6/17/09

DI BALIK PERUBAHAN IKLIM, ADB MENGEKSPLOITASI SUMBER DAYA ALAM

Jakarta, 16 Juni 2009. Bank Pembangunan Asia (ADB) bekerjasama dengan TERI (The Energy and Resources Institute) mengadakan High Level Dialogue bertajuk Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific – A Development Changllenge di Kantor Pusat ADB, Pasig, Filipina, mulai 16 – 18 Juni 2009. Pertemuan ini dihadiri oleh perwakilan dari lembaga finansial global, pebisnis, akademisi, dan lembaga internasional.

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6/16/09

Fishers Insist: No to New Loans, ADB Must Pay

(Manila, Philippines, 16 June 2009) – On Tuesday, hundreds of small fishers flocked in front of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Headquarters to demand payment for the environmental problems that ADB projects wrought to coastal communities. The demand was made during the opening of the High Level Dialogue on Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific which is being organized by the ADB.

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5/15/09

CONDEMN ILLEGAL DETENTION and DEPORTATION of 15 FILIPINO FISHER ACTIVISTS

The illegal detention and subsequent unlawful deportation of Filipino fisher activists from Kilusang Mangingisda (KM), Tambuyog Dev’t Center and South East Asia Fish for Justice Movement (SEAFISH) secretariat by Indonesia authorities in Manado, Indonesia is a condemnable act of human rights violation and deceit uncalled for a “democratic” government.

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Fisheries and Trade Campaign No to further liberalization of fisheries ...

Southeast Asia Conference on Women in Fisheries The conference with theme Defining Agenda and Action for the Advancement of Women and Gender Equity in Fisheries will be ...

Fisheries and Trade Campaign No to further liberalization of fisheries ...

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Fisheries and Trade

By 2010, the ASEAN Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) have issued a formal declaration addressing the specific position and gender specific interests of artisanal fisherfolk in fisheries development specifically in regional trade agreements, fisheries subsidies arrangements, and national fisheries management policy and practices

By 2010, the WTO will have publicly acknowledged through a formal ministerial declaration or committee report a consensus and gender specific definition of artisanal fisheries implying specific attention for this sector in the trade debates