people marry them or anything of that sort.” At one point likening the church to a “club”, Simpson claimed the church has the right to exclude whomever it wants. He further stated that in accordance with the Constitution, people of the same sex do not currently have the right to marry, and will also not be able to do such an act with the passage of the Bill. However, Simpson said it is possible that the law, with the passage of the Bill, would have to recognise same-sex domestic partnerships in relation to employment benefits, sharing of properties, etc. Simpson said he believes there should be a realm of “public” and “private” morality between consenting adults, and implied that the Bill did not fully give “rights” to homosexuals. But, Nestor interjected: “I am informing you further…that the Sexual Orientation provision has, in fact, in some way recognised the rights of homosexuals and we must accept that.” Meanwhile, there was no vocal Christian representative(s) at the consultation and apart from the two Opposition representatives none other participant gave comments or directed questions at the presenters. Other speakers in support of the sexual orientation clause were: Moulana Mohammed Ali Zenjiban, Assistant Director of the International Islamic College; Denuka Radzik from Red Thread, Keimo Benjamin, UG law student and Vidyartha Kissoon from Help & Shelter. The Sunday Chronicle has been reliably informed that the Georgetown Ministers Fellowship, representing groups of Christian leaders staunchly against sexual orientation as a right in Guyana, have recently prepared a detailed 16-page document outlining issues arising from research to further boost their argument against the inclusion of the clause. The document is yet to be made public. http://www.landofsixpeoples.com/news301/nc306083.htm

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South America -- Guyana -- Georgetown
Caribbean

South America -- Guyana -- Georgetown
Caribbean

Résumé : The purpose of this book is to value the economic significance of marine-related activities in France. Each industrial, or public non-commercial, sector is characterized by key figures relating to annual turnover, value added, employment and budget. These figures are accompanied with qualitative information on the recent development, current situation and future perspectives of the sector in terms of markets, employment and technological progress. Public and private R&D is also allowed for. Given the diversity of marine-related activities, this information aims at enabling the reader to assess their importance from a comparative angle. From the sector-based approach it is possible to draw certain conclusions. Notably, commercial activities contributed over 1,3% of the GDP in 1995, such ratio having to be seen as a minimum estimate, worked out on the basis of available data. Seaside-related tourism is by far the most important industry. Most activities experienced a decrease in employment in the first half of the '90s. The estimated annual amount spent on R&D was over FFr 4,5 billion in the recent past period 1995-1996.
Le présent ouvrage a pour but d'évaluer l'importance économique des activités liées à la mer en France. Chaque secteur - industriel marchand, public non marchand - est caractérisé par des chiffres clés portant sur le chiffre d'affaires annuel, la valeur ajoutée, l'emploi, le budget. Ces indicateurs sont accompagnés d'informations qualitatives sur l'évolution récente, la situation actuelle et les perspectives du secteur : marchés, emplois, progrès technique. La R&D publique et privée est également prise en compte. Compte tenu de la diversité des activités liées à la mer, ces informations visent à permettre au lecteur d'en apprécier l'importance sous un angle comparatif. L'approche sectorielle permet de tirer certaines conclusions. Notamment, les activités marchandes ont contribué à plus de 1,3 % du PIB en 1995, un tel ratio devant être compris comme un minimum, calculé à partir des données disponibles. Le tourisme littoral est, de loin, l'activité la plus importante. Dans la plupart des branches, l'emploi baisse dans la première moitié des années 1990. Les dépenses annuelles de R&D sont estimées à plus de 4,5 milliards de francs dans la période récente 1995-1996.

