Statement on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity

Statement made by: International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF). Made at: the 16th Session of the SBSTTA to the CBD. 30 April – 5 May 2012, Montreal, Canada   Agenda Item 6: Marine and Coastal Biological Diversity It is now well recognized, including in several decisions of the CBD, that traditional scientific, technical, and technological knowledge of indigenous and local communities, consistent ...

Intervention on Sub-Committee on Fish and Fish Trade as International Commodity

Statement made by: International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Made at: Thirteenth Session of the FAO Sub-Committee on Fisheries – Trade. Hyderabad, India, 20-24 February 2012.   Agenda Item 12: COFI Sub-Committee on Fish and Fish Trade as International Commodity Body for the Common Fund for Commodities Decent work means productive work in conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity. It encompasses ...

Statement on Value Chain Analysis and International Trade

Statement made by: International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Made at: Thirteenth Session of the FAO Sub-Committee on Fisheries – Trade. Hyderabad, India, 20-24 February 2012.   Agenda Item 5: Value Chain Analysis and International Trade ICSF would like to express its appreciation for the background paper that the FAO Secretariat has provided on this agenda item. ICSF supports the need to improve ...

Statement at the Thirteenth Session of the FAO Sub-Committee on Fisheries

Statement made by: Intervention made by International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Made at: FAO Sub-Committee on Fisheries, Thirteenth Session. Hyderabad, India, 20-24 February 2012.   Agenda Item: 5 Thank you, Mr. Chair, for giving us the opportunity to speak. Like other distinguished delegations, ICSF would also like to congratulate you on your election as the Chair of this Session. We hope your knowledge ...

Inputs to the Rio+20 Compilation Document

Inputs made by: Contribution of International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) to outcomes of the Rio+20 Conference Made at: United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development, Rio+20. 1 November 2011.   Inputs for Compilation Document 1. Introduction 1.    ICSF welcomes the objective of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development: Rio+20 to secure renewed political commitment for sustainable development.We welcome its focus on ...

Statement from the National Workshop on Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries: Towards FAO Guidelines on Marine & Inland Small-scale Fisheries

Statement made at: The National Workshop on Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries: Towards FAO Guidelines on Marine & Inland Small-scale Fisheries. Kolkata, India.19 – 21 September 2011. Organized by: National Fishworkers’ Forum (NFF). In Collaboration with the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF).   We, 62 participants representing the inland and marine fishing communities, fishworker organizations, and non-governmental organizations, having gathered at the National Workshop on Sustainable Small-Scale ...

Intervention made at the 12th meeting of the UNICPOLOS

Intervention made by: INTERNATIONAL COLLECTIVE IN SUPPORT OF FISHWORKERS (ICSF) Made at: The 12th Meeting of the United Nations Open-ended Informal Consultative Process on Oceans and the Law of the Sea (UNICPOLOS). 22 June 2011 Artisanal and small-scale fisheries make significant contribution to sustainable development, particularly in labour- surplus economies by sustaining coastal communities and indigenous peoples whose livelihoods, quality of life and ...

Good Practices in the Governance of Small-Scale Fisheries: Sharing of Experiences and Lessons Learned in Responsible Fisheries for Social and Economic Development

Joint statement made by: WFFP, WFF, CSF, PC on Agenda Item 10: Good Practices in the Governance of Small-Scale Fisheries: Sharing of Experiences and Lessons Learned in Responsible Fisheries for Social and Economic Development. Made at: The 29th Session of the Committee on Fisheries (COFI), 3 February 2011. I read this statement on behalf of the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP), the World Forum of ...

Statement made at the CBD COP 10 on marine and coastal biodiveristy

Statement made by: the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) and the International Collective in Support of Fishworkers. Made at: The Tenth Conference of Parties to the CBD on marine and coastal biodiversity (Item 5.2. Marine and coastal biodiversity), Nagoya, Japan. 19 October, 2010. (1) Marine and coastal protected areas: Small-scale fishing communities, threatened by biodiversity loss and degradation of coastal ecosystems, ...

Recommendations from the Conference on artisanal fisheries, protected areas and climate change

Recommendations from: Conference on artisanal fisheries, protected areas and climate change, 31 August – 3 September 2010, Recife, Brazil The Conference acknowledges The importance of the marine extractive reserves along the Brazilian Coast as means of  marine resources conservation and the survival  of a diversity of cultures and ways of living of artisanal fishers The role of these reserves on ...