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Nov 30, 2017Thailand's Seafood SlavesRead
Thailand's Seafood Slaves
Slavery, ‘pirate’ fishing and other serious crimes continue to plague Thailand’s seafood sector highlighting the shortcomings in private sector initiatives and government controls.
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Films
Nov 25, 2017Pirates and SlavesRead
Pirates and Slaves
How overfishing and pirate fishing in Thailand fuels human trafficking and the plundering of our oceans.
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Films
Dec 01, 2017Falling through the cracksRead
Falling through the cracks
Climate change, migration and displacement.
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Films
Dec 01, 2017The Gathering Storm: Climate Change, Security and ConflictRead
The Gathering Storm: Climate Change, Security and Conflict
With millions of people forced to move each year by rapid-onset climate-related hazards and slow onset environmental degradation, social wellbeing, human rights, economies and even state stability are at risk.
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Films
Jan 01, 2018White gold - the true cost of cottonRead
White gold - the true cost of cotton
This award-winning film by EJF documents how at the forefront of global cotton production, Uzbekistan's human rights and environmental record lags far behind the rest of the world.
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Reports
May 15, 2017The EU IUU Regulation: Building on success EU progress in the global fight against illegal fishingRead
Illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing is a major threat to livelihoods, food security and ocean health globally.
As the world’s largest import market for fish products, the European Union plays a pivotal role in reforming the global trade in fisheries products. This analysis charts the progress of the EU’s efforts to shut out illegal catch and end IUU fishing.
The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), Oceana, The Pew Charitable Trusts and WWF are working together to secure the harmonised and effective implementation of the EU Regulation to end illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
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Reports
May 16, 2017Improving performance in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishingRead
The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), Oceana, The Pew Charitable Trusts (Pew) and WWF are working together to support the harmonised and effective implementation of the European Union’s Council Regulation (EC) No 1005/2008 establishing a Community system to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
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Reports
May 17, 2017Guide a l'usage des professionnels pour lutter contre la peche illegaleRead
EJF, SeaWeb Europe and WWF-France released a detailed joint “Advisory Note” in collaboration with Carrefour to inform French industry, retailers and brands of the risks associated with illegal fishing
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Reports
May 14, 2017Thailand's Seafood Slaves. Human Trafficking, Slavery and Murder in Kantang’s Fishing Industry.Read
Slavery, ‘pirate’ fishing and other serious crimes continue to plague Thailand’s seafood sector.
EJF believes that solutions to 'pirate' fishing and slavery in Thailand’s fishing sector are available, practical and achievable through a multi-track approach emphasising leadership, coordinated joint action and genuine commitment from all stakeholders. This report recalls and builds on the recommendations made in EJF’s 2015 report Pirates and Slaves. EJF also acknowledges and reiterates all recommendations made to Thailand in the 2015 US Department of State Trafficking in Persons report.
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Campaign Stories
Apr 20, 2017Ending Illegal FishingRead
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Campaign Stories
Apr 19, 2017Combating seafood slaveryRead
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Campaign Stories
Apr 20, 2017Protecting climate refugeesRead
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Campaign Stories
Apr 18, 2017Combating climate changeRead
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Campaign Stories
Apr 19, 2017Climate change & conflictRead
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Campaign Stories
Mar 24, 2017The true costs of cottonRead
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Campaign Stories
Apr 21, 2017Protecting our pollinatorsRead
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Reports
May 12, 2017Protecting bees and other wild pollinatorsRead
Life without bees is unimaginable. Help us to give them food and a home, and end the use of harmful pesticides in our gardens and on our farms.
Bees support not only the variety of the food we eat, but the quality and nutritional value. Their contribution to the global economy for providing free pollinator services is estimated at £130 billion; and here in the UK, around £510 million that is ‘donated’ to the national economy.
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Reports
Mar 29, 2017Falling Through The Cracks: A briefing on climate change, displacement and international governance frameworksRead
Falling Through The Cracks is intended as an overview of the legal and policy frameworks governing climate-induced displacement at the international level.
It aims to inform policymakers and interested individuals about the range of relevant legal and policy instruments and to assess how effective these various options are at responding to the issue of climate-induced displacement.
EJF's briefing highlights the lack of adequate legal and policy frameworks governing climate-induced displacement at the international level. It finds that the 'protection gap' is more like a series of holes, suggesting the need for a new global framework which is both broad in scope and sufficiently sensitive to the needs of multiple populations of concern.
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News & Media
Oct 10, 2014Tesco takes a stand against forced labour in Uzbek cotton harvestRead
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News & Media
Mar 21, 2017Press Release: 14 year jail sentences for Thai human traffickersRead
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News & Media
Dec 04, 2014Lily Cole’s piece about climate justiceRead
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News & Media
Jul 27, 2015EJF event: Celebrating UK’s bees and pollinatorsRead
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Films
Jun 05, 2017Save the turtles - EJF in the fieldRead
Save the turtles - EJF in the field
Sea turtles have been on Earth for over 100 million years, but they are now severely threatened.
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Campaign Stories
Apr 18, 2017Protecting marine biodiversityRead
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Campaign Stories
Apr 20, 2017Eradicating toxic pesticidesRead
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Films
Apr 21, 2017Our VisionRead
Our Vision
Our vision is for a world where natural habitats and environments can sustain and be sustained by the communities that depend on them.
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Campaign Stories
Feb 01, 2017Securing sustainable fisheriesRead
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Reports
May 13, 2017Policies for Pollinators: The Need for Government Leadership in Backing England's BeesRead
Eight environmental organisations set out priorities for the Government which are essential for increasing pollinator numbers and restoring the ecosystem services they provide. These include how current policy should be improved to provide pollinators with abundant well-connected habitat, plentiful food and freedom from toxic chemicals and disease.