Droits : 1997 Ifremer
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2001/rapport-1347.pdf
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/1347/

Éditeur(s) : INRA : Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique Université des Antilles. Service commun de la documentation
Extrait de : 52e congrès annuel de la Société caribéenne des plantes alimentaires / 52nd annual meeting of the Caribbean food crops society (CFCS), du 10 au 16 juillet 2016. INRA, CFCS
Description : The Creole pig has always been part of the rural and suburban landscape of Martinique. Currently, this breed is not integrated into a research and conservation program. The Natural Park of Martinique Region (PNRM) has the objective to maintain and valorize the genetic heritage of Martinique?s Creole pig and develop a niche business. Based on PNRM knowledge, some Creole pigs live freely in the mountains in the North, in the South coast and in a few disparate traditional breeders located in the countryside. It is essential to carry out an inventory of the local pig population to propose a scheme for conservation and economic development. In order to favour the appropriation of the Creole pig niche, the PNRM, as a decision maker, acts in a systemic and holistic way by considering the whole Martinican territory and the pig sub-sector: producers involved in the COOPMAR pig farmers? cooperative, researchers of INRA (FWI), the food chain and at least (in a second phase) the consumers and the Martinican society. First of all, the pig farmers are involved (private family farms and specialised pig producers). Researchers and technicians from PNRM and INRA- URZ (Animal production research unit) and INRA-PTEA (Tropical platform in animal experimentation) are performing experimental studies both in controlled conditions and in farms, in order to: i) determine phenotypic and genetic characteristics of Martinique?s Creole pigs in comparison with other pig breeds from the Caribbean area; ii) help at designing genetic management to maintain the population and avoiding inbreeding; iii) help at defining feeding management by a) establishing, at the whole territorial food chain, an inventory of co or by-products available for pig feeding; b) implementing experimental studies in technology for conservation; c) implementing feeding and growing experiments and finally iv) help at defining eco-friendly production systems a) aiming at generate an adequate revenue and b) focusing on ecosystem services such as meat quality, socio-cultural services and circular economy. Le porc créole a toujours fait partie du paysage rural et suburbain de la Martinique. Actuellement, cette race n'est pas intégrée dans un programme de recherches et de conservation. Le parc naturel de la région de la Martinique (PNRM) a l'objectif pour maintenir et valoriser l'héritage génétique du porc créole de la Martinique et pour développer des créneaux. Basé sur la connaissance de PNRM, quelques porcs créoles vivent librement dans les montagnes dans le nord, dans la côte sud et chez quelques éleveurs traditionnels disparates situés dans la campagne. Il est essentiel d'effectuer un inventaire de la population locale de porc pour proposer un plan pour la conservation et le développement économique. Afin de favoriser l'appropriation du créneau créole de porc, le PNRM, comme décideur, agit d'une manière systémique et holistique en considérant tout le territoire de la Martinique et sous-secteur de porc : producteurs impliqués dans la coopérative d'agriculteurs de porc de COOPMAR, les chercheurs d'AICN (FWI), la chaîne alimentaire et au moins (dans une deuxième phase) les consommateurs et la société Martiniquaise. Tout d'abord, les agriculteurs de porc sont impliqués (les fermes privées de famille et les producteurs de porc spécialisés). Les chercheurs et les techniciens de PNRM et AICN URZ (unité de recherches de production animale) et INRA-PTEA (plate-forme tropicale chez l'expérimentation animale) réalisent des études expérimentales dans des conditions commandées et dans les fermes : i) déterminent des caractéristiques phénotypiques et génétiques des porcs créoles de la Martinique en comparaison d'autres races de porc à partir du secteur des Caraïbes ; ii) aide à concevoir la gestion génétique pour maintenir la population et à éviter l'endogamie ; iii) aide à définir la gestion de alimentation a) en établissant, à la chaîne alimentaire territoriale de totalité, à un inventaire de Co ou aux sous-produits disponibles pour l'alimentation de porc ; b) mise en oeuvre des études expérimentales en technologie pour la conservation ; c) mettant en application des expériences de alimentation et croissantes et finalement iv) aide à définir viser qui respecte l'environnement des systèmes de production a) produisent de à revenu approprié et b) se concentrant sur des services d'écosystème tels que la qualité de viande, des services socioculturels et l'économie circulaire.
Siècle(s) traité(s) : 21
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V16263

