Civil society workshop calls on FAO, governments to recognize, guarantee rights of small-scale, indigenous fishing communities
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13 Oct 2008 - 18 Jan 2016
Representatives of small-scale fishing communities and indigenous communities dependent on fisheries for life and livelihood, and their supporters, have called on the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), other UN agencies, regional fisheries bodies and national governments to recognize and guarantee access rights of small-scale and indigenous fishing communities to territories, lands and waters on which they have traditionally depended for their life and livelihoods.
Related Topics: Poverty and Fisheries, The FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries: post-harvest practices and trade
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