A new report, The Global Ocean Grab, was published by the Transnational Institute, Masifundise and Afrika Kontakt together with WFFP. 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 small-scale fishing and related activities. Small-scale fishers and fishing communities in both the ...
On behalf of the World Forum of Fisher People, the World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers, the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers and the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty we would like to commend Governments and the FAO for bringing the world’s attention to importance of small scale fisheries. Since the adoption of the Code of ...
Statement made by: Zoila Bustamente Cardenas on behalf of the World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers (WFF), World Forum of Fisher People (WFFP), International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) and the International Planning Committee on Food Sovereignty (IPC). Made at: Technical Consultation on International Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small Scale Fisheries. Rome, Italy, 20 to 24 May 2013. My name ...
Statement made by: Pradip Chatterjee, Secretary of the National Fishworkers’ Forum (NFF). Made at: the National Tripartite Workshop on Work in Fishing Convention No.188. Organised by Government of India and ILO Goa, 08‐09 February, 2013 First of all I wish to convey my thanks to the Government of India and International Labour Organisation for inviting NFF in this Government of India ...
Conference: Eleventh Conference of Parties to the CBD. On Agenda Item 13.3: Inland Waters Biodiversity. 8-19 October 2012 Made by: World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) and International Collective in Support of Fishworker (ICSF) With millions of people dependent on inland water fisheries for a livelihood, fishing communities perhaps have one of the largest stakes stake in ensuring the health of inland waters ...
Statement made by: International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Made at: HLS on marine and coastal biodiversity, COP11, CBD, India. 18 October 2012. About 400 million people worldwide are estimated to depend on inland and marine fisheries and fish farming for a livelihood. Most of them are in the artisanal and small-scale sector in the tropical multi-species fisheries of the developing ...
Statement made by: World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) and International Collective in Support of Fishworker (ICSF) on Made at: Eleventh Conference of Parties to the CBD, 8-19 October 2012. Agenda Item 13.3: Inland Waters Biodiversity With millions of people dependent on inland water fisheries for a livelihood, fishing communities perhaps have one of the largest stakes stake in ensuring the health of inland ...
Made by: World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) and International Collective in Support of Fishworker (ICSF) Where: Eleventh Conference of Parties to the CBD. 8-19 October 2012 Statement made on Agenda Item 10: Marine and Coastal Biodiversity. The World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) and the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) would like to highlight the concerns of small-scale and ...
Civil Society Statement made by: Cairo Roberto Laguna on behalf of the World Forum of Fish Harvesters (WFF), the World Forum of Fisher People (WFFP), the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) and the Internal Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC). Made at: the 30th Session of the Committee on Fisheries on the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United ...
Made by: Cairo Roberto Laguna on behalf of the World Forum of Fish Harvesters (WFF), the World Forum of Fisher People (WFFP), the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) and the Internal Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC) Made at: 30th Session on the Committee on Fisheries Agenda Item 10 (a): Update on the development of International Guidelines for Securing ...