19 July 2015 During the past days, leaders of the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) have gathered in Pondicherry, to discuss the main challenges facing fisherfolk across the world and how to confront these challenges. The leaders of the WFFP traveled from the Caribbean, Honduras, Canada, Mauritania, Kenya, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Pakistan. A key strategic decision at ...
SecrĂ©tariat international du WFFP Du 23 au 27 mars 2015, six reprĂ©sentants des deux organisations mondiales de pĂȘcheurs, le WFFP et le WFF, soutenus par lâICSF et par des chercheurs, ont participĂ© Ă la ConfĂ©rence de 2015 sur les droits dâaccĂšs Ă la pĂȘche, Ă Siem Reap au Cambodge. Ces dĂ©lĂ©guĂ©s, mĂȘme sâils Ă©taient peu nombreux, reprĂ©sentaient des millions de ...
World Social Forum, Tunis 23-28 March 2015 Social movements and civil society organizations engaged in the defense of the rights to land and water at the World Social Forum. For four days, the WFFP joined hundreds of activists in the fight against the grabbing of natural resources, including land and fish, and against the systematic violations of the associated human rights. Sharing ...
NyĂ©lĂ©ni, Mali, 27 February 2015 âWe are the owners of agroecology. It is shaped by farmers and other small-scale producers and its sophisticated theoretical and political constructions is what makes agroecology unique and resistant to co-optation by the neo-liberalsâ says Naseegh Jaffer, General Secretary of the WFFP. See Declaration of the International Forum for Agroecology Global social movements gathered at ...
10 febrero 2015 La lucha contra el acaparamiento de océanos concierne a los pescadores de todo el mundo. En solidaridad con los pescadores hondureños y los miembros de WFFP en Honduras, WFFP ha instado al presidente y a los diputados del Congreso a que cumplan con sus obligaciones internacionales. Lea la carta abierta al presidente. Honduras es miembro de las ...
The WFFP urges for better protection of small-scale fishers at the inter-governmental working group of the Human Rights Council on the rights of peasants, fishers and other people working in rural areas. Since the global food crisis of 2008, the UN Special Rapporteur on the right to food, Olivier De Schutter, has emphasized that peasants and other people working in ...
10 February, 2015 The struggle against Ocean Grabbing is a struggle of all fisher peoples across the world. In solidarity with the Honduran fishers and the Honduran WFFP members, the WFFP has urgently alerted the president and the members of the national congress to adhere to their international obligations. Read open letter to the president Honduras, as a member of the United ...
“My plea is simple — to reject the commodification of nature. Land grabs were the start of market-led colonisation; now itâs the turn of water, including oceans. The natural commons, on which depend livelihoods of tens of millions, should not be allowed to become hostage to market greed and predatory states.” These were the opening words on Mr. Muhammad ...
World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) calls for increased support for communities struck by Ebola The World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) has called for an accelerated action to support West African communities devastated by the scourge of Ebola. Abdul Koroma, Secretary General of the The Sierra Leone Artisanal Fishers Union (SLAFU), a member organisation of the WFFP, has informed ...
Statement made by: Naseegh Jaffer For the Global Civil Society Group (incorporating WFFP) President, on behalf of the Civil Society Mechanism, we warmly welcome the initiative of the FAO Committee on Food Security to organize a policy round table on âSustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture for food security and nutritionâ, and we commend the report of the High Level Panel of Experts on ...