Films
Net Free Seas: Saving Ghana's waters from plastic nets and ghost gears
We Cannot Go to the Moon: Climate Collapse and the Sámi People
The impacts of the climate crisis are keenly felt by the Sámi people, whose traditional ways of life are under threat despite their negligible contribution to global emissions. The nations, companies and people responsible for the bulk of global heating must act to end this environmental injustice.
In search of justice
The climate crisis is fuelling inequalities within and between countries worldwide, with low-income, marginalised people in both developed and developing countries being disproportionately affected by climate breakdown.
Illegal fishing, violence and ecosystem destruction by China's distant water fleet
China’s distant water fleet – by far the world’s largest – is rife with human rights abuses and illegal fishing, and targets endangered and protected marine life across the world’s ocean.
Net Free Seas ทะเลปลอด (เศษ) อวน
เครื่องมือประมงถือเป็นขยะพลาสติกในทะเลรูปแบบที่ส่งผลกระทบร้ายแรงที่สุดรูปแบบหนึ่งสำหรับสัตว์น้ำ โครงการ Net Free Seas (ทะเลปลอด(เศษ)อวน) ของ EJF มุ่งลดมลภาวะพลาสติกและแก้ไขปัญหาเศษอวนในทะเลไทย
Net Free Seas
Ghost gear - fishing equipment lost or discarded at sea - is considered the most deadly form of marine plastic waste for wildlife. EJF’s Net Free Seas project is ridding Thailand's waters of ghost nets and reducing plastic pollution.
"That's an argument you need to have with your soul" - Omar El Akkad
Author and journalist Omar El Akkad explains why he is supporting EJF's call for world leaders to recognise climate refugees.
Left behind
The fundamental human rights of Ghanaian fishing communities, such as the right to adequate food and decent work, are being threatened by the government’s failure to tackle overfishing and illegal fishing by industrial trawlers.
Reports
Scourge of the seas: In Thailand, bottom trawling threatens livelihoods, food security and ocean ecosystems. This report examines the impact of a particularly destructive form of bottom trawling, known as pair trawling, and makes recommendations for reform.
Critical minerals and the green transition: do we need to mine the deep seas?: Proponents of deep-sea mining contend it is needed to fill a future gap in the supply of critical minerals required for the clean energy transition. This briefing explains why this argument is flawed.
Securing effective and transparent prosecutions of fisheries violations in Ghana: Recommendations for the reform of the fisheries law framework: This briefing analyses the key gaps and weaknesses in Ghana’s current prosecution system for fisheries violations, both in terms of the legal framework and in terms of practical implementation, and provides recommendations for addressing these issues, considering the ongoing reform of the national fisheries law framework.
This briefing analyses the key gaps and weaknesses in Ghana’s current prosecution system for fisheries violations, both in terms of the legal framework and in terms of practical implementation, and provides recommendations for addressing these issues, considering the ongoing reform of the national fisheries law framework.
Leaving No One Behind: A community-based analysis of gender inclusion and economic vulnerability in Liberia’s small-scale fisheries: This report documents gender issues in the fisheries sector in Liberia and reveals that strategies to advance women's status in small-scale fisheries are still a key development issue. It also shows that marginalised and economically vulnerable groups in Liberia's fishing communities are being excluded from crucial decision-making processes.
This report documents gender issues in the fisheries sector in Liberia and reveals that strategies to advance women's status in small-scale fisheries are still a key development issue. It also shows that marginalised and economically vulnerable groups in Liberia's fishing communities are being excluded from crucial decision-making processes.
Slave labour in the Brazilian cattle ranching industry: the case of the Pantanal and the European market: Slave labour is prevalent in Brazil’s cattle ranching industry. This report investigates slavery on ranches in the Pantanal wetland, including some linked to JBS, the world’s largest meat producer.
Thailand’s progress in combatting IUU, forced labour & human trafficking: EJF observations and recommendations volume 10, 2023: Since February 2016, EJF has carried out multiple in-depth observations of the Royal Thai Government’s (RTG) initiatives aimed at tackling IUU fishing and human trafficking in the Thai fishing industry. This version is the 10th edition of this technical report. It represents the culmination of eight years worth of experience working directly with the Thai authorities as well as conducting independent field assessments of Thailand’s monitoring, control and surveillance mechanisms.
Since February 2016, EJF has carried out multiple in-depth observations of the Royal Thai Government’s (RTG) initiatives aimed at tackling IUU fishing and human trafficking in the Thai fishing industry. This version is the 10th edition of this technical report. It represents the culmination of eight years worth of experience working directly with the Thai authorities as well as conducting independent field assessments of Thailand’s monitoring, control and surveillance mechanisms.