Marine Protected Areas in South Africa – ocean grabbing by another name
By: Mads Barbesgaard, Carsten Pedersen, Timothé Feodoroff
Published on 21st November 2014 International World Fishers day in The Ecologist
In an article published in the Ecologist, Mads Barbesgaard from Afrika Kontakt, Carsten Pedersen from Masifundise Development Trust and Timothé Feodoroff from Transnational Institute reflect on World Fisheries Day, where fisher peoples and their allies took to the streets and beaches to fight against ocean grabbing in all its forms – including Marine Protected Areas imposed without consultation that rob and criminalise local communities and benefit only privileged outsiders.