Enclosed are the outcomes of the Coastal Climate Forum, providing a platform for dialogue across all KNTI bases and gathering thousands of fisherfolk and stakeholders in the fisheries sector. The forum addressed shared challenges in coastal communities, emphasizing the importance of collaborative efforts to mitigate the impacts of climate change. Insights from diverse regions showcased adaptive strategies, underscoring the significance ...
Small-scale fishers are essential for feeding the world. Still, they are not properly recognized by most governments and institutions. In a context of rising hunger and food insecurity, this cannot be accepted anymore. We have to invest in SSF communities through dedicated policy actions, in order to give them relief from the pressure of climate change, the fishing industry and ...
Written by – Food Sovereignty Working Group of the World Forum Of Fisher People,2019 In November 2018, some WFFP members met in Thessaloniki, Greece, to take forward the GA7 resolution on Food Sovereignty. In this meeting, it was agreed that, in order to deepen the Food Sovereignty agenda in WFFP, it is necessary to establish a dialogue process. The objective ...
Jusqu’à récemment, les voix de millions de pêcheurs artisanaux dans les eaux intérieures, les principaux utilisateurs des ressources en eau douce et des cours d’eau intérieurs, restaient sans écho. En effet, les quelques études sur la pêche artisanale continentale, au niveau international et au niveau local et national, ont été principalement réalisées dans le milieu universitaire et celui des entreprises. ...
Until recently, the voices of millions of inland small-scale fishers, the primary users of freshwater resources and inland streams have been unheard. With the efforts of the WFFP working group on Inland Fishing and their first ever report on this neglected topic, time has come for a change. In most countries around the world, almost all fisheries management policies are ...
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 ...
The Human Rights Based Approach (HRBA) and the Rights-Based Approach (RBA) to fisheries represent two very different and contradictory approaches. Where the RBA with its focus on, so-called, ‘economic efficiency’ has led to widespread social disruption in fishing communities, the HRBA has profoundly positive structural, political, material, and cultural implications if implemented fully. As such, the HRBA to fisheries is ...
Déclaration de WFFP à l’occasion de la Journée Mondiale de la Pêche du 21.11.2016 «L’adoption de ces Directives internationales sur la pêche artisanale en 2014 par la Commission de la pêche [COFI] de l’Organisation des Nations Unies pour l’alimentation et l’agriculture [FAO] constitue une de nos plus grandes victoires.» a dit Naseegh Jaffer, Secrétaire Général de WFFP. «Lorsque nous avons ...
Declaración del WFFP sobre el Día Mundial de la Pesca 21.11.2016 “Una de nuestras mayores victorias es el respaldo de las Directrices Internacionales de Pesca en Pequeña Escala por el Comité de Pesca de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Agricultura y la Alimentación (FAO) en 2014” – Naseegh Jaffer, Secretario General del WFFP “Cuando desarrollamos las Directrices ...
WFFP statement on World Fisheries Day 21.11.2016 “One of our greatest victories is the endorsement of the International Small-scale Fisheries Guidelines by the Committee on Fisheries [COFI] of the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation [FAO] in 2014” – Naseegh Jaffer, the General Secretary of the WFFP. “When we developed the International guidelines, transnational corporations did not show any commitment towards ...