Résumé : The document, fifth edition of a collection which has started in 1997, presents a survey of marine-related activities in France. The commercial sector includes exploitation and extraction of marine resources, manufacturing industry, private services. In this new edition, a special effort is devoted to the analysis of maritime ports related industries. The non-commercial sector includes public services, among which the Navy, state services, education, safety, marine and coastal environment protection, marine sciences. Each activity of the commercial sector is described by key figures (turnover, value added, employment). The non-commercial sector includes data on running costs, in particular personnel costs. In addition to indicators, qualitative information is provided on the recent developments and future prospects of industries.
Le document, cinquième édition d'une série lancée en 1997, présente un panorama des activités liées à la mer en France. Le secteur marchand comprend l'exploitation et l'extraction des ressources marines, l'industrie manufacturière, les services privés. Dans cette nouvelle édition, un effort particulier est consacré à l'analyse de l'activité portuaire. Le secteur non marchand est constitué des services publics, dont la Marine nationale, les services de l'État, l'enseignement, la sécurité, la protection de l'environnement littoral et marin, la recherche scientifique. Chaque activité du secteur marchand est décrite par des chiffres-clés (chiffre d'affaires, valeur ajoutée, emploi). Sur le secteur non marchand sont fournies des données de coûts, dont les coûts de personnel. Tous ces indicateurs sont accompagnés d'informations qualitatives sur l'évolution récente et les perspectives des branches d'activité.

Droits : 2004 Ifremer
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00083/19400/16993.pdf
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00083/19400/

South America -- Guyana -- Georgetown
Caribbean

South America -- Guyana -- Georgetown
Caribbean

Résumé : Dans le cadre du projet de DCP collectifs, l’Association des pêcheurs du Sud Basse-Terre (APBST) a demandé à l’Ifremer d’organiser un suivi de l’activité de pêche sur ces dispositifs ancrés, afin de contribuer à l’évaluation de l’impact de l’implantation de ce parc de DCP. L’Ifremer étant responsable du projet pilote de Système d’Informations Halieutiques (SIH) en Guadeloupe sur la période 2007-2008, le suivi DCP collectifs s’insère dans ce dispositif avec un renforcement des moyens de collecte de données sur la zone d’étude. 12 dispositifs de concentration de poissons (DCP) collectifs conçus pour répondre aux exigences du développement durable ont été immergés par l’APSBT au large de Basse-Terre (Guadeloupe) en janvier et février 2008. Cette opération qui a valeur d’exemple pour d’autres communautés de pêcheurs constitue un réel enjeu pour l’avenir de la pêche aux DCP ancrés. Dans le cadre de cette opération, des améliorations étaient attendues dans plusieurs domaines : 1. la sécurité de la navigation et des équipements sous-marins, 2. l’activité et la production sur DCP, sa régularité au cours de l’année et les retours économiques 3. L’organisation de l’entretien des dispositifs en vue de la réduction du coût et des pertes de matériel, 4. la gestion du parc et les règles d’accès aux DCP, Ce rapport final couvre les points 2 et 3 mentionnés ci-dessus, il est organisé de la manière suivante. En premier lieu sont présentées les différentes tâches réalisées par l’Ifremer et les relations avec les autres actions menées dans le cadre du projet. On présente ensuite l’organisation du dispositif de collecte et son insertion dans le projet SIH Guadeloupe. Sur la base des données collectées sur l’année de référence 2006 par le SIH, une analyse de l’activité de pêche sur DCP avant l’implantation des DCP collectifs est réalisée (section 3). La section 4 apporte des éléments sur la pratique de l’activité sur le parc de DCP collectifs après respectivement 5 mois et 11 mois de fonctionnement. Dans cette section, sont également présentées les premières observations réalisées par prospection aérienne pour estimer les densités de DCP privés dans la zone du parc et l’activité de pêche associée. Enfin, la dernière section fournit des données de production, de composition spécifique et économiques par sortie autour des DCP. Les éléments disponibles dans ce rapport constituent une évaluation intermédiaire après moins d’une année de fonctionnement. Il sera utile de mener une analyse avec plus de recul historique afin de mieux mesurer les impacts à long terme de ce projet.

