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 ...