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Reports
May 11, 2017Pirates and Slaves: How overfishing in Thailand fuels human trafficking and the plundering of our oceansRead
The report calls for overfishing, pirate fishing and modern-day slavery in the Thai fishing industry to be addressed as interconnected issues. It examines the complex and multi-faceted problems in Thailand’s fisheries sector and offers recommendations by which the Thai Government and producers, buyers, retailers and consumers of Thai seafood can tackle the root causes of the widespread environmental devastation and human rights abuses in the industry, and collectively secure truly sustainable, well-managed fisheries.
Effective fisheries management in Thailand could help combat pirate fishing, halt biodiversity loss, enable ecosystems and fish stocks to recover, and bring an end to human trafficking and devastating human rights abuses.
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Reports
May 10, 2017Broken PromisesRead
EJF’s review of the Thai Government’s actions in the last year concludes that the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking have not been met, and EJF strongly recommends that Thailand remains on Tier 3 in the 2015 TIP Report, as a clear signal to the Thai Government that a substantive programme of actions and series of reforms must be implemented.
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Reports
May 04, 2017An Advisory Note for the UK Supply Chain on How to Avoid Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishery ProductsRead
The report outlines an approach to prevent IUU fishery products from entering UK supply chains. It offers expert advice on risk assessment and risk mitigation, and encourages action to prevent IUU fishery products entering UK supply chains, which is costly on a number of levels.
Designing and implementing an effective IUU fishing due diligence process provides an opportunity for UK retailers and brands to support the global fight against IUU fishing, and help secure the future viability and health of global fisheries, while also reducing potential reputational and legal risks in seafood supply chains.
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Films
May 15, 2017Ending Illegal FishingRead
Ending Illegal Fishing
IUU fishing depletes fish stocks, destroys marine ecosystems, puts legitimate fishers at an unfair disadvantage and jeopardises the livelihoods of some of the world’s poorest people. This film looks at ways in which it can be tackled and urges consumers and decision makers to take action to end pirate fishing.
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Films
May 13, 2017Slavery at SeaRead
Slavery at Sea
Thailand's seafood exports are the third most valuable in the world, supplying markets in the US, Europe and Asia but far from the attention of consumers vulnerable migrants in search of a better future are being trafficked, exploited, abused and even murdered aboard Thai fishing vessels.
EJF is campaigning for the international community to develop a Global Record of fishing vessels to facilitate greater transparency and traceability in the seafood sector enabling better monitoring of fishing activities including the labour conditions of the world's fishing fleets.
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Films
May 12, 2017Impossibly CheapRead
Impossibly Cheap
Featuring testimonies recorded during investigations in 2012, the film documents examples of hazardous working conditions, the use of child labour, bonded labour, withholding of pay, excessively low wages, health and safety violations, restricted union activities, verbal abuse and excessive hours.
EJF is advocating for the Bangladeshi Government, the international community and retailers to work together to stop these abuses.
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Films
May 11, 2017Red ShoesRead
Red Shoes
The dance of death must end. Trapped in its hostile environment an animal will die. It will try to leave. It will leave but there is nowhere to go. Lily dances, trapped in a macabre and beautiful nightmare, swept up in a fight against pain, suffering, greed and lies.
RED SHOES is a dance for truth, for freedom and for life. We must stop climate change to avoid our total catastrophe.
A Short Film Directed by Lorna Tucker. Produced by Finished Films. Starring Lily Cole. Original Music Written and Produced by TOYDRUM ft Abi Wade.
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Films
May 09, 2017The Hidden CostRead
The Hidden Cost
This film exposes the reliance of Thailand’s shrimp industry on migrant workers, many of whom are trafficked before enduring abusive conditions in shrimp processing factories.
EJF is advocating for the Thai Government, the international community and retailers to work together to stop these abuses.
The voiceover is provided by award-winning journalist and broadcaster Jonathan Rugman and was recorded at Crying Out Loud.
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Reports
Mar 27, 2014The Gathering Storm: Climate Change, Security and ConflictRead
It demonstrates how some of the most vulnerable people in the world are the first and worst affected by climate change, exposed to negative impacts which erode their human rights and place their homes, livelihoods and cultures at risk.
The report analyses how climate change exacerbates resource competition and water scarcity, generates widespread displacement and risks overwhelming some of the world’s fragile and post-conflict states. It calls for climate change to be recognised as a human rights issue as well as an environmental issue and highlights the need for urgent international action to respond to the human and national security challenges that climate change presents.
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Reports
Mar 04, 2014Slavery at Sea: The Continued Plight of Trafficked Migrants in Thailand's Fishing IndustryRead
The report reveals new evidence of human trafficking and the use of violence in the Thai fishing industry and inaction on the part of the Government to identify and prosecute criminals, corrupt officials and unscrupulous business operators, or to enforce measures to regulate fishing fleets and recruitment practices.
The report and film detail testimonies of the 14 men rescued from a port in Kantang - first reported in Sold to the Sea - one year since their rescue. They also document the story of a 21 year old individual from Myanmar who was trafficked and forced to work on a Thai fishing boat in March 2013, before eventually escaping in December after 10 months of unpaid work aboard the boat.
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Reports
Jan 16, 2014Impossibly Cheap: Abuse and Injustice in Bangladesh’s Shrimp IndustryRead
Featuring testimonies recorded during investigations in 2012, Impossibly Cheap: Abuse and Injustice in Bangladesh’s Shrimp Industry documents examples of hazardous working conditions, the use of child labour, bonded labour, withholding of pay, excessively low wages, health and safety violations, restricted union activities, verbal abuse and excessive hours.
