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WFFP

@WorldFishers

The Official Twitter Account of the World Forum of Fisher Peoples. We fight in the interests and protect the rights of small scale fishers+fisheries world wide.

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Joined August 2014
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Small but important victory by fisherfolk in the fight against corporate impunity ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/06463b86… @StopTNCimpunity @WorldFishers

Royal Dutch Shell agrees £55m Nigeria oil spill settlement

Oil company to pay 15,000 fishermen average £2,000 each

ft.com
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@Acanthephyra @Survival See p. 9 in our primer on #oceangrabbing which has a case on Lake Victoria afrika.dk/sites/afrika.dk/fi… @WorldFishers
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We at @MasifundiseDT and Coastal Links r bringing DAff 2a standstill read our statement on the @WorldFishers fbook – at Cape Town, South Africa
Image from Leila Emdon (@leilaemdon)
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New animation on how a global movement of @WorldFishers is mobilising against #neoliberalism and #oceangrabbing youtube.com/watch?v=28Aa0Mud…
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From Pakistan to South Africa to DK: protests against #oceangrabbing #WorldFisheriesDay @Afrikakontakt @WorldFishers
Image from Mads Barbesgaard (@MadsBarbesgaard)
Image from Mads Barbesgaard (@MadsBarbesgaard)
Image from Mads Barbesgaard (@MadsBarbesgaard)
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#TPP: The Dirtiest #Trade Deal You've Never Heard Of #StopFastTrack youtube.com/watch?v=DnC1mqyA…
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.@WorldFishers on the World Bank's @GPOceans : "The oppressors have taken our rights-based language" #oceangrabbing – at Copenhagen, Denmark
Image from Mads Barbesgaard (@MadsBarbesgaard)
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#Oceangrabbing - a new wave of 21st century enclosures opendemocracy.net/nick-buxto… as explained by @transinstitute @Afrikakontakt @WorldFishers
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#SonSienAlles #Hoop vir #vissers! @DAFF_Ministry @WorldFishers dieson.mobi/news/read/8056/h…
Image from Son Koerant (@Sonkoerant)
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"We need to pay tribute to Chandrika, for all the hard work and sacrifice she has gone through" Jorge from Honduras #6thWFFPGA
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In sri Lanka multi nationals saw the 2004 tsunsmi as an opportunity 2 'invest'& 'develop' displacing sml scalefishers #2ndtsunami #6thwffpga
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Dawda Saine-Gambia talking about implementing fisheries policies in his country and the importance of mobilising.
Image from Masifundise Development Trust (@MasifundiseDT)
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The @WorldFishers is now formally recognized by the #FAO. This is a huge victory as we represent grass roots sml scale fishers #6thWFFPGA
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We need 2b aware that #worldbanks solution 2fisheries is privatization, the drivers of this agenda hav billions #6thwffpga @WorldFishers
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We are in the 2nd hour of the #6thWFFPGA. And the e house looks good
Image from Masifundise Development Trust (@MasifundiseDT)
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