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 ...
La llamada “Conferencia de nuestro océano”, organizada cada año por los gobiernos y el sector privado, es un evento creado a partir de un enfoque completo y puramente capitalista, mercantilista y financiero, que apoya la agenda del “crecimiento azul”. Este año, en Bali (Indonesia), mientras las corporaciones transnacionales y los gobiernos discutirán soluciones financieras y basadas en el mercado para ...
Hoje, o Grupo de Trabalho das Pescas Internas do Fórum Mundial de Pessoas Pescadas (WFFP) está de pé com os irmãos e irmãs do movimento de outras pessoas no Fórum Alternativo Mundial da Água de 2018 para apelo à proteção das águas que sustentam a vida de nossas comunidades, meios de subsistência e culturas. O Grupo de Trabalho sobre Pescas ...
FORUM MONDIAL DE L’EAU ALTERNATIF 2018 : DÉCLARATION DU GROUPE DE TRAVAIL SUR LES PÊCHES INTÉRIEURES
Aujourd’hui, le Groupe de travail sur les pêches continentales du Forum mondial des pêcheurs (WFFP) se tient avec les frères et sœurs du mouvement des autres peuples au Forum mondial alternatif de l’eau 2018 pour appeler à la protection des eaux qui soutiennent la vie de nos communautés, moyens de subsistance et cultures. Le Groupe de travail sur les pêches ...
Hoy, el Grupo de Trabajo de Pesca Continental del Foro Mundial de Pueblos Pescadores (WFFP) se une a los hermanos y hermanas del movimiento de otros pueblos en el Foro Mundial Alternativo del Agua 2018 para pedir la protección de las aguas que sustentan la vida de nuestras comunidades, medios de vida y culturas. El Grupo de Trabajo de Pesca ...
Today the Inland Fisheries Working Group of the World Forum of Fisher People (WFFP) Is standing with brothers and sisters of other peoples’ movement at the 2018 Alternative World Water Forum to call for the protection of the waters that support the life of our communities, livelihoods and cultures. The Inland Fisheries Working Group was given a mandate at the ...
WFFP statement on World Fisheries Day 21.11.2016 “One of our greatest victories is the endorsement of the International Small-scale Fisheries Guidelines by the Committee on Fisheries [COFI] of the UN Food and Agricultural Organisation [FAO] in 2014” – Naseegh Jaffer, the General Secretary of the WFFP. “When we developed the International guidelines, transnational corporations did not show any commitment towards ...
Editorial by Naseegh Jaffer, WFFP General Secretary On November 21, 2016 the World Forum of Fisher People entered our 19th year of existence of fighting for the human rights of the world’s small-scale fishing communities. So, with this newsletter we want our members, allies and supporters to get ready for a new decade to take our struggle to greater heights. ...
WFFP statement on World Fisheries Day 21.11.2015 In the run-up to COP21 in Paris, WFFP denounces ‘false solutions’ to climate change and instead call on governments to implement the International Small-Scale Fisheries guidelines. Small-scale fisherfolk across the world provide the socially and ecologically just solutions. On this day, 18 years ago, the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) was founded ...
5 November 2015 Joint Press Statement by the World Forum of Fisher Peoples’ (WFFP) and the World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fish Workers (WFF) With the Coastal Fisheries Initiative (CFI) the FAO, the World Bank, Conservation International and others have launched a wide reaching program aiming at the reform of fisheries policy across the world. Through a period of ...