Impossibly Cheap: Abuse and Injustice in Bangladesh’s Shrimp Industry follows EJF's The Hidden Cost report, published in September 2013, which documents accounts of human trafficking into the Thai shrimp industry, confiscation of identification documents, withholding of pay, forced detention and bonded labour.
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Reports
Jul 09, 2013Keeping Illegal Fish out of Europe: Ensuring Success for the IUU RegulationRead
This innovative legal tool has placed the EU at the forefront of efforts to address pirate fishing. Whilst it has the potential to leave a positive legacy in the fight against IUU fishing, evidence demonstrates that a lack of coordination and uniformity in its implementation risks compromising its intended objectives.
Diversions of fish consignments to Member State ports with poorer controls than those of their neighbours and a growing trend in containerisation of fish suggest a need for more consistent implementation efforts and increased trade flow scrutiny. The absence of any vessels in the IUU Vessel Community List identified independently by Member States or by the European Commission is also concerning. -
Reports
May 29, 2013Sold to the Sea: Human Trafficking in Thailand's Fishing IndustryRead
The report exposes severe human rights abuses associated with human trafficking in Thailand's fishing industry and documents the testimonies of Burmese workers, as young as 16, who were forced onto fishing vessels for many months and subjected to arduous, often violent, working conditions without pay.
The report details testimonies of crew murdered at sea, and on shore, and the shocking figure from a 2009 survey by the United Nations Inter-Agency Project on Human Trafficking (UNIAP) that found 59% of interviewed migrants trafficked aboard Thai fishing boats reported witnessing the murder of a fellow worker.
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Reports
Sep 26, 2013The Hidden Cost: Human Rights Abuses in Thailand's Shrimp IndustryRead
The report exposes the reliance of Thailand’s shrimp industry on migrant workers, many of whom are trafficked and face arduous journeys, and even armed robbery, before enduring abusive conditions in shrimp processing factories. During investigations carried out in October 2012 and March 2013, EJF gathered evidence of perilous human trafficking into Thailand, as well as serious labour and human rights violations in shrimp facilities.
The Hidden Cost: Human Rights Abuses in Thailand’s Shrimp Industry follows EJF’s Sold to the Sea report, published in May this year, which revealed evidence of human trafficking, labour abuse and the routine use of violence, including murder, in the Thai fishing industry.
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Reports
Sep 23, 2013Bringing Fishing Vessels out of the ShadowsRead
Bringing fishing vessels out of the Shadows draws heavily on EJF’s work towards the eradication of Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing in West Africa, which has revealed a compelling need for an international database of industrial fishing vessels containing their UVI and information on their ownership, flag, history, characteristics and fishing authorisations.
As explained by this briefing, EJF has documented vessels using multiple identities and changing their flags, names and radio call-signs to avoid detection and sanctions. A Global Record, alongside the obligatory use of a unique vessel identifier (UVI) in the form of an IMO number would drive transparency and traceability in global fisheries, thereby facilitating improved fisheries management and further action against IUU fishing.
EJF is calling on the EU to demonstrate strong political leadership to support the establishment of a Global record of fishing vessels, as part of its wider strategy to combat IUU fishing.
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Reports
Dec 06, 2012A Nation Under Threat: The impacts of climate change on human rights and forced migration in BangladeshRead
The report is based on the findings of an EJF field investigation in Bangladesh. It reveals the significant damage to vital infrastructure, widespread devastation to housing, reduced access to fresh water for drinking, sanitation and irrigation, and rising poverty and hunger caused by increasingly extreme weather events and the gradual but sustained deterioration in environmental security.
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Reports
Feb 11, 2013Transhipment at Sea: BriefingRead
Transhipment at Sea: The Need for a Ban in West Africa draws heavily on the evidence EJF has gathered through its work towards the eradication of IUU, or ‘pirate’ fishing in West Africa. It explains how the international movement of fisheries products – both legal and illegal – often depends upon transhipments. The complexities involvement in fisheries regulations mean that transhipments can be problematic and are often linked to illegal fishing activities. EJF’s call on coastal and flag States to ban transhipments at sea in West Africa is part of the wider effort to combat IUU, or ‘pirate’, fishing.
This new briefing discusses the lack of control in authorised transhipments and the fact that illegal transhipment at sea is widely used by IUU fishing vessels to gain access to market. It makes the case for a ban on transhipments of fish at sea in West Africa as well as a ban on the entry of seafood from such transhipments into the European market.
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Reports
Oct 11, 2012Pirate Fishing ExposedRead
This report by EJF exposes the continued role of the European Union and East Asian countries in facilitating a market for seafood illegally caught in West Africa. Following a two-year investigation by The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), “Pirate Fishing Exposed: The Fight Against Illegal Fishing in West Africa and the EU” highlights how local fishing communities are fighting back to combat this illegal trade.
During the two-year surveillance investigation, EJF documented rampant pirate fishing in Sierra Leone and laundering of the illegal catch into the European seafood market by vessels accredited to export fish to the EU.
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Reports
Sep 05, 2012The True Costs of Cotton: Cotton Production and Water InsecurityRead
Cotton production can be a pathway to development and is an important livelihood option for millions of people. However, production can have unintended social and environmental impacts, in particular this report outlines the role that it plays in contributing to water insecurity.
Cotton is one of the thirstiest crops in the world. Each year 198 cubic gigametres (Gm3) of water are used just to grow cotton and even more is used in processing it. ‘Cheap’ cotton is fuelling unsustainable production, and consumers commonly do not pay a price which reflects these costs. More than 80 percent of the water footprint of cotton consumption in EU member states is located outside Europe, in countries such as China, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan.
