Statement of the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) – 18 April 2020 In just over three months, COVID19 has changed the lives of all peoples and triggered unprecedented responses from governments across the world. To date, small-scale fishing communities have not been heard in the conversation on how to respond to COVID19. In fact, most government responses expose the ...
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 ...
We are excited to learn that the final version of the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (SSF Guidelines) is now available online and in six different languages on the FAO website. Follow these links for English, French and Spanish versions. These Guidelines are the first negotiated international instrument dedicated specifically to small-scale ...
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 ...