Droits : 2008 Ifremer
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00190/30108/28570.pdf
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00190/30108/

Résumé : The document, fifth edition of a collection which has started in 1997, presents a survey of marine-related activities in France. The commercial sector includes exploitation and extraction of marine resources , manufacturing industry, private services. In this new edition, a special effort is devoted to the analysis of maritime ports related industries. The non-commercial sector includes public services, among which the Navy, state services, education, safety, marine and coastal environment protection, marine sciences. Each activity of the commercial sector is described by key figures (turnover, value added, employment). The non-commercial sector includes data on running costs, in particular personnel costs. In addition to indicators, qualitative information is provided on the recent developments and future prospects of industries
Le document, cinquième édition d'une série lancée en 1997, présente un panorama des activités liées à la mer en France. Le secteur marchand comprend l'exploitation et l'extraction des ressources marines, l'industrie manufacturière, les services privés. Dans cette nouvelle édition, un effort particulier est consacré à l'analyse de l'activité portuaire. Le secteur non marchand est constitué des services publics, dont la Marine nationale, les services de l'État, l'enseignement, la sécurité, la protection de l'environnement littoral et marin, la recherche scientifique. Chaque activité du secteur marchand est décrite par des chiffres-clés (chiffre d'affaires, valeur ajoutée, emploi). Sur le secteur non marchand sont fournies des données de coûts, dont les coûts de personnel. Tous ces indicateurs sont accompagnés d'informations qualitatives sur l'évolution récente et les perspectives des branches d'activité.

Droits : 2004 Ifremer
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00117/22855/20667.pdf
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00117/22855/

South America -- Guyana -- Georgetown
Caribbean

Éditeur(s) : Université des Antilles Études caribéennes
Résumé : Au cours des vingt dernières années, l'industrie des croisières au Mexique a apporté des changements importants qui découlent des tendances mondiales actuelles, d'un meilleur positionnement sur le marché, pour l'adoption généralisée de politiques nationales de promotion du tourisme croisière et pour la réforme radicale du système portuaire national qui a permis l'entrée de la participation privée dans les investissements des infrastructures, de gestion et d'exploitation des ports. Dans ce contexte, on a redéfini l´organisation spatiale du tourisme de croisière avec de nouveaux ports d´arrivée, des itinéraires variés à partir de différents ports d´origine et d’escales plaçant le Mexique en tête des destinations mondiales de l’industrie des croisières. Ainsi, l'objectif de cet article est d'examiner les conditions qui ont conduit à la dynamique spatio-temporelle du tourisme de croisière dans le pays à travers un examen critique de la nouvelle géographie régionale du tourisme de croisière au Mexique.
The cruise industry in Mexico has had significant changes stemming from current global trends during the last two decades. This has been due to its favorable and strategic geographical position in the market, its warm climate and proximity to the United States. Hence there has been a major relevance towards adopting national tourism policies as well as reforming the national port system allowing the entrance of private investment infrastructure, cruise terminal management and operation. The spatial organization of cruise tourism destination ports in Mexico has been redefined in this context. That is to say, there are new home ports, new routes and ports of call that have placed the country as a world’s leading destination for cruise ship arrivals. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to examine the conditions which have led the spatio-temporal dynamics into a critical review of the new regional geography of cruise tourism in Mexico.
En las dos últimas décadas el sector de los cruceros turísticos en México ha presentado profundos cambios, derivados de las tendencias globales, de un mayor aprovechamiento de su favorable condición geográfica dentro del mercado, por una mayor incorporación de la actividad en las políticas turísticas nacionales y por la profunda reforma del sistema portuario nacional que posibilitó el ingreso de la participación privada en la inversión de infraestructura, gestión y operación de terminales de cruceros. En este contexto se ha redefinido la organización espacial del turismo de cruceros con nuevas rutas que articulan diferentes puertos de origen y escalas que han posicionado a México como destino líder mundial en arribo de cruceros. De esta forma, el objetivo del presente artículo es examinar las condiciones que han propiciado la dinámica espacio-temporal del turismo de cruceros en el país, que conduzca a una revisión crítica de la nueva geografía regional de los cruceros turísticos en México.
Mexique

