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Fisher Peoples reject the “Our Ocean Conference” and organize the Ocean’s People Conference
The so called “Our Ocean Conference”, organized every year by governments and private sector, is an event created from a…
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Implement the letter and spirit of the International Small-scale Fisheries guidelines – no to distorting their interpretation!
WFFP statement on World Fisheries Day 21.11.2016 “One of our greatest victories is the endorsement of the International Small-scale Fisheries…
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BLUE CARBON: Ocean Grabbing in Disguise?
New report produced by fisher movements from across the world. The report challenges the political and economic elites and their…
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“Our land is never private”
“There is a parcel of land they [investors] say is private. Private belonging to who?” asks Christiana Louwa of the…
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Breaking the Chains of ‘Historical Injustice’ Dalits and Adivasis assert their rights over the Sundarban Forest
Press release, 2 February 2016, Kolkata “The tiger is not our threat, the Forest Department is.” “Forest Department Kee Jaagir…
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The arbitrary arrest of Mr. Saeed Baloch by the Pakistani Rangers is an assault on nature and the Human Rights of the country’s fisher people.
Press statement, Cape Town, 29 January 2016 We call upon the Pakistani authorities to make public the exact location of…
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Join the frontline communities at our public meeting on 8 December @3-6pm in Paris
In 1988, the United Nations established the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and since then leaders of the world have…
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Press statement: WFFP denounces Ocean Grabbing and demands social and economic justice
19 July 2015 During the past days, leaders of the World Forum of Fisher Peoples (WFFP) have gathered in Pondicherry,…
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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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