We have witnessed powerful mobilization across continents — from national meetings and continental fora in Africa and Asia Pacific, to relentless social media action, the global campaign to support the Ngäbe Buglé fishers in Panama, our report launch on rising seas, our all-out campaign around COP-30 at Belém, and so much more!
Now, as we move toward International Human Rights Day (10 December) we are closing a campaign that began on 5 November (the first-ever International Fisherwomen’s Day) and travelled through World Fisher Peoples’ Day (21 November)!
At this final stretch, we are coming together to celebrate, to affirm our rights, and to continue resisting with a global call!
Determining Fisher Peoples Sovereignty: Reclaiming Panama for Indigenous Fishers and Our Victories for Customary Governance.
December 12
⏰ 3:00 PM CET / 7:30 PM IST / 8:00 AM Belize
🔗 Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88255817741?pwd=C7PjMIfa1rA3CAR2IEtJvAT5q57Y7a.1
Meeting ID: 8825581 7741
Passcode: 482510
We are seeing first hand the power of international through our Indigenous comrades in Panama who have been able to revert a government decision to take away their right to govern their ancestral island of Escudo de Veraguas also called Degö island. Every local, national, and international law supports the Ngäbe Buglé peoples rights to their ancestral fishing grounds, yet this year the Ministry of the Environment of Panama headed by Juan Carlos Navarro decided to attack those rights by prohibiting subsistence fishing, occupying the island with police, confiscating fishing equipment used for ancestral fishing, and tearing down houses of Indigenous residents unannounced.
This November it all came to a head with two meetings back to back where Ngäbe Buglé fishers confronted their government with the backing of international guests like Carlos Duarte, Chair of UNDROP. This webinar will address this and other cases of dispossession that go against international law and basic human rights.