Beyond Borders: Our changing climate – its role in conflict and displacement
This report looks at the impact of climate change on food production and security, and the ways in which people are driven from their homes and lands by slow-onset weather events.
This report focuses on one particular result from climate change – the negative impact on food security and how this factor contributed to the desperation and anger that manifested itself against the Al-Assad regime in Syria.
The Syrian war has resulted in more than 470,000 deaths. 6.6 million people have been internally displaced and nearly five million people are residing in camps in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon as well as an estimated 1.2 million seeking refuge in Europe.
Whilst the war was not solely a result of climate change, the intertwining effects of drought, rural to urban migration, and the increasing unrest due to a lack of government measures to avoid water scarcity, unemployment and growing inequality, are clear.
This report focuses on one particular result from climate change – the negative impact on food security and how this factor contributed to the desperation and anger that manifested itself against the Al-Assad regime in Syria.
The Syrian war has resulted in more than 470,000 deaths. 6.6 million people have been internally displaced and nearly five million people are residing in camps in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon as well as an estimated 1.2 million seeking refuge in Europe.
Whilst the war was not solely a result of climate change, the intertwining effects of drought, rural to urban migration, and the increasing unrest due to a lack of government measures to avoid water scarcity, unemployment and growing inequality, are clear.
Stolen at sea: How illegal ‘saiko’ fishing is fuelling the collapse of Ghana’s fisheries
Illegal 'saiko' fishing costs Ghana tens of millions of dollars in revenue and threatens food security and coastal livelihoods.
Illegal 'saiko' fishing costs Ghana tens of millions of dollars in revenue and threatens food security and coastal livelihoods.
Open letter opposing new trawler licences from the Ghana National Canoe Fishermen Council
Ghana’s National Canoe Fishermen Council lays out its opposition to granting new trawlers licence to fish in Ghana's waters. Over capacity in the industrial fleet is threatening jobs and food security, it says.
Three new trawlers have arrived in Ghana from China and have been registered to the Ghanaian flag, despite a moratorium on new fishing vessels. The government’s own Fisheries Management Plan states that 48 trawlers are the most that the fishery can sustain, yet 76 trawlers were licensed at the end of 2019. Ghana’s National Canoe Fishermen Council has written an open letter to the Fisheries Commission opposing any decision to grant these vessels licences to fish in Ghana’s waters.
Three new trawlers have arrived in Ghana from China and have been registered to the Ghanaian flag, despite a moratorium on new fishing vessels. The government’s own Fisheries Management Plan states that 48 trawlers are the most that the fishery can sustain, yet 76 trawlers were licensed at the end of 2019. Ghana’s National Canoe Fishermen Council has written an open letter to the Fisheries Commission opposing any decision to grant these vessels licences to fish in Ghana’s waters.
Illegal fishing and human rights abuses in the Korean fishing fleet: This briefing provides background on the Korean deep water fishing fleet and sets out structural issues with its management, concluding with detailed recommendations to the Korean government.
This briefing provides background on the Korean deep water fishing fleet and sets out structural issues with its management, concluding with detailed recommendations to the Korean government.
Call for urgent action to end saiko to save the livelihoods of over 2.7 million Ghanaians: An open letter from the Ghana National Canoe Fishermen’s Council and eight NGOs has called on Ghana’s President to intervene to end the damaging illegal fishing practice known as ‘saiko’.
An open letter from the Ghana National Canoe Fishermen’s Council and eight NGOs has called on Ghana’s President to intervene to end the damaging illegal fishing practice known as ‘saiko’.
Viral diseases from wildlife in China: Could SARS happen again?: Originally published in 2003 in the wake of SARS, this report reviewed zoonotic viruses that transmit from animals to humans. The report warned that China was the most likely candidate for the next novel zoonotic virus. The report shows the the Covid-19 pandemic was predictable and key lessons were missed.
Originally published in 2003 in the wake of SARS, this report reviewed zoonotic viruses that transmit from animals to humans. The report warned that China was the most likely candidate for the next novel zoonotic virus. The report shows the the Covid-19 pandemic was predictable and key lessons were missed.
COVID-19 Mythbusters: แผ่นผับนี้จัดทำขึ้นสำหรับประเทศไทย หากพำนักอยู่ที่ประเทศอื่นควรตรวจสอบแนวทางปฏิบัติของภาครัฐในประเทศนั้น
แผ่นผับนี้จัดทำขึ้นสำหรับประเทศไทย หากพำนักอยู่ที่ประเทศอื่นควรตรวจสอบแนวทางปฏิบัติของภาครัฐในประเทศนั้น
COVID-19 Mythbusters: This leaflet is relevant ONLY to Thailand. If you live elsewhere, check local government guidelines.
This leaflet is relevant ONLY to Thailand. If you live elsewhere, check local government guidelines.
