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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Programs

SEAFish for Justice program is divided into four (4) major themes namely:

Fisheries and Trade

CBCRM and Markets

Shrimp and Aquaculture

Gender Equality and Women in Fisheries

Goal

By 2010, SEAFISH will have positioned itself as a regional network with a clear mandate from artisanal fisherfolk, coastal communities and their advocates to engage governments and multilateral institutions towards recognition of their rights and perspectives in fisheries management and trade

Objectives

• Recognition of the role of artisanal fisherfolk in policy formulation and decision making in fisheries in the WTO, ASEAN and ADB

• Adoption of CBCRM as a framework for sustainable fisheries and trade

• Reduced expansion of industrial shrimp aquaculture, and advocacy for socially and environmentally sound aquaculture practices that benefit communities, address property rights and promote social justice

• Developed SEAFISH as an active network advocating a regional agenda on gender equality and women in fisheries based on local and national experiences in asserting women's rights

Fisheries and Trade By 2010, the ASEAN Ministers of Agriculture and Forestry (AMAF) have issued a formal ...

CBCRM and Markets By 2010, at least two (2) ASEAN member governments have submitted formal communication ...

Shrimp and Aquaculture By 2010, ADB has incorporated social and environmental cost benefit analysis that is formally articulated in bank polic ...

Gender Equality and Women in Fisheries By 2009, SEAFISH has enriched its internal unities with specific analysis on gender positions within artisanal fisheri ...