Ocean grabbing: a new wave of twenty first century enclosures Published: in OpenDemocracy 17 October 2014 In their article published in Open Democracy Nick Buxton, Carsten Pedersen and Mads Christian Barbesgaard alert us to the issue of ocean grabbing and call for an end to the privatisation of the oceans. They argue that the rise of market-based fishing policies that ...
Ocean grabbing: a new wave of twenty first century enclosures Written by: Nick Buxton, Carsten Pedersen and Mads Christian Barbesgaard Published: in OpenDemocracy 17 October 2014 Not only are the small-scale fisher communities best placed to ensure food sovereignty, but they are also the starting point for any serious transition towards an ecologically and socially just food regime. In this op-ed, ...
Small-scale fishers world wide were on the agenda this week when General Secretary of the World Forum of Fisher Peoples, Naseegh Jaffer represented the WFFP at the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS). The WFFP’s statement read to the plenary session of the UN Committee on World Food Security argues that “the strategically important contribution ...
Statement made by: Naseegh Jaffer For the Global Civil Society Group (incorporating WFFP) President, on behalf of the Civil Society Mechanism, we warmly welcome the initiative of the FAO Committee on Food Security to organize a policy round table on “Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture for food security and nutrition”, and we commend the report of the High Level Panel of Experts on ...
From PP John, President, Kerala Swathanthra Malsyathozhilaly Federation (KSMTF) A ‘Boat March’ from Mangalore to Thiruvananthapuram – with a slogan “Protect Sea, Coast, Inland water bodies and Fish Resources” Dear friends, While the crisis of fisheries sector is increasing day by day, the sea and the coast are being removed from the traditional fishing community slowly. The coastal areas are being invaded by the ...
A Week of Action on Food and Climate Justice – World Food Day 2014 A report by the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum The 2014 World Food Day theme – Family Farming: “Feeding the world, caring for the earth” – has been chosen to raise the profile of family farming and smallholder farmers. It focuses world attention on the significant role of family farming ...
Speech by Andrew Johnston, 1st September 2014 “To come to pay tribute to Thomas Kocherry here today is indeed an honour, but believe me it is an extremely daunting task as it brings in one feelings of sadness. But the greatest source of comfort we can deal with is not grief here today, but gratitude for what he has done ...