The draining of the Aral Sea in Central Asia stands as one of the most damning examples of unsustainable cotton production. The Aral Sea was once the fourth largest inland sea in the world, stretching across an area of 66,000km2. In less than a generation, it has shrunk to 10 percent of its former volume.
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Reports
Feb 12, 2013Poison Pesticides: The Urgent Need to Protect Our PollinatorsRead
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Reports
Sep 04, 2012Securing Recognition, Protection and Assistance for Climate RefugeesRead
An EJF briefing outlining the legal void facing environmentally-induced displacees with recommendations for action for national governments and individuals.
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Reports
Dec 31, 2005White Gold: The True Cost of CottonRead
This internationally acclaimed report exposes how the billion-dollar cotton industry is causing an environmental catastrophe and human rights abuses in Uzbekistan, Central Asia.
White Gold highlights the disastrous demise of the Aral Sea as the rivers that once fed it have been diverted to irrigate cotton fields. The report also draws attention to the endemic use of forced child labour in the annual cotton harvest. Uzbekistan is unique for the scale of forced child labour - hundreds of thousands of children are forced to labour in the fields undergoing arduous work for little or no pay.
Detailed investigations by EJF expose the use of cotton revenues in Uzbekistan to support a corrupt, brutal and coercive dictatorship.
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Reports
Dec 31, 2009Somebody KnowsRead
Somebody Knows is a report that explains how retailers can investigate their supply chain, tracing the production of their goods from raw materials to finished products, enabling them to eliminate cotton from environmentally or socially unacceptable practices – such as cotton from Uzbekistan.
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Reports
Dec 31, 2010White Gold: Uzbekistan, a Slave Nation for Our Cotton?Read
EJF's report White Gold: Uzbekistan, Slave Nation for Our Cotton? summarises information provided by independent journalists and human rights activists on the conditions under which the Uzbek cotton industry operates, and produces evidence of young children picking cotton at the behest of the authoritarian Uzbek government.
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Reports
Dec 31, 2007The Deadly Chemicals in CottonRead
In collaboration with the Pesticide Action Network UK this report reveals the routine use of harmful chemicals, including nerve agents and neurotoxins, on cotton crops.
Vomiting, paralysis, incontinence, coma, seizures and death are some of the many side effects suffered by farmers and children in the developing world who are routinely exposed to pesticides, many of which are banned or restricted in use in the West. The report puts a case across for organic cotton alternatives.
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Reports
Dec 30, 2009Still in the FieldsRead
The report reveals the widespread use of state-sponsored forced child labour in the cotton fields of the Central Asian Republic of Uzbekistan, the world’s 3rd largest cotton exporter and a major supplier to both European traders and ultimately, the EU marketplace.
Its release coincides with the tenth anniversary of the landmark International Labour Organisation (ILO) Convention 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labour.
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Films
Nov 20, 2013Sold to the seaRead
Sold to the sea
Thailand's seafood exports are the third most valuable in the world, supplying markets in the US, Europe and Asia but far from the attention of consumers vulnerable migrants in search of a better future are being trafficked, exploited, abused and even murdered aboard Thai fishing vessels.
EJF is campaigning for the international community to develop a Global Record of fishing vessels to facilitate greater transparency and traceability in the seafood sector enabling better monitoring of fishing activities including the labour conditions of the world's fishing fleets.
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Films
Feb 08, 2011European Commissioner's SpeechRead
European Commissioner's Speech
Ms. Maria Damanaki, European Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, during her keynote speech at the Global Fight Against IUU Fishing Event, Brussels 5th November 2013.
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Films
Aug 14, 2013March of the BeekeepersRead
March of the Beekeepers
The March of the Beekeepers saw EJF, PAN UK and passionate beekeepers come together to demonstrate on Parliament Square, ahead of a European Parliament vote which enforced a two year ban on the Neonicotinoid pesticides thought to be dangerous to bees.
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Films
Aug 13, 2013Under the RadarRead
Under the Radar
UNDER THE RADAR includes video evidence EJF has documented of vessels operating illegally and using multiple identities and changing their flags, names and radio call-signs to avoid detection and sanctions.
Through our work towards the eradication of IUU fishing in West Africa, EJF has gathered evidence that reveals a compelling need for an international database of industrial fishing vessels, which contains their UVI and information on their ownership, flag, history, characteristics and fishing authorisations. This would enable the global fishing fleet to be monitored and regulated more effectively.
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Films
Aug 12, 2013What does home mean to you?Read
What does home mean to you?
Join our call to action to the United Nations Human Rights Council to adopt a new mandate for a special rapporteur on climate change and human rights.
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Films
Aug 11, 2013Through the NetRead
Through the Net
Through the Net charts EJF’s investigations into 'pirate' fishing in West Africa and tracks the journey of fish caught illegally in Sierra Leone to the European seafood market through the Spanish port of Las Palmas.
The film reveals gaps in the EU regulation to prevent, deter and eliminate Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing and highlights steps that need to be taken to ensure that the regulation works effectively. The film features interviews with the EU Fisheries Commissioner, Members of the European Parliament and fishing communities that suffer the impacts of pirate fishing in West Africa.
The voiceover is provided by award-winning journalist and broadcaster Jonathan Dimbleby. Soundtrack by Tom Strang.
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Films
Apr 20, 2013Bonthe School Nature ClubRead
Bonthe School Nature Club
EJF's work in Sierra Leone involves working with the School Nature Club to promote the importance of sustainable fishing for artisanal fishers, mangrove protection as well as organising rubbish clear ups in the local town.
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Films
Apr 19, 2013'JUST' launches The Rodnik Band collectionRead
'JUST' launches The Rodnik Band collection
EJF is delighted to announce that ethical shoppers can now buy quirky, ocean themed outfits designed by The Rodnik Band from our Pop Up shop.
