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Webinar – small-scale fishers and ocean well-being: vital partners in enhancing biocultural diversity, human rights and sustainable livelihoods
June 7, 2021 @ 9:00 am - 10:30 am UTC
The One Ocean Hub is one of the Friends of United Nations World Oceans Day. This year’s theme, ‘The Ocean: Life and Livelihoods’, will shed light on the wonder of the ocean and how it is our lifesource, supporting humanity and every other organism on earth.
The One Ocean Hub-led webinar ‘Small-scale fishers and ocean well-being : vital partners in enhancing biocultural diversity, human rights and sustainable livelihoods’ will highlight the often-overlooked connections between the lives and livelihoods of Small-Scale Fishers, their role and risks as environmental human rights defenders, and the needs and opportunities to work with Small-Scale Fishers as crucial partners in the conservation, sustainable use and restoration of marine biodiversity in the face of a changing climate.
The event will share cutting-edge research carried out with Small-Scale Fishers in South Africa, Ghana and Namibia on the challenges to their lives and livelihoods arising from blue economy initiatives, non-inclusive top-down conservation, and other pressures on ocean use. The event will also share insights into th e recognition and protection of Small-Scale Fishers as environmental human rights defenders, processes for building alliances between small scale fishers and others working for ocean well-being, and responses to their needs for access to fisheries resources and markets (SDG 14) through the lens of customary sustainable use and protection of marine biodiversity.
The One Ocean Hub-led webinar ‘Small-scale fishers and ocean well-being : vital partners in enhancing biocultural diversity, human rights and sustainable livelihoods’ will highlight the often-overlooked connections between the lives and livelihoods of Small-Scale Fishers, their role and risks as environmental human rights defenders, and the needs and opportunities to work with Small-Scale Fishers as crucial partners in the conservation, sustainable use and restoration of marine biodiversity in the face of a changing climate.
The event will share cutting-edge research carried out with Small-Scale Fishers in South Africa, Ghana and Namibia on the challenges to their lives and livelihoods arising from blue economy initiatives, non-inclusive top-down conservation, and other pressures on ocean use. The event will also share insights into th e recognition and protection of Small-Scale Fishers as environmental human rights defenders, processes for building alliances between small scale fishers and others working for ocean well-being, and responses to their needs for access to fisheries resources and markets (SDG 14) through the lens of customary sustainable use and protection of marine biodiversity.
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Panellists:
1. Professor Elisa Morgera, the University of Strathclyde
2. Taryn Pereira Kaplan, Rhodes University
3. Dr Bolanle Erinosho, the Univers ity of Cape Coast
4. Professor Alex Kanyimba, the University of Namibia
5. Dr Tapiwa Warikandwa, the University of Namibia
6. Small-scale fishers’ leaders
7. Ms Angela Kariuki, the United Nations Environment Programme
8. Ms Nicole Franz, the Food and Agriculture Organization
1. Professor Elisa Morgera, the University of Strathclyde
2. Taryn Pereira Kaplan, Rhodes University
3. Dr Bolanle Erinosho, the Univers ity of Cape Coast
4. Professor Alex Kanyimba, the University of Namibia
5. Dr Tapiwa Warikandwa, the University of Namibia
6. Small-scale fishers’ leaders
7. Ms Angela Kariuki, the United Nations Environment Programme
8. Ms Nicole Franz, the Food and Agriculture Organization