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Three leaders of World Forum of Fisher Peoples – WFFP WFFP attended a training program at Sao Paolo, Brazil which was facilitated in collaboration with LVC, WMW, FoEI, FIAN International, TNI, WH, GI, and WFFP.
The program focused attention on Human Rights Violations and the challenges faced by Human Rights Defenders all over the world. The killings, disappearances, forced abductions, Smear campaigns, arrests, detentions, and much more harassment experienced by HRDs and the need for a collective effort to face the challenges.
Josana Pinto of MPP Brazil and the Continental representative of Caribbean and Latin America was among the speakers at the program and said, “We are SSF in the world need more attention from our Comrades as we are the most vulnerable communities among other food producers in the world.”

The Zrayeb of Mellita : When Palm Trees Feed the Sea

In Djerba, an ancestral fishing practice invites us to defend small-scale fisheries and the future of coastal communities By Hassiba Belghith, ecotourism specialist and advocate for the preservation of natural and intangible heritage – Alliance for Food Sovereignty in MENA   In Mellita, on the western coast of Djerba, fishing begins long before the fish reaches the table. It begins ...

Protected: Marcela Ramos of Chile joined the UN negotiations on legally binding instruments on transnational corporations and human rights in Geneva in October 2026.

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Carmen mannarino, a representative of WFFP and the director of Masifundise development trust, addressed the dangers of industrial aquaculture in Geneva. 

At the event held in Geneva, Switzerland, in connection with the launch of the Checkmate campaign and the 12th session of UN negotiations on a legally binding treaty on business and human rights ” Carmen ” highlighted how large scale industrial aquaculture threatens small scale fishing communities, marine ecosystems, and food sovereignty. As Director of Masifundise, a South African organisation ...

Protected: Herman Kumara, General Secretary of the WFFP, participated in the negotiations on the UN legally binding instrument on transnational corporations and human rights in Geneva

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Fisher People at the Centre: WFFP at FAO’s Committee on Fisheries in Rome

Rome, 7–11 September 2026 While governments debate the future of the world’s fish at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the people who actually live from the water have taken their place in the same halls. This week the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) is in Rome for the 37th Session of the Committee on Fisheries ...

Our Ocean School’s First Training of Trainers (TOT) Programme on Aqua Ecology Successfully Held in Negombo, Sri Lanka

From 12 to 15 August 2026, the World Forum Of Fisher Peoples ( WFFP ), in close collaboration with the National Fisheries Solidarity Movement ( NAFSO ) Sri lanka, successfully conducted the inaugural Training of Trainers (TOT) programme of “Our Ocean School” on Aqua Ecology in Negombo. This landmark international gathering brought together youth leaders and participants from WFFP member ...

WFFP Strengthens Solidarity with Pastoralists at the World Pastoralist Assembly in Mongolia

Gorkhi-Terelj, Tuv Province, Mongolia | 15–16 August 2026 The World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) was proud to participate in the World Pastoralist Assembly, held from 15–16 August 2026 in Gorkhi-Terelj, Tuv Province, Mongolia. This gathering, organised in the context of the International Year of Rangelands and Pastoralists (IYRP 2026) and ahead of UNCCD COP17, brought together Indigenous and traditional ...

Fisherwomen of Pari Island: Defending Land, Livelihood, and Community

On a small island in the waters near Jakarta, a group of women are fighting a quiet but determined battle. They are fishers first people whose lives are tied to the sea, the tides, and the narrow stretch of coast that has sustained their families for generations. Yet today the women of Pari Island find themselves defending far more than ...

WFFP Coordinating Committee Meeting Underway on Pari Island, Indonesia

The Coordinating Committee (CC) of the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) has officially begun its meeting on Pari Island, Indonesia. Gathering on this frontline island of traditional fisher peoples, the CC strengthens the collective struggle for food sovereignty, climate justice, and the rights of fisher peoples worldwide. Pari Island, part of the Kepulauan Seribu (Thousand Islands) near Jakarta, stands ...

Solidarity with “Balıkçılar Village” : Small-Scale Fishers Resist Industrial Cage Aquaculture in Turkey’s Black Sea

  The small-scale fisher community of “Balıkçılar Köyü” (Fishermen’s Village) in “Rize’s Pazar district”, on Turkey’s Black Sea coast is now facing a threat of losing it’s livelihood. The village is collectively resisting plans to install industrial fish cages in their traditional fishing grounds. According to recent reporting, companies are rapidly expanding cage aquaculture across the Black Sea, turning coastal ...