We held an event at 'JUST' sponsored by ethical manufacturer Continental Clothing Company to promote the ethical brands in store. To get your latest must have charity item and for the perfect organic gift this Christmas 'pop' down and see us soon!
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Films
Apr 18, 2013Pirate Fishing ExposedRead
Pirate Fishing Exposed
This film exposes the continued role of the EU and East Asian countries in facilitating a market for seafood illegally caught in West Africa.
Following a two-year investigation by EJF this film and the associated report Pirate Fishing Exposed highlights how local fishing communities are fighting back to combat this illegal trade.
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Films
Apr 08, 2013US Ambassador in Sierra LeoneRead
US Ambassador in Sierra Leone
US Ambassador Michael Owen visits EJF's project in the Sherbro River Estuary in the south of Sierra Leone where EJF has been working since 2008 to bring an end to illegal pirate fishing.
Ambassador Owen met up with different communities and leaders in the south of Sierra Leone to learn about the impacts of EJF's work and the ongoing challenges this remote region faces.
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Films
Mar 22, 2013Save the BeesRead
Save the Bees
Bees and other pollinators are a vital part of our food supply yet are in decline. EJF is working to reduce the use of pesticides and encourage the protection of the wild habitat they depend upon.
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Films
Oct 18, 2012The Fashion of Climate Change eventRead
The Fashion of Climate Change event
‘Just by EJF’ will be selling exclusive designer organic cotton t-shirts from previous collections by designers such as Katharine Hamnett, Alice Temperly, John Rocha, Christian La Croix and many more. The profits from the sale of each candle goes to EJF’s ‘No place Like Home’ campaign.
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Films
Oct 03, 2012Just: Pop Up Store in Carnaby Street 2012Read
Just: Pop Up Store in Carnaby Street 2012
You'll find lots of lovely T-shirts in support of our campaigns for human rights and environmental consciousness. All our T-shirts are made of organic, fairly traded cotton in low-carbon, wind-powered factories that respect the environment and workers' rights.
If you can't make it to Carnaby Street, take a look at our online shop and get inspired: www.just-for.co.uk
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Sep 26, 2012Two Hours in JaliakhaliRead
Two Hours in Jaliakhali
Jaliakhali was badly affected by Cyclone Aila in 2009, and this footage (shot approximately 18 months after the cyclone hit) shows how the area had still not recovered from this extreme weather event. While the tidal patterns themselves are unchanged, with the embankment damaged by Aila, the village now floods with every high tide, illustrating the vulnerability that coastal and riverine communities are forced to live with. Most of the homes, temples, and schools have been destroyed. The local bazaar disappeared, too. Constant flooding has made the soil infertile. Most of the villagers now live in makeshift shelters on what little areas of raised ground remain, and unemployment and lack of food are becoming major problems for residents.
The residents of this village who have been forced to migrate join millions of others around the world, displaced from their homes and land by declining environmental conditions. There are now more people displaced by climate-related natural hazards each year than there are refugees fleeing persecution or conflict. The numbers will increase as the negative impacts of climate change become increasingly apparent with extreme weather events including hurricanes and cyclones becoming more dangerous, flooding and drought becoming more frequent and longer-lasting, and sea levels rising.
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Films
Oct 02, 2012Just For: Behind the ScenesRead
Just For: Behind the Scenes
In celebration of our growing JUST FOR collection, which now includes over 26 designs, we're giving you the opportunity to see 'behind the scenes' at our star studded photo shoots with this short film featuring David Gandy, Lily Cole, Diana Vickers and many others as they show their support by being photographed in our designer t-shirts and sweatshirts.
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Films
Oct 01, 2012Sharks & BeautyRead
Sharks & Beauty
Hay Festival 2013 - Lily Cole, Alannah Weston and Steve Trent discuss the decline of global shark populations and their use in the beauty trade and beyond.
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Films
Sep 25, 2012Climate Change and Human RightsRead
Climate Change and Human Rights
In many of the world's poorest countries, its impacts already undermine people’s right to life, health, food, water, housing and self-determination. Where the impacts are felt most acutely, the only way to survive is to move. Today, these climate refugees outnumber refugees fleeing persecution and violence by three to one.
EJF works to raise awareness of this humanitarian crisis and ensure the well-being and welfare of those affected. We campaign for a new, legally-binding instrument for their legal recognition, protection and assistance.
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Films
Sep 24, 2012Bangladesh: Land of RiversRead
Bangladesh: Land of Rivers
In Bangladesh, more than 80% of the population survive on less than $2 a day. The "multiplier effect" of climate change stands to push people deeper into poverty, undermining progress on development and even threatening regional stability.
In this short film, EJF explains how climate change is having a profound human impact on one of the world's poorest countries.
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Films
Sep 22, 2012Save the FutureRead
Save the Future
To celebrate the launch of the iconic "Save the Future" t-shirt at H&M, British fashion designer Katharine Hamnett talks about the campaign. Behind-the-scenes footage included.
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Films
Sep 21, 2012Vivienne Westwood on her "War and Peace" T-shirtRead
Vivienne Westwood on her "War and Peace" T-shirt
With thanks to Marc Monserat and Nicolas Jaar.
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Films
Sep 20, 2012Home Truths: Taslima BegumRead
Home Truths: Taslima Begum
There's No Place Like Home: Campaigning for environmental security and human rights
Each year, millions of people are forced from their homes and land by climate-related natural disasters. Some of these people are displaced by sudden onset storms and flooding, others by longer term hazards such as drought and desertification. Most live in the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries. Many face an uncertain future, with nowhere to go and no means to survive.
