Tracks for the future: The Fisher People’s Forum at the World Summit on Sustainable Development provided an alternative platform

Sunde, Jackie (2002) Tracks for the future: The Fisher People’s Forum at the World Summit on Sustainable Development provided an alternative platform. Samudra Report (33). pp. 46-49. ISSN 0973 1121

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Abstract

On 22 August 2002, 240 participants from fisher and coastal communities in the Western Cape of South Africa boarded the ‘Fisher People’s Train’ at Cape Town station and departed for the United Nations World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD) in Johannesburg. There they were joined by 34 fishers and fishing activists from all over the world who had come for the Fisher People’s Forum at the WSSD. This Forum was hosted by Masifundise Development Organization, with support from the Artisanal Fishers Association of South Africa and the World Forum of Fisher People (WFFP).

Item Type:	Articles
Class Number:	920.SAM0412
Keywords:	Samudra Report, ICSF, South Africa, World Summit on Sustainable Development (WSSD), World Forum of Fisher People (WFFP), Fishing Rights, Fishing Communities
Subjects:	Right to Resources
Depositing User:	Jeeva ICSF Rajan
Date Deposited:	21 Sep 2021 05:07
Last Modified:	30 Mar 2022 11:40
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/1084

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