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Declaration of the Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles
World Social Forum, Tunis 23-28 March 2015 Social movements and civil society organizations engaged in the defense of the rights…
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Agro-ecology and small-scale fisher peoples
Nyéléni, Mali, 27 February 2015 “We are the owners of agroecology. It is shaped by farmers and other small-scale producers…
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Open letter to the President of the Republic of Honduras
10 February, 2015 The struggle against Ocean Grabbing is a struggle of all fisher peoples across the world. In solidarity…
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WFFP statement to the working group of the Human Rights Council on the Peasants Declaration
“My plea is simple — to reject the commodification of nature. Land grabs were the start of market-led colonisation;…
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World Fisheries Day 2014: Masifundise&Coastal Links South Africas national gender workshop
This world fisheries Day Masifundise Development Trust and Coastal Links embarked on a national gender workshop to brainstorm how ocean…
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World Fisheries Day 2014: Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum’s week of action
The Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) took to the streets this November to raise awareness about ocean grabbing and to promote…
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Mads Barbesgaard’s Report on Ocean Grabbing
Mads Barbesgaards, chairperson of Afrika Kontakt, gives a report on Ocean Grabbing and it’s context within neo-liberalisim and growing inequality,…
Continue Reading →The struggle for Coastal Sovereignty in the Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras
Honduras’ pristine marine waters are under multiple threats from transnational corporations and investors, as well as powerful politicians. Since the…
Continue Reading →Ocean Grabbing - A Worldwide Threat
In an address to the United Nations General Assembly in 2012, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to…
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A new report on Ocean Grabbing
A new report, The Global Ocean Grab, was published by the Transnational Institute, Masifundise and Afrika Kontakt together with WFFP. The…
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