The “people’s” fishery on the brink of collapse: Small pelagics in landings of Ghana’s industrial trawl fleet: Ghana’s sardinella fishery, which provides food and livelihoods for coastal communities, is under severe threat from illegal targeting by trawlers in the ‘saiko’ trade. Sampling of saiko sardinella revealed the fish were 99% juveniles. These young fish are crucial to the recovery of a population that is already on the brink of collapse, having crashed by 80% over the past twenty years.
Ghana’s sardinella fishery, which provides food and livelihoods for coastal communities, is under severe threat from illegal targeting by trawlers in the ‘saiko’ trade. Sampling of saiko sardinella revealed the fish were 99% juveniles. These young fish are crucial to the recovery of a population that is already on the brink of collapse, having crashed by 80% over the past twenty years.
Thailand’s progress in combating IUU, forced labour & human trafficking: EJF observations and recommendations volume 8, spring 2020: Over the last year EJF has observed improvements in PIPO inspection procedures, adoption of a risk-based approach to vessel inspections, and the proliferation of translators at PIPO centres. However, issues and concerns remain.
Over the last year EJF has observed improvements in PIPO inspection procedures, adoption of a risk-based approach to vessel inspections, and the proliferation of translators at PIPO centres. However, issues and concerns remain which continue to impair the MCS management system as a whole.
รายงานเรื่องความคืบหน้าของประเทศไทย ในการต่อสู้กับการทำประมงผิดกฎหมาย ขาดการรายงาน และไร้การควบคุม การบังคับใช้แรงงาน และ การค้ามนุษย์ ข้อสังเกตและข้อเสนอแนะจากมูลนิธิความยุติธรรมเชิงสิ่งแวดล้อม (ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE FOUNDATION : EJF) ฉบับฤดูใบไม้พลิ ปี: ในช่วงปีที่ผ่านมา EJF ได้เห็นพัฒนาการในการดำเนินงานศูนย์ควบคุมการแจ้งเข้า – ออกเรือประมง อาทิ การนำหลักการตรวจสอบเรือประมงตรวจเรือประมงตามความเสี่ยง มาประยุกต์ใช้ และการเร่งเพิ่มจำนวนล่ามประจำศูนย์ควบคุมการแจ้งเข้า – ออกเรือประมง อย่างไรก็ตามยังคงมีบางประเด็นปัญหาและข้อกังวลที่อาจส่งผลต่อระบบการบริหารจัดการการติดตาม ควบคุม และเฝ้าระวังการทำประมงโดยรวมหากไม่ได้รับการแก้ไข
ในช่วงปีที่ผ่านมา EJF ได้เห็นพัฒนาการในการดำเนินงานศูนย์ควบคุมการแจ้งเข้า – ออกเรือประมง อาทิ การนำหลักการตรวจสอบเรือประมงตรวจเรือประมงตามความเสี่ยง มาประยุกต์ใช้ และการเร่งเพิ่มจำนวนล่ามประจำศูนย์ควบคุมการแจ้งเข้า – ออกเรือประมง อย่างไรก็ตามยังคงมีบางประเด็นปัญหาและข้อกังวลที่อาจส่งผลต่อระบบการบริหารจัดการการติดตาม ควบคุม และเฝ้าระวังการทำประมงโดยรวมหากไม่ได้รับการแก้ไข
Legal opinion on the engagement of foreign companies in Ghana’s industrial trawl sector: This briefing summarises the key findings of a legal opinion delivered by the Taylor Crabbe Initiative to the Environmental Justice Foundation. In the opinion, TCi analyses the law governing the nationality of industrial trawlers fishing in Ghanaian waters.
This briefing summarises the key findings of a legal opinion delivered by the Taylor Crabbe Initiative to the Environmental Justice Foundation. In the opinion, TCi analyses the law governing the nationality of industrial trawlers fishing in Ghanaian waters.
Legal Analysis on Transshipment in Ghana: In the analysis, Ghanaian legal consultancy the Taylor Crabbe Innitiative examines the legal framework governing the transfer, or trans-shipment of fish from industrial trawlers to specially built canoes at sea.
In this opinion, TCi analyses the legal framework governing the trans-shipment (i.e. transfer) of fish from industrial trawlers to canoes at sea.
Legal analysis on the trans-shipment of fish at sea from industrial trawlers to canoes in Ghana: This briefing summarises the key findings of a legal opinion delivered by Ghanaian legal consultancy the Taylor Crabbe Innitiative on the legal framework governing the trans-shipment (i.e. transfer) of fish from industrial trawlers to canoes at sea.
This briefing summarises the key findings of a legal opinion delivered by Ghanaian legal consultancy the Taylor Crabbe Innitiative (TCi) on the legal framework governing the trans-shipment (i.e. transfer) of fish from industrial trawlers to canoes at sea.
Assessment of Ghana’s fisheries laws against global guidelines on tenure rights and sustainable small-scale fisheries: This brief contains a summary of recommendations for the revision of Ghana’s Fisheries Act
This brief contains a summary of recommendations for the revision of Ghana’s Fisheries Act