EJF works to raise awareness and improve the well-being and welfare of these climate refugees. We campaign for a new, legally-binding instrument for their legal recognition, protection and assistance.
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Films
Sep 20, 2012Home Truths: Anil Krishna RoyRead
Home Truths: Anil Krishna Roy
There's No Place Like Home: Campaigning for environmental security and human rights
Each year, millions of people are forced from their homes and land by climate-related, natural disasters. Some of these people are displaced by sudden onset storms and flooding, others by longer term hazards such as drought and desertification. Most are from the world’s poorest and most vulnerable countries. Many face an uncertain future, with nowhere to go and no means to survive.
EJF works to raise awareness and improve the well-being and welfare of these climate refugees. We campaign for a new, legally-binding instrument for their legal recognition, protection and assistance.
Help us get their voices heard
EJF’s Home Truths – the Climate Witness Network is working to connect people around the world, empowering them to start a dynamic conversation on climate change, providing a platform where people can share their thoughts, ideas and hopes. EJF is helping individuals and communities to document the issues that affect them, using photography and film to show what it is like to live on the frontline of climate change.
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Films
Sep 19, 2012A Model Supply ChainRead
A Model Supply Chain
Actor and supermodel Lily Cole visits the cotton fields, gin, dye-house and factory where EJF's climate-neutral t-shirts are made. Designed by some of the greatest designers in contemporary fashion industry, EJF's t-shirts are produced using a process that is low-carbon, energy-efficient, organic, and simply revolutionary.
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Films
Sep 18, 2012Message in a BottleRead
Message in a Bottle
What do you think should be done to Save the Sea? Visit the London Aquarium at the London Zoo and leave your message in our bottle.
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Films
Sep 17, 2012Pirate Fishing: What's the Catch?Read
Pirate Fishing: What's the Catch?
This short film explains the impacts of illegal fishing in West Africa and beyond: depletion of fish stocks, destroying marine ecosystems, and jeopardising the livelihoods of local communities.
Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, otherwise known as pirate fishing, depletes fish stocks, destroys the sensitive marine ecosystems, puts legitimate fishers at an unfair disadvantage and jeopardises the livelihoods of some of the world’s poorest people.
With thanks to the sound studio 4AM Productions.
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Films
Sep 16, 2012All At SeaRead
All At Sea
An EJF film that exposes the abuse of human rights on illegal fishing vessels.
Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) fishing, or pirate fishing, has been recognised as one of the major threats to the world's fish stocks. However, the focus so far has mostly been on the impacts on marine life and on local fishing communities. While these problems are extremely serious, there's one more that is rarely reported: human rights violations. Escaping regulatory checks on their catches, IUU vessel operators frequently get away with seriously abusing the human rights of their crews.
In this film, we look at the conditions in which people on board vessels that engage in pirate fishing live and work.
All at Sea was screened at the 13th UN Association Film Festival in 2010.
Soundtrack by Tom Strang.
With thanks to the sound studio 4AM Productions.
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Films
Sep 15, 2012Pair Trawling: Frontline ViewRead
Pair Trawling: Frontline View
The first video produced by EJF's Sierra Leonean staff who campaign against the lift of the ban on pair trawling, a method of fishing that severely damages marine environments.
Pair trawling - where two boats tow one massive net - is an indiscriminate fishing method, highly destructive to the ocean floor and marine life. Many endangered species, such as sea turtles and seahorses, are caught in the nets and then discarded of as by-catch. Dropped back to the sea dead or dying, they become yet another sad statistic related to pirate fishing.
After their training in camera and editing techniques, EJF staff in Sierra Leone produced their first video in June 2012. This short film on pair trawling in Sierra Leone was broadcast on national TV.
Supported by the European Union
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Films
Sep 14, 2012Grenada and Climate Change: A Prime Minister's PerspectiveRead
Grenada and Climate Change: A Prime Minister's Perspective
EJF interviews Tillman Thomas, the Prime Minister of Grenada, about the impacts of climate change that are already being felt in Grenada, and the commitments that countries should make to lower their carbon emissions.
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Films
Sep 13, 2012A Philosopher's ThoughtsRead
A Philosopher's Thoughts
In this short clip, EJF interviews Dr James Garvey, author and philosopher at the Royal Institute of Philosophy and editor of The Philosophers' Magazine, on the meaning and importance of a "home", and the human impacts of climate change.
This video is part of a series of interviews with philosophers, scientists, heads of state, and academics on migration and climate change, curated and produced for the Hay Festival Maldives 2010.
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Reports
Dec 31, 2003Squandering the SeasRead
This report is one of a series documenting EJF’s international investigations into the social, economic and environmental impacts resulting from shrimp production and consumption.
Shrimp trawling is one of the most wasteful, destructive and inequitable ways to exploit the oceans. The report reveals how shrimp trawling is threatening ecological integrity and food security around the world. It presents the facts about shrimp trawling and highlights why immediate action is needed to protect marine ecosystems and the coastal populations whose lives are intimately connected to them.
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Reports
Aug 23, 2012Briefing: Through the NetRead
Implementation of the EU Regulation to Prevent, Deter and Eliminate IUU Fishing.
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Dec 31, 2011Fisheries and Food Security in the CommonwealthRead
EJF considers that the Commonwealth has a key role in addressing the unsustainable exploitation of global fisheries, both within the waters of Commonwealth countries and those of the international community. Global fisheries have effectively reached their maximum sustainable yield and if strong action by world leaders is not taken now, there will be severe economic, social and ecological consequences. Vulnerable coastal communities in developing countries are most at risk, as they often depend on fisheries for their livelihoods and food security.
