This past week, devastating floods swept through Brazil and parts of East Africa. These catastrophic events claimed hundreds of lives, displaced hundreds of thousands of people, and damaged critical infrastructure. Amidst the world’s ongoing crises, these disasters must not go unnoticed. In Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, incessant rainfall and unrelenting flooding have overwhelmed the state, affecting 70% of the area. This has ...
WFFP ASIAN WOMEN’S FORUM The Asian Women’s Forum met on 26 January 2024 at the NAFSO Auditorium at No.10, Malwatta Road, Negombo, Sri Lanka with 13 representatives from 7 Asian countries. They were: Rashieda Begum and Sanat Bowhmic (Banglasesh); Jesu Rethinam and Ramakrishna Tandel (India); Miftahul Khausar, Esra Dwi Lestari and Masnuah from Indonesia; Azrilnizam Omar (Malaysia); Yasmeen Shah (Pakistan), Pablo ...
Today marks a significant milestone in the advocacy for fisher peoples’ rights and concerns worldwide as the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) proudly unveils its official website. The momentous occasion took place at the General Secretariat of Sri Lanka, with Mr. Herman Kumara, the General Secretary of WFFP, leading the inauguration. Joined by other esteemed office bearers and representatives ...
22-23 January 2018 Honourable Chairperson, Excellencies, Distinguished Delegates and Observers, Ladies and Gentlemen We, the 36 representatives of small and medium-scale farmers, rural women and youth, fisherfolk, agricultural workers, livestock keepers, pastoralists, indigenous peoples, landless peoples, consumers, and NGOs representing national, regional and international CSOs coming from 23 countries met in Khartoum, Sudan, on the 22nd and 23rd of January ...
The WFFP extends condolences to family and friends of Ismail Saleh Abu Reyala who was shot dead by the Israeli Navy on 25 February. Ismail who turned 18 just over a month ago (9 January) was preparing lunch on a fishing trip in the Northern area of Gaza territorial waters together with Aahed Hassan Abu Ali and Mahmoud Aadel Abu ...
The importance of Food Sovereignty – as a means, a goal, and a global movement – is long recognized by the WFFP leadership: Food Sovereignty is a political agenda of small-scale food producers in the defense of our rivers, lakes, oceans and land. It is a response to the encroachment of our food system by multinational corporations who, in the ...
4 de junio de 2017 Instamos a los estados miembros de la ONU a trabajar con los movimientos de los pueblos de pescadores a pequeña escala para lograr la implementación de las Directrices PPE. En su 32ª sesión en julio de 2016, el Comité de Pesca (COFI, por sus siglas en inglés) de la FAO adoptó por unanimidad el Marco ...
4 juin 2017 Nous appelons les états membres de l’ONU à travailler avec les mouvements des pêcheurs artisanaux pour la mise en œuvre des Directives visant à assurer la durabilité de la pêche artisanale. Lors de sa 32ème séance en juillet 2016, le Comité des pêches (COFI) de la FAO a adopté à l’unanimité le Cadre stratégique mondial (CSM) pour ...
4 June 2017 We call upon the UN member-states to work with the small-scale fisher peoples movements towards the implementation of the International Guidelines on Securing Sustainable Small-scale Fisheries (SSF guidelines). At its 32nd session in July 2016, the Committee on Fisheries (COFI) of the FAO unanimously adopted the Global Strategic Framework (GSF) to facilitate the implementation of the SSF ...
El Foro Mundial de Pueblos Pescadores (WFFP) celebra el Día Internacional de Acción por los Ríos reclamando a los gobiernos que implementen las Directrices Voluntarias para Garantizar la Pesca Sostenible a Pequeña Escala (VG-SSF) de la FAO para ríos y otras pescas continentales y desarrollen políticas para proteger los derechos de comunidades pesqueras continentales y garantizar su soberanía alimentaria. Al ...