In Chad, a project to promote sustainable fishing yields extra dividends: APRODEPIT, a Baha'i-inspired non-governmental organization, stresses participation and consultation in an effort to promote conservation and community development along the Chari River.(Development) From: One Country | Date: January 1, 2004 | COPYRIGHT 2004 Baha'i International Community. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright information

WALTAMA, Chad -- As a maker and seller of fishing nets, All Mahamat knew all too well that fish were slowly disappearing from the Chari River here in the southern region of this sub-Saharan African nation.

"Fifteen years ago, the fishing was good," said Mr. Mahamat. "But it gradually died out to the point where there was practically nothing."

Until a few years ago, Mr. Mahamat concedes, he inadvertently contributed to the die-out. In what he now realizes was a misguided effort to help fishermen here, he sold nets with increasingly smaller mesh, designed to catch the few ...

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