@article{fdi:010069019,
  title = {{T}he safety net role of inland fishing in the subsistence strategy of multi-active forest dwellers in southern {C}ameroon},
  author = {{D}ounias, {E}dmond and {C}ogels, {S}. and {M}v{\'e} {M}bida, {S}. and {C}arri{\`e}re, {S}t{\'e}phanie {M}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he {M}vae and the {N}tumu, two {A}frican rainforest ethnic groups belonging to same {F}ang linguistic sub-group, live together as good neighbors in the {N}tem watershed of southern {C}ameroon. {L}ike most forest dwellers in the {C}ongo {B}asin, these two societies have implemented a multi-active type of subsistence economy: hunting, trapping, gathering and fishing are practiced in addition to a predominant slash-and-burn agriculture. {T}he aim of this paper is to emphasize that these ethnic groups, which do not have fishery as their most salient production domain, have nevertheless acquired a remarkable expertise in wild fishery, notably through a diversity of techniques and socio-ecological conditions of practice. {T}he sizable variety of fishing methods takes advantage of the great vascularity of the hydrographic network and involves in a complementary way all the members of the community - young and old, of both genders, in solo, in pairs or in larger groups of participants. {T}his large range of possibilities ensures a continuous provision of fish over the year and establishes inland capture fishery as a real safety net that can provide - in all circumstances and in sufficient quantities - resources that are culturally valued, that are an appreciable extra-source of income, and whose nutritional role is acknowledged. {D}espite of being the pervasive basis of the subsistence economy of forest peoples in {C}entral {A}frica, the contribution of inland capture fishery to the livelihoods of {C}ongo basin forest dwellers remains unobtrusive and is overlooked by development agencies.},
  keywords = {{CAMEROUN} {SUD} ; {CONGO} {BASSIN}},
  booktitle = {{I}nland traditional capture fisheries in the {C}ongo basin},
  journal = {{R}evue d'{E}thno{\'e}cologie},
  numero = {10},
  pages = {44  [en ligne]},
  ISSN = {2267-2419},
  year = {2016},
  DOI = {10.4000/ethnoecologie.2882},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010069019},
}