The Working Group on Small-Scale and Recreational Fisheries (WGSSF) of the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) was held on 12-13 September 2017 at the FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. The meeting reviewed progress in the implementation of the mid-term strategy (2017–2020) towards the sustainability of Mediterranean and Black...

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The Fourth International Marine Protected Areas Congress, IMPAC4, with the motto Marine Protected Areas: Bringing the people and ocean together, will focus on the need to highlight the intricate nature of ocean-human relationship and the benefits of marine protected areas (MPA) and the ocean for millions that depends on their...

The Fund for the Development of Indigenous Peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean (FILAC), through its flagship program Indigenous Intercultural University, together with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Indigenous Central America (CICA), will implement the International Course "Voluntary Guidelines for the Sustainability...

The document Towards gender-equitable small-scale fisheries governance and development: A handbook was developed based on a participatory process and following a series of regional consultations on the implementation of the SSF Guidelines during which a request for more information on how to address gender issues, in particular women's empowerment in...