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 ...
FishersNet Special Edition – WFFP 6th General Assembly Published: Vol. 23 September 2014 Since 2005 Masifundise Development Trust have been publishing FishersNet (commonly known as VissersNet in Afrikaans), a newsletter which aims to keep fisher communities informed about the recent activities and developments in the Small- Scale Fisheries (SSF) sector and to share stories about their challenges and successes. The articles ...
The Global Ocean Grab Published: By TNI Agrarian Justice Programme, Masifundise and Afrika Kontakt. September 2014. The term ‘ocean grabbing’ aims to cast new light on important processes that are negatively affecting the people and communities whose way of life and cultural identity depend on their involvement in small-scale fishing and closely related activities. Small-scale fishers and fishing communities in both ...
Aside from all the enlightening discussions and work towards the protection of small-scale fisheries rights, the 6th WFFP conference also served as the election grounds for the WFFP new Coordination Committee going forward. The new committee was decided upon via a consensus and comments from all members within the WFFP whilst including the aims of having a group that was ...
