Statement made by: the World Forum of Fisher People (WFFP). Made to the FAO Conference on Small Scale Fisheries, Bangkok, 2008 INTRODUCTION Around the world, small-scale, artisanal and indigenous fisher people are standing up to protect their rights, the futures of their coastal communities and the marine ecosystems upon which they depend. The World Forum of Fisher People is ...
This Statement was presented on 17 October 2008 at the Global Conference on Small-scale Fisheries, organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Royal Government of Thailand. The list of workshop participants is available at http://sites.google.com/site/smallscalefisheries/participants Civil Society Workshop, Bangkok, Thailand. 11 to 13 October 2008. Preamble We, 106 participants from 36 countries, representing small-scale ...
Statement made at: Latin American workshop on Artisanal Fishing: ASSERTING RIGHTS, DEFINING RESPONSIBILITIES: PERSPECTIVES FROM ARTISANAL FISHING AND COASTAL COMMUNITIES ON FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE POLICIES, COASTAL MANAGEMENT, ACCESS TO MARKETS AND AQUATIC BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION IN LATIN AMERICA Punta de Tralca Chile, 4 – 8 August 2008 INTRODUCTION The Latin American workshop on Artisanal Fishing, held in Punta de Tralca, Chile ...
TALLER LATINOAMERICANO DE PESCA ARTESANAL CONSOLIDAR Y GARANTIZAR EL ACCESO Y LOS DERECHOS DE USO DE LA PESCA ARTESANAL: LA VISIÓN DE LAS COMUNIDADES COSTERAS Y DE LA PESCA ARTESANAL SOBRE LAS POLÍTICAS PESQUERA Y ACUÍCOLA, LA GESTIÓN COSTERA, EL ACCESO A LOS MERCADOS Y LA CONSERVACIÓN DE LA BIODIVERSIDAD ACUÁTICA EN AMÉRICA LATINA. 4 – 8 Agosto de 2008, Punta ...
Zanzibar Statement on Rights-based Approach to Small-scale, Artisanal and Indigenous Fisheries. East and Southern Africa Small-scale Fisheries Workshop (ESA-2008), 24 to 27 June 2008. Preamble We, 45 participants from Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Zambia, representing small-scale, artisanal and indigenous fishing communities engaged in inland and marine fisheries; fishworker organizations and non-governmental organizations; researchers; activists; as well as ...
Intervention made by: International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Made at: Second Ad hoc working group on protected areas, CBD. Intervention: Agenda Item 3.1.1 and 3.1.2 Review of implementation of the programme of work. 11-15 Feb 2008. 3.1.1. Assessment of progress made in implementation 3.1.2. Obstacles encountered during the implementation of the programme of work on protected areas and ways and ...
Recommendations made by International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF).On Marine Protected Areas: Small-scale fishing community perspectives. On 8 and 9 February 2008, the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) organized a two-day workshop on Social Dimensions of Marine Protected Area (MPAs), with specific relation to fishing communities. The six studies facilitated by ICSF in India, South Africa, Brazil, Mexico, Thailand ...