Final report of the seminar on indigenous fisheries in Amazonas, Brazil and the voluntary guidelines for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries in the context of food security and poverty eradication

Rainho, Ana Paula and Franca, Lorena (2019) Final report of the seminar on indigenous fisheries in Amazonas, Brazil and the voluntary guidelines for securing sustainable small-scale fisheries in the context of food security and poverty eradication. International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF), India.

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Abstract

A “Seminar on Indigenous Fisheries in Amazonas, Brazil and the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries” was held on March 27 and 28, 2019, in Manaus, capital of Amazonas state in Brazil. Supported by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Seminar was organised by Operation Native Amazonia (OPAN) and International Collective of Support of Fishworkers (ICSF). Along with many grassroots associations of the indigenous peoples’ movement, the programme was attended by FUNAI (National Indian Foundation) from Lábrea, São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Tabatinga and Manaus; FEI (State Indian Foundation); SAP (Special Secretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture) of the federal government of Brazil; the SEPA (Executive Secretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture) of the state of Amazonas; the ICMBio (Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation) of the state of Amazonas; ISA (Social and Environmental Institute); Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) Amazonas; CTI (Indigenous Labor Center); IFAM (Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Amazonas);and the Memorial Chico Mendes/ASPROC. The Seminar was planned with the aim of understanding the reality of indigenous fisheries in the state of Amazonas and extend issues related to artisanal fishing to indigenous peoples. Far from the debates around the Voluntary Guidelines for Securing Sustainable Small-Scale Fisheries in the Context of Food Security and Poverty Eradication (the SSF Guidelines) of FAO, indigenous peoples in the Amazon are unaware of these Guidelines, or even the human rights of small-scale fishing communities. Coastal and riverine artisanal fishermen, on the other hand, have always been present in the discussions of the Guidelines. In 2011, coastal and riverine fishermen from various parts of Brazil gathered in Prainha do Campo Verde, Ceará, to contribute to the construction of the SSF Guidelines at the international level. This process was followed up by debates on the draft document, which were then spearheaded by the fishers’ movements, so that the guiding principles of the SSF Guidelines also became the fight flags of the main social movements related to fishing.

Item Type:	Documents
Class Number:	930.ICSF201
Keywords:	SSF Guidelines, FAO, Small-scale Fisheries, Fishing Communities, Fisheries Development, ICSF, Brazil, Operation Native Amazonia (OPAN), Social and Environmental Institute (ISA), International Institute of Education in Brazil (IEB), National Indian Institute (FUNAI), Solimoes River, Jurua River, Purus River, Negro River, Madeira River, Indigenous People, Indigenous Communities
Subjects:	SSF Guidelines
Depositing User:	Jeeva ICSF Rajan
Date Deposited:	20 Jan 2022 05:40
Last Modified:	20 Jan 2022 05:40
URI:	http://icsfarchives.net/id/eprint/8289

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