Droits : info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
urn:doi:10.4000/etudescaribeennes.5077
http://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/5077

Éditeur(s) : Pêche thonière et dispositifs de concentration de poissons, Caribbean-Martinique, 15-19 Oct 1999
Résumé : Hawaii was one of the first locations to adapt the Philippine payao concept for use in high energy, deep-water environments. Initial experimental fad deployments were made by the National Marine Fisheries Service in 1977. In 1980, the State of Hawaii started deploying FADs in a programme that has since expanded to its current status of 52 approved surface fad sites. Funding is primarily derived from federal US programmes and the FADs are primarily focused on the sport fishing community. fad sites were selected to expedite access by sport fishermen; specific sites were chosen after consultation with fishermen at public hearings. Since 1997, the FAD system has been managed on a collaborative basis between the State of Hawaii and the University of Hawaii. Hawaiian FADs evolved through two previous designs before the current system of single-sphere spar-buoy was adopted. Today's FADs have an "inverse catenary" mooring system comprised of sections of floating and sinking rope attached to a "tripod" concrete block anchor system. fad sites range between 3.2 km and 46 km from shore. Mooring depths range between 200 and 3,000 metres. Average on-site longevity is 31 months; there is no correlation between longevity and depth of mooring. Windward locations have significantly shorter lifespans than leeward locations. Ten to twenty fads are replaced each year. Each FAD costs approximately us$ 7,500 to build and deploy. Hawaiian fads are heavily used by private and commercial sport fishermen and by small-scale artisanal and commercial fishermen. Commercial pole-and-line boats occasionally use the FADs to capture skipjack tuna. Hawaiian FADs will continue to be used for various types of pelagic fisheries research.

Droits : Ifremer
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00042/15280/12666.pdf
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00042/15280/

Résumé : The purpose of this book is to value the economic significance of marine-related activities in France. Each industrial, or public non-commercial, sector is characterized by key figures relating to annual turnover, value added, employment and budget. These figures are accompanied with qualitative information on the recent development, current situation and future perspectives of the sector in terms of markets, employment and technological progress. Public and private R&D, and the protection of coastal and marine environment are also allowed for. Given the diversity of marine-related activities, this information aims at enabling the reader to assess their importance from a comparative angle.
Le présent ouvrage a pour but d'évaluer l'importance économique des activités liées à la mer en France. Chaque secteur - industriel marchand, public non marchand - est caractérisé par des chiffres-clés portant sur le chiffre d'affaires annuel, la valeur ajoutée, l'emploi, le budget. Ces indicateurs sont accompagnés d'informations qualitatives sur l'évolution récente, la situation actuelle et les perspectives du secteur : marchés, emplois, progrès technique. La R&D publique et privée, ainsi que la protection de l'environnement, sont également prises en compte. Compte tenu de la diversité des activités liées à la mer, ces informations visent à permettre au lecteur d'en apprécier l'importance sous un angle comparatif.

Droits : 1998 IFREMER
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/1999/rapport-1312.pdf
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/1312/

