by Masifundise | Aug 26, 2022 | climate change, Customary Rights, Discussion Papers, extractives, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook, WFFP
On June 17, 2022, the World Trade Organization (WTO) finalized the agreement on the widely debated negotiations aimed at limiting fisheries subsidies that contribute and create a conducive environment to overfishing. The agreement aimed to protect overfished stocks by...
by Masifundise | Jun 10, 2022 | climate change, Customary Rights, Discussion Papers, Events, extractives, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Latest News, Policy Process, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook, WFFP
The United Nations Ocean Conference 2022 (UNOC2022) will take place from 27 June to 1 July 2022 in Lisbon, Portugal. The conference aims to mobilize action and propel science-based innovative solutions directed at starting a new chapter of global ocean action rooted...
by Masifundise | Feb 18, 2022 | Customary Rights, Discussion Papers, Featured News, Food Sovereignty, Human Rights, Latest News, Policy Process, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Hook, WFFP
The African Advisory Group (AAG) is planning to assess the implementation of the Small-scale Fisheries Guidelines (SSFG) in 10 African countries this year. In February 2020, Masifundise coordinated a workshop in Zimbabwe to unite delegates from regional organisations...
by Masifundise | Feb 26, 2018 | Events, Food Sovereignty, Latest News, WFFP
On the 12 of March 2018, the General Meeting of the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC) will start in Cape Town. The IPC Sovereignty is an autonomous and self-organised global platform of small-scale food producers and rural workers...
by Masifundise | Dec 8, 2017 | Food Sovereignty, Small-scale Fishing, WFFP
From the 15th to the 21st of November 2017, members of the World Forum of Fisher People (WFFP), allies from social movements and support organisations gathered in Delhi for the WFFP 7th General Assembly. WFFP was founded in Delhi on the 21st November 1997, thus the...
by Masifundise | Oct 20, 2017 | Discussion Papers, Inland Fisheries, Latest News, Small-scale Fishing, Sustainable Livelihoods, WFFP
Until recently, the voices of millions of inland small-scale fishers, the primary users of freshwater resources and inland streams have been unheard. With the efforts of the WFFP working group on Inland Fishing and their first ever report on this neglected topic, time...