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Reports
Feb 20, 2012Liberian Fishing Communities: Problems and SolutionsRead
As a first step in community engagement, and to inform the other sets of activities in Liberia, in early 2012 EJF held meetings in 13 communities. These were spread across the country, though seven were focused in Grand Cape Mount County, which is the site of Liberia’s recently inaugurated pilot CMA.
This document sets out findings from each community. It also provides an analytical summary of results across Liberia that will inform a set of working recommendations that will guide EJF’s work with artisanal fishing communities, both in Liberia and elsewhere in West Africa.
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Reports
Oct 18, 2012EJF Consumer Guide to PrawnsRead
Prawn production has been linked to a number of environmental problems and human rights abuses. This guide aims to clarify the issues and help you make the right choices when buying prawns.
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Reports
Dec 31, 2006EJF Uzbekistan UNCRC SubmissionRead
Alternative report for the 42nd Session of the Committee on the Rights of the Child.
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Reports
Dec 30, 2007The Children Behind Our CottonRead
This Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) report reveals how children in some of the world’s largest cotton-producing countries are serving as underpaid, free or forced labourers to feed the global demand for textiles.
China, India, Pakistan, Brazil, Uzbekistan and Turkey – six of the world’s top seven cotton producers – have been reported to use child labour in their cotton fields. In India, where as much as 70% of the country’s estimated 100 million child labourers work in agriculture, several hundred thousand children – mostly girls – sacrifice their education and health to produce hybrid cottonseed for a thriving industry.
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Reports
Jan 31, 2010Slave NationRead
EJF’s “Slave Nation” reveals how the Government of Uzbekistan continues to lie to the international community while routinely compelling hundreds of thousands of children as labourers in the country’s annual cotton harvest.
With evidence that little has changed despite the promises of the Uzbek Government and with the spring planting season just around the corner, EJF asks whether it will be children forced to pick the crop again when the harvest comes around later this year. -
Reports
Feb 01, 2003What's Your PoisonRead
Every year, pesticides are estimated to cause tens of millions of cases of accidental poisoning. Many of these poisoning cases are in the developing world where awareness of the dangers is lacking. Symptoms of pesticide poisoning can range from short-term headaches and nausea to convulsions, unconsciousness or death. Longer-term effects include damage to nervous systems, respiratory and skin diseases, cancers and birth defects.
What's Your Poison? highlights the shocking evidence between pesticides and damage to human health in developing countries.
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Feb 01, 2002Death in Small DosesRead
In 2001, the UN FAO and World Health Organisation estimated that developing countries spend US$3 billion annually on pesticides. However, one-third of these pesticides did not meet internationally accepted quality standards. Developing countries are used as a dumping ground for hazardous chemicals, many of which are banned throughout much of the rest of the world because of the serious threats they pose to human health and the natural environment. Cambodia is one such country.
This report outlines EJF’s program to combat the misuse of pesticides in Cambodia and limit the effects on people, wildlife and the natural environment.
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Reports
Feb 02, 2011Climate change and migration: Forced displacement, ‘climate refugees’ and the need for a new legal instrumentRead
EJF is working with our partners to secure a legally-binding, international protocol that can fill the existing gaps in legislation and ensure that the refugee support system evolves within the context of our changing world. This new legal instrument would recognize people displaced by deteriorating environmental conditions associated with climate change as a vulnerable social group, and confer them equivalent but legally distinct protection to that conferred to refugees fleeing persecution under the 1951 Geneva Convention. This briefing outlines specific recommendations for the EU, including the need to systemically link aid and development, environment and migration policies and decision-making.
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Reports
Jan 01, 2003EJF Vietnam Field NotesRead
Describes our trip to Vietnam to learn more about the Vietnamese shrimp farming industry, as part of our campaign for sustainable shrimp production.
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Feb 01, 2003Risky BusinessRead
This report describes the development, current status and future targets of shrimp aquaculture in the Socialist Republic Of Vietnam (henceforth Vietnam). We highlight the social and environmental importance of mangrove and wetland habitats and demonstrate the decline in such ecosystems due to shrimp aquaculture. We characterise the economics of shrimp aquaculture, both nationally and at the local level, and highlight the industry’s key problems. Finally we describe a range of alternatives and solutions, and present recommendations to the Government of Vietnam, the international donor community, non-governmental organisations and the governments of shrimp-importing countries.
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Reports
Feb 02, 2004Desert in the DeltaRead
The report summarises the abuses and problems associated with shrimp production in Bangladesh, while defining potential solutions. Researched over an 18-month period, it incorporates over 250 references and, crucially, the personal testimony of Bangladeshi individuals directly affected by the shrimp industry.
This report is one of a series documenting EJF’s international investigations into the social, economic and environmental impacts resulting from shrimp production and consumption.
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Reports
Jan 01, 2003Smash and GrabRead
This report is one of a series documenting EJF’s international investigations into the social, economic and environmental impacts resulting from shrimp production and consumption.
Shrimp farming has had major impacts on coastlines (particularly mangrove forests) and coastal communities worldwide. Shrimp is becoming a more affordable food-stuff in industrialised nations but the true cost of shrimp is that paid by the rural poor in producer countries.
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Reports
Jan 01, 2004Farming the Sea, Costing the EarthRead
This report is one of a series documenting EJF’s international investigations into the social, economic and environmental impacts resulting from shrimp production and consumption.
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Reports
Jan 01, 2006Mangroves: Nature's Defence Against TsunamisRead
Mangroves represent far more than just a ‘bio-shield’. Despite being regarded for many years as ‘wastelands’, ripe for development, it is now known that mangroves provide coastal communities with many services and utilizable products, and perform vital ecosystem functions.
This report concludes that the conversion of mangrove habitat into shrimp farms, tourist resorts, agricultural and urban land over the past decades, as well as destruction of coral reefs, contributed significantly to the catastrophic loss of human lives and settlements during the 2004 tsunami. Conserving and restoring coastal mangrove areas is essential if coastal communities are to recover and be protected from future similar events.