Éditeur(s) : Université des Antilles Études caribéennes
Résumé : La prolifération récente des résidences secondaires, observée récemment sur la côte Pacifique Sud du Nicaragua, s’inscrit dans une perspective de développement ayant trait à l’hébergement touristique. Or, le caractère immobilier prédominant de ce type d’hébergement, ainsi que les modes de consommation de ces résidents temporaires nous mettent en garde quant aux risques socioéconomiques et environnementaux encourus par les communautés autochtones. Parmi ces risques, notons les problèmes découlant de l’amplitude des variations saisonnières, de privatisation et de destruction des espaces naturels, ainsi que les perspectives de pérennisation des retombées économiques à moyen et long terme. Les auteurs de cet article remettent donc en question les prouesses attribuées à ce secteur d’activité et invitent à considérer des alternatives de développement durable du tourisme plus respectueuses des territoires d’accueil.
In recent years, there has been a proliferation of second home developments on attractive coastal regions of Central and South America. Based on the assumed benefits of second home tourism to regional economies, public authorities - accompanied by private investors – have capitalised on this sector as part of their tourism development strategies. This paper first examines the nature of recent second home tourism developments and then presents the socio-economic and environmental impacts of this phenomenon as experienced by local communities on the South Pacific Coast of Nicaragua. The main impacts include conflicts with local and indigenous communities over land use and ownership, seasonal and low-income employment generation, an increased burden on municipal budget to provide public infrastructure, and environmental degradation. It is argued that the second home tourism sector, strongly driven by private real estate investors, fails to generate tourism activities which are expected to sustain community development. Furthermore, this study indicates that municipalities concentrating on the second home tourism segment may deprive themselves of access to resources for more sustainable forms of tourism activities.
Amérique centrale
Nicaragua

Droits : info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
urn:doi:10.4000/etudescaribeennes.3869
http://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/3869

Éditeur(s) : Pêche thonière et dispositifs de concentration de poissons, Caribbean-Martinique, 15-19 Oct 1999 15-19 octobre 1999
Résumé : In the area served by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), which includes 22 Pacific Island countries and territories, anchored FADs have been used since the late 1970s. First introduced from the Philippines, via Hawaii, they were quickly adopted by both industrial and artisanal fisheries sectors : in 1984 more than 600 anchored FADs had been deployed in the region. Since these early days, the development of the technique by the industrial and the artisanal sectors have followed parallel paths with little interaction. In the industrial private sector, companies are funding, deploying and monitoring their own FADs. For some fishing companies, using purse seiners and pole-and-line vessels, from the Solomon Islands or Papua-New-Guinea, these FADs have become a necessity. FAD programmes for small-scale fisheries have been almost exclusively run by the public sector, with technical support from regional and international development agencies and financial assistance from overseas funding agencies. These programmes have had mixed successes : becoming an on-going and essential tool in some places like French Polynesia or Guam; or being momentarily suspended, like in Vanuatu or Tonga, because of the lack of funds, partly due to the scarcity of proven economic return to the fishing communities. This document is an attempt to synthesise the current information on these very diverse situations, including technical, economical and social considerations.

Droits : Ifremer
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00042/15283/12669.pdf
http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00042/15283/

Éditeur(s) : Université des Antilles Études caribéennes
Résumé : Le marché de services écotouristiques se dévoile aujourd'hui comme un des principaux défis de gestion dans certains territoires protégés. Le parc amazonien Amacayacu, en Amazonie colombienne, appartient à l’un de ces territoires où le besoin d’amélioration des infrastructures de gestion et des services écotouristiques devient indispensable pour garantir la continuité de ce territoire protégé et la survie économique des groupes humains locaux. Pour cela, depuis 2005, le dispositif mis en place par le gouvernement colombien a consisté à donner en concession la gestion des services écotouristiques de ce parc au secteur privé. En premier lieu, cette recherche cherche à identifier, à tous les niveaux scalaires (local, régional, national), les étapes et les dispositifs mis en place dans ce processus de concession. En second lieu, il s’agira de mettre en évidence les impacts de ce nouveau modèle de cogestion territoriale sur les patrimoines naturels et culturels ainsi que sur les populations amérindiennes qui habitent le territoire. Enfin, nous questionnerons l’efficacité du dispositif de concession du parc Amacayacu et de ses zones de confluence, en nous attachant plus particulièrement à l’étude de la communauté Ticuna de Mocagua.
The market of ecotourism services comes to light as one of the main challenges of management in certain protected territories today. The Amazonian park Amacayacu, in Colombian Amazonia, belongs to one of these territories where the need of improvement of the infrastructures of management and the ecotourism services becomes indispensable to guarantee the continuity of management of this protected territory and the economic survival of the local human groups. For that purpose, since 2005, the device set up by the Colombian government consisted in giving in concession the management of the ecotourism services of this park to the private sector. First of all, this research tries to identify, at every level (local, regional, national), the stages and the devices set up in this process of concession. Secondly, it will be a question of bringing to light the impacts of this new model of territorial joint management on the natural and cultural heritages as well as on the Amerindian populations which live in the territory. Finally, we shall question the efficiency of the device of concession of the management of the park Amacayacu and its zones of confluence, by attaching us more particularly to the study of the community Ticuna de Mocagua.
Colombie

