A Week of Action on Food and Climate Justice – World Food Day 2014 A report by the Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum The 2014 World Food Day theme – Family Farming: âFeeding the world, caring for the earthâ – has been chosen to raise the profile of family farming and smallholder farmers. It focuses world attention on the significant role of family farming ...
FishersNet Special Edition – WFFP 6th General Assembly Published: Vol. 23 September 2014 Since 2005 Masifundise Development Trust have been publishing FishersNet (commonly known as VissersNet in Afrikaans), a newsletter which aims to keep fisher communities informed about the recent activities and developments in the Small- Scale Fisheries (SSF) sector and to share stories about their challenges and successes. The articles ...
The Global Ocean Grab Published: By TNI Agrarian Justice Programme, Masifundise and Afrika Kontakt. September 2014. The term âocean grabbingâ aims to cast new light on important processes that are negatively affecting the people and communities whose way of life and cultural identity depend on their involvement in small-scale fishing and closely related activities. Small-scale fishers and fishing communities in both ...
The 6th. General Assembly was opened with a warm welcome from the South African hosts, including the Chairperson of Masifundise, Mr. George Bongo. The WFFPs two co-coordinaters welcomed all delegates of the WFFP, the numerous observers from across the world and the strong presence of leaders of the fisher movement Coastal Links South Africa. Apologies were given for the ...
Un nouveau rapport, lâAccaparement des mers, vient dâĂȘtre publiĂ© par Transnational Institute, Masifundise et Afrika Kontakt en collaboration avec le WFFP (the Forum Mondial des Peuples de PĂȘcheurs). Il dĂ©voile la face cachĂ©e de la pĂȘche et des pĂȘcheurs. Une histoire complexe mĂȘlant durabilitĂ©, alimentation, modĂšles de dĂ©veloppement, cultures et politique, oĂč les droits des communautĂ©s cĂŽtiĂšres sont systĂ©matiquement bafouĂ©s ...
In an address to the United Nations General Assembly in 2012, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Olivier De Schutter, spoke about the major threat âOcean Grabbingâ poses to small-scale fishers. For the first time, the UN used a term which progressive movements had used for years. But little has been done to unpack its meaning, ...
A new report, The Global Ocean Grab, was published by the Transnational Institute, Masifundise and Afrika Kontakt together with WFFP. The term âocean grabbingâ aims to cast new light on important processes that are negatively affecting the people and communities whose way of life and cultural identity depend on small-scale fishing and related activities. Small-scale fishers and fishing communities in both the ...
A Call for Governments to Stop Supporting the Global Partnership for Oceans (GPO) and Rights-Based Fishing (RBF) Reforms Published: 20th March, 2013 We, the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) and the World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers (WFF), call on governments from all over the world, as well as inter-governmental institutions, to abandon the World Bank initiated Global Partnership for ...
Statement made by: The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) Made at: The Tripartite Meeting of Experts to Adopt Port State Control Measures for Implementation of the Work in Fishing  Convention, 2007 (No. 188) (Geneva, 15-19 February 2010) Thank you for the invitation to be represented as an observer at this Tripartite Meeting of Experts to adopt Port State ...