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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.”

National Fishworker’s Forum prevents massive eviction of fisher communities

When the federal government of India first brought in the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) in 1991, it was designed to protect the first 500 meters of India’s coastline and ensure preferential access rights for fishers. However, up until 2005 the act had been amended a total of 22 times in favour of industries and hoteliers, leading to a loss of ...

Ecuador: Shrimp Farming vs. Ancestral Land Rights

[button link=’https://wffp-web.org/2014/08/24/cria-de-camaron-frente-derechos-territoriales-ancestrales-en-ecuador/’ size=’large’ color=’red’ target=’blank’]En Español[/button] Ecuador is the fifth largest producer of shrimp worldwide, generating over one billion dollars a year. Ecuador’s fragile wetlands have been devastated by shrimp farming – according to official statistics, the national area of mangroves went from 362,000 hectares to 108,000 hectares. Although the shrimp industry employs 250,000 people in Ecuador, a much higher ...

CrĂ­a de camarĂłn frente a derechos territoriales ancestrales en Ecuador

[button link=’https://wffp-web.org/2014/08/24/ecuador-shrimp-farming-vs-ancestral-land-rights/?preview=true&preview_id=506&preview_nonce=2c531e48ff&post_format=standard’ size=’large’ color=’blue’ target=’blank’]In English[/button] Ecuador es el quinto mayor productor mundial de camarĂłn, una actividad que genera más de mil millones de dĂłlares estadounidenses al año. Los frágiles humedales del paĂ­s han sido devastados por la crĂ­a de camarĂłn; segĂşn estadĂ­sticas oficiales, la superficie nacional de manglares se ha reducido de 362.000 hectáreas a apenas 108.000. Aunque la industria del camarĂłn emplea ...

Kenya’s Fishers Victims of National Politics

When the terrorization of the Horn of Africa by the Al-Quaeda linked Al-Shabaab could no longer be ignored, Kenya responded by sending troops into Southern Somalia in October 2011, but even that could not put an end the threat upon the local populace, including fishing communities. Political turmoil in the coastal region has seen attacks carried out in the name ...