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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.”

Breaking the Chains of ‘Historical Injustice’ Dalits and Adivasis assert their rights over the Sundarban Forest

Press release, 2 February 2016, Kolkata “The tiger is not our threat, the Forest Department is.” “Forest Department Kee Jaagir Nahi; Sundarban Humara Hai” Asserting their rights over the Sundarban forest, more than 200 people from the region assembled at the Public Hearing in Sundarban islands on 31st January 2016. The Press Conference of the Public Hearing took place at ...

The arbitrary arrest of Mr. Saeed Baloch by the Pakistani Rangers is an assault on nature and the Human Rights of the country’s fisher people.

Press statement, Cape Town, 29 January 2016 We call upon the Pakistani authorities to make public the exact location of detention of Mr. Baloch. We furthermore demand that the principles of due process and all of Mr. Baloch’s human rights as internationally recognized, are fully respected. In the late afternoon of 16 January, Mr. Baloch informed his colleagues from the ...

World Fisheries Day 2014 - Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum

The World Forum of Fisher Peoples’ calls for the immediate release of Mr. Saeed Baloch, General Secretary of the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum

Press Statement, 18 January 2016 Pakistan must release Mr. Saeed Baloch immediately. Mr. Baloch was arrested on 16 January by the Pakistan Rangers, who works under the command of the Pakistan Army. Mr. Baloch is a Human Rights activist since the 1980’ies. He was associated with the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF), that works to protect the socio-economic and political rights ...

Non au Carbone Bleu, oui à la souveraineté alimentaire et à la justice climatique !

DĂ©claration du Forum mondial des peuples pĂȘcheurs (WFFP) et du Forum mondial des pĂȘcheurs et travailleurs de la pĂȘche (WFF) sur les nĂ©gociations de la COP21 Ă  Paris en 2015 Alors que les changements climatiques ont des rĂ©sultats de plus en plus dĂ©vastants, il devient clair que les nĂ©gociations du CCNUCC, dominĂ©es par les entreprises, ne font pas partie de ...

No to Blue Carbon, yes to food sovereignty and climate justice!

Statement issued by World Forum of Fisher Peoples’ (WFFP) & World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers in relation to the COP21 negotiations in Paris, 2015. As the devastating consequences of climate change become ever more disastrous, it is likewise becoming ever more clear that the corporate-dominated UNFCCC-negotiations are not part of the solution but part of the problem. ...

Carbono Azul: ¿Acaparamiento de océanos encubierto?

Los pescadores refrescan al planeta: Sin el control de los pueblos pesqueros sobre las tierras y el agua, no habrĂ­a justicia climĂĄtica Únete a la primera lĂ­nea en la asamblea pĂșblica del 8 de diciembre, de 3 a 6 de la tarde, en ParĂ­s En 1998, las Naciones Unidas crearon el Grupo Intergubernamental de Expertos sobre el Cambio ClimĂĄtico y ...

Join the frontline communities at our public meeting on 8 December @3-6pm in Paris

In 1988, the United Nations established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and since then leaders of the world have met year after year to discuss how to combat climate change. Today, we have to conclude that the leaders have failed. When they meet in Paris for COP21, we now what to expect: their proposals to combat climate change builds ...

DeclaraciĂłn del Foro Mundial de Pescadores en el dĂ­a Mundial de la Pesca

21 de noviembre 2015 En el perĂ­odo previo a la COP21 de ParĂ­s, el WFFP denuncia “soluciones falsas” al cambio climĂĄtico y pide a los gobiernos que ejecuten las pautas para la pesquerĂ­a internacional a pequeña escala. Los pueblos pesqueros a pequeña escala de todo el mundo ofrecen soluciones sociales y ecolĂłgicas justas . Tal dĂ­a como hoy, hace 18 ...

World Fisheries Day: WFFP denounces ‘false solutions’ to climate change

WFFP statement on World Fisheries Day 21.11.2015 In the run-up to COP21 in Paris, WFFP denounces ‘false solutions’ to climate change and instead call on governments to implement the International Small-Scale Fisheries guidelines. Small-scale fisherfolk across the world provide the socially and ecologically just solutions. On this day, 18 years ago, the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) was founded ...

Los pescadores dicen NO a la Iniciativa para la Pesca Costera

5 de noviembre de 2015 Comunicado de prensa conjunto del World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) y el Foro Mundial de Pescadores y Trabajadores de la Pesca (FMPTP) Con la Iniciativa para la Pesca Costera (CFI en sus siglas en inglés), la FAO, el Banco Mundial y Conservación Internacional, entre otros, han puesto en marcha un programa de largo alcance ...