Highlighting Environmental Leadership by Small-Scale Fishers
This 90-minute webinar (available below in English, French and Spanish) highlights the efforts of small-scale fishing communities and organizations around the world to protect and restore their local environments and fishery resources, and to safeguard livelihoods and food security. Webinar speakers include leaders of global fisher organizations, local-level fishers sharing their stewardship experiences, FAO representatives and the SSF-Stewardship project team. A question-and-answer period is included.
Translation between English, French and Spanish provided by Native International ( https://www.nativeinternational.net ).
Speakers in this global webinar:
Host/Moderator:
Lena Westlund, Equitable Livelihoods Team, Fisheries Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Co-Host and Presenter:
Anthony Charles, SSF-Stewardship Project Lead and Professor, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada
Panelists:
1. Ms. Vera Agostini, Deputy Director, Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
2. Mrs. Lydia Sasu, Development Action Association (Ghana) with Bernice Bebli and Francise Agbeshie, Densu Estuary Oyster Pickers Association (Ghana)
3. Mr. Sama ae Jeomodor, Secretary General of the Thailand Association of the Federation of Fisherfolk with translation support from Ms. Ravadee Prasertcharoensuk, Sustainable Development Foundation (Thailand)
4. Mr. Ismail Mahamoudou, Secretary General of the Iconi Fishermen’s Cooperative/ Coopérative des Pêcheurs d’Iconi (Comoros), and Vice-President of the Federation of Artisanal Fishermen of the Indian Ocean/ Fédération des Pêcheurs Artisanaux de l’Océan Indien (FPAOI)
5. Mr. Omar Ortuño Orellana, President of the Association of Cochabamba Fishers/ Asociación de Pescadores Cochabamba (ASPECO) (Bolivia)
6. Mr. Manas Roshan, International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF)
Organized by Saint Mary’s University, the Community Conservation Research Network (CCRN), and
the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
