Films
Victor Vescovo: deep-sea mining is "simply not a good investment"
Ocean explorer and private equity investor Victor Vescovo explains the financial risks of investing in deep-sea mining, and the increasing redundancy of minerals extracted from the deep ocean.
Burning paradise: how the EU is fuelling the Pantanal's demise
EU supply chains are directly driving the destruction of the Pantanal, one of the world's largest wetlands. Expanding anti-deforestation legislation could protect it.
Comment le chalutage de fond précipite l'effondrement de la pêche artisanale au Sénégal
Les pratiques de pêche destructrices de l'environnement et non durables pratiquées par la flotte chalutière aggravent la crise du secteur de la pêche artisanale au Sénégal.
At the tipping point: how bottom trawling is precipitating the collapse of Senegal’s artisanal fisheries
Artisanal fishing communities are the beating heart of Senegal’s fisheries sector. Yet they are under threat from severe declines in fish populations, driven in part by overfishing by the bottom trawl industry.
The risk of sleepwalking into deep-sea disaster is at hand, say government officials
13th July, 2023The risk of sleepwalking into deep-sea disaster is at hand, say government officials
More and more states are coming forward and calling for a stop to the rush towards deep-sea mining, including France and Germany. Sebastian Unger, Germany’s Federal Government Commissioner for the Ocean, and Olivier Poivre d’Arvor, the French Ambassador for the Poles and Maritime Issues, tell us why deep-sea mining poses a grave threat to this pristine marine ecosystem.
A manifesto for our ocean
Our ocean is the blue beating heart of our planet, but we are putting this irreplaceable ecosystem under extreme pressure. In this film, we lay out a roadmap for the protection of the ocean, providing clear policy recommendations to save our seas and safeguard our future.
Illegal bottom trawling in the Mediterranean: A threat to marine life and livelihoods in Tunisia
Kiss trawling - a form of illegal bottom trawling - is devastating the marine ecosystems in the Gulf of Gabès in Tunisia and the livelihoods of local fishers who depend on them. This film explains why it must be ended, swiftly and fairly.
Together we are strong: Liberia's fishmongers building fairer fisheries
“Together we are strong” follows the election runs of three women in Liberia as they campaign for leadership positions in the Buchanan CMA. Shoulder to shoulder with their fellow VSLA members, these women are speaking up, determined to have a say in how the resources that underpin their livelihoods are managed.
Reports
A Call for Global Leaders to Act: Pledge to Protect Wetlands at COP30: Civil society organisations and scientists respectfully urge climate leaders to place wetlands at the forefront of the global climate agenda at COP30 and take urgent steps to conserve and protect these ecosystems, vital to all life on Earth.
Civil society organisations and scientists respectfully urge climate leaders to place wetlands at the forefront of the global climate agenda at COP30 and take urgent steps to conserve and protect these ecosystems, vital to all life on Earth.
Fishers' rights matter: Mapping small-scale fisheries landing and smoking sites in Liberia to assess environmental and legal risks to their tenure rights: Liberia’s small-scale fisheries are the backbone of coastal livelihoods, but they face mounting threats from coastal erosion, mangrove destruction, and insecure land rights. Fishing communities’ rights are at risk without urgent action.
Liberia’s small-scale fisheries are the backbone of coastal livelihoods, but they face mounting threats from coastal erosion, mangrove destruction, and insecure land rights. Fishing communities’ rights are at risk without urgent action.
Invisible y sin regular: el precio oculto del calamar en España: España es un mercado clave para el calamar capturado por flotas extranjeras en la Milla 201, impulsando inadvertidamente prácticas no sostenibles e ilegales y socavando a los productores nacionales que deben cumplir con normas medioambientales y laborales más estrictas.
España es un mercado clave para el calamar capturado por flotas extranjeras en la Milla 201, impulsando inadvertidamente prácticas no sostenibles e ilegales y socavando a los productores nacionales que deben cumplir con normas medioambientales y laborales más estrictas.
Unseen and unregulated: the hidden price of squid in Spain: Spain is a key market for squid harvested by foreign fleets in the unregulated Southwest Atlantic squid fishery, inadvertently driving unsustainable and illegal practices and undercutting domestic producers who must comply with stricter environmental and labour standards.
Spain is a key market for squid harvested by foreign fleets in the unregulated Southwest Atlantic squid fishery, inadvertently driving unsustainable and illegal practices and undercutting domestic producers who must comply with stricter environmental and labour standards.
Luces brillantes, perspectivas sombrías: La urgente necesidad de abordar la pesca no regulada de calamar en el Atlántico Sudoeste para evitar una crisis ambiental inminente: Este informe expone los hallazgos de una investigación llevada a cabo por el EJF en relación con la pesquería de calamar argentino, también denominado pota argentina, calamar illex o calamar pota,6 en el Atlántico Sudoeste, una de las mayores pesquerías de calamar no reguladas a nivel mundial.
Este informe expone los hallazgos de una investigación llevada a cabo por el EJF en relación con la pesquería de calamar argentino, también denominado pota argentina, calamar illex o calamar pota,6 en el Atlántico Sudoeste, una de las mayores pesquerías de calamar no reguladas a nivel mundial.
Bright lights, dim prospects: The urgent need to address unregulated squid fishing in the Southwest Atlantic to avert a looming environmental crisis: Hundreds of distant-water vessels are plundering squid populations in the Southwest Atlantic, driving a keystone species towards collapse and exposing workers to horrific abuses.
Hundreds of distant-water vessels are plundering squid populations in the Southwest Atlantic, driving a keystone species towards collapse and exposing workers to horrific abuses.