Droits : info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
urn:doi:10.4000/etudescaribeennes.5414
http://journals.openedition.org/etudescaribeennes/5414

Résumé : Le cadre juridique des investissements étrangers en Algérie a été marqué par de profonds changements depuis la promulgation du premier code des investissements, en 1963. Cette mutation n’a pas toujours été en phase avec les processus de développement économique national et le changement du contexte international. Le modèle socialiste de la gestion des affaires économiques qui a prédominé à partir du milieu des années 60 jusqu'au milieu des années 80 a progressivement cédé la place à un retrait graduel de l'Etat du champ économique. On assiste, depuis, à une émergence d’un secteur privé qui tente toujours de trouver sa place, à une vague de privatisations, à une libéralisation du commerce extérieur et à un appel aux capitaux étrangers pour financer le développement économique.Cette volonté manifeste d’accéder à une économie de marché est encore plus perceptible dans le dernier code des investissements de 2001. Ces efforts de mise en conformité du droit interne des investissements avec le droit international des investissements sont relayés par un discours politique offensif.Néanmoins, cet environnement juridique incitatif perd de son attrait lorsqu’on le confronte, soit aux textes promulgués en matière de réglementation du commerce extérieur et la réglementation des changes, soit à l’environnement administratif dans lequel est mis en œuvre l’ensemble de ces textes de lois. Cette confrontation est particulièrement instructive quant à l’insuffisance de cohérence de la politique étatique suivie en matière d’investissement étranger. Ceci révèle la balance d’intérêt des autorités algériennes entre l’augmentation de la contribution des investissements étrangers au potentiel économique et technologique national et la sauvegarde de la souveraineté nationale.Ainsi, le questionnement de la politique législative algérienne d’investissement permet de comprendre les fondements de la doctrine algérienne des investissements étrangers. Cette compréhension favorise l’émergence d’une stratégie qui concilie attractivité et préservation des intérêts publics.
The legal framework for foreign investment in Algeria was marked by profound changes since the enactment of the first investment code in 1963 This change has not always been in line with the process of national economic development and change in the international environment . The socialist model of economic management that prevailed from the mid 60s to mid 80s gradually gave way to a gradual withdrawal of the state from the economic field. There has since been an emergence of a private sector that is still trying to find its place, a wave of privatization, liberalization of foreign trade and to rely on foreign capital to finance the development will économique.Cette Manifest access to a market economy is even more noticeable in the latest investment Code of 2001 These efforts compliance of domestic investment law with the international investment law are supported by a political speech offensif.Néanmoins, the legal environment incentive loses its appeal when confronted or to enactments in regulation of foreign trade and foreign exchange regulations, or administrative environment that is implemented in all these laws. This comparison is particularly instructive about the lack of consistency in state policy with respect to foreign investment. This reveals the balance of interest between the Algerian authorities increasing the contribution of foreign investment to national economic and technological potential and safeguarding sovereignty nationale.Ainsi, questioning the Algerian legislative investment policy allows us to understand the foundations of the Algerian doctrine of foreign investment. This understanding promotes the emergence of a strategy that balances attractiveness and preservation of public interest.

http://www.theses.fr/2012AGUY0785