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Reports
Jan 01, 2009End Of The Road For EndosulfanRead
A known killer and toxic to the environment, the pesticide endosulfan remains a serious health and environmental hazard.
Despite being banned in 62 countries, its continued production and use continues to poison and people and environments as a number of countries, led by India, stand in the way of a global ban.
This report by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) details the environmental and human impacts of one of the world's most dangerous and pervasive pesticides, highlighting why it should be banned globally. -
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Aug 23, 2012The Governance of Artisanal Fisheries in the Sherbro River Area of Sierra LeoneRead
http://ec.europa.eu/europeaid/index_en.htm
This report sets out the historic and existing governance arrangements for artisanal fishing in the Sherbro River Estuary, where fishing is vital to the livelihoods and food security of local communities.
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Reports
Jan 01, 2009Dirty FishRead
How EU hygiene standards facilitate illegal fishing in West Africa.
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Reports
Jan 01, 2009No Place Like Home: where next for climate refugees?Read
EJF's No Place Like Home: Where next for climate refugees? report considers how the negative impacts of climate change are impacting on human rights and driving millions of people from their homes and land each year. It puts the call to governments and political leaders to secure a new agreement on climate refugees, guaranteeing them effective enjoyment of their human rights and a fair claim to our shared world.
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Reports
Jan 01, 2010All At SeaRead
The report provides case studies from West Africa, Southeast Asia, the Indian and Pacific Oceans, all regions with high incidences of illegal fishing. Human rights abuses directly documented by EJF and other organisations, including the International Transport Workers Federation (ITF), include physical and emotional abuse, incarceration, forced labour without pay, abandonment, and reports of murder.
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Reports
Jan 01, 2010Lowering the FlagRead
This report from 2010 investigates the use of flags of convenience by pirate fishing vessels and advocates for the end of this widespread practice that is 'the scourge of today's maritime world'.
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Films
May 23, 2017Ensuring social equity and sustainability in Ghana's fisheriesRead
Ensuring social equity and sustainability in Ghana's fisheries
EJF is proud to have the support of the EU delegation in Accra, Ghana, which is now aiding a three-year project to secure sustainable fisheries in the country.
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Reports
Jan 01, 2007Pirate Fish on Your PlateRead
This report report from 2007 documents the link between IUU fishing and the EU through tracking illegally-caught fish from West Africa into the European market.
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Reports
Jul 02, 2007When fishing turns deadlyRead
Briefing researched, written and published by the Indonesian organisation JALA (in cooperation with EJF) - the Advocacy Network for North Sumatra Fisherfolk, documenting the social and environmental impacts of illegal trawling in North Sumatra.
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Reports
Jan 01, 2007Illegal Driftnetting in the MediterraneanRead
'Illegal Driftnetting in the Mediterranean' documents how driftnets, although banned by both the EU and the ICCAT since 2002 and 2003, continue to be used illegally across the region to catch valuable large species, mainly swordfish and tuna. There are estimated to be up to 600 illegal driftnet vessels operating in the Mediterranean, including many EU-flagged vessels. EJF is calling on the European Union, and all States involved, to meet their legal responsibilities with firm and decisive action.
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Reports
Jan 01, 2006Party to the PlunderRead
The report documents how illegal fishing activities are facilitated in Guinea by the lack of Monitoring, Control and Surveillance and the widespread use of Flags of Convenience. It makes recommendations to stop the plunder, including regional cooperation and EU leadership.
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Reports
Jan 01, 2005What's the Catch?Read
'What's the Catch? - Reducing bycatch in EU distant water fisheries' documents EJF's research on the dramatic economic, ecological and developmental impacts of bycatch. It makes practical recommendations to reduce the EU distant water fisheries bycatch through highlighting successful technical and operational methods.
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Reports
Jan 01, 2005Pirates & ProfiteersRead
The report explores the global nature of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing: one of the most serious threats to the future of world fisheries. It identifies possible solutions and action that can be taken by governments and the international community to prevent, deter and eliminate this pervasive problem.
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News & Media
May 25, 2017IMO numbers: A key measure in the EU’s fight against illegal fishingRead
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News & Media
May 16, 2017EJF in the field: Securing sustainable fisheries in GhanaRead
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News & Media
May 02, 2017EJF in the field: Using film to protect people and planetRead
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News & Media
Apr 27, 2017How our desire for fast fashion is costing the earthRead
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News & Media
Apr 27, 2017Lessons learnt from Spain’s experience prosecuting nationals for illegal fishingRead
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Apr 26, 2017SDGs: Climate action key to securing sustainable development for allRead
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Mar 27, 2017Protecting biodiversity key to securing human rightsRead
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Jun 16, 2017SDG 14: Ending pirate fishing key to sustainable fisheries for allRead
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Mar 13, 2017EJF in the field: Vessel monitoring training in ThailandRead
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Mar 08, 2017International Women’s Day: ‘Be Bold’ for climate actionRead
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News & Media
Mar 02, 2017World Wildlife Day: Protect nature to protect peopleRead
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Feb 08, 2017Why the environment and human rights must be tackled togetherRead
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News & Media
Jan 16, 2017Beyond Honey: Five reasons to protect our beesRead
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Dec 21, 2016Is Germany going far enough to tackle slavery at sea?Read
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Dec 12, 2016Notes from the field: turtle conservation up closeRead
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Dec 07, 2016Human Rights Day: Climate change and its unimaginable impacts on human migrationRead
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Nov 29, 2016Building Ocean Health: Sharing experience to move towards sustainable fisheries managementRead