How are artisanal fisheries and aquaculture related to the culture of indigenous peoples and how do these practices contribute to their livelihoods? For many of our Peoples, the Earth is the source of life. For others, life comes from the sea, the winds or the mountains. The water, lakes, rivers, seas...

  Written by Liseth Escobar- FAO’s Indigenous Peoples Unite. Inputs from Lilia Java, Indigenous leader of the Tikuna, Cocama and Yagua Indigenous Territory. In the south of the Colombian Amazon, along the riverine border with Peru, lies the land inhabited by the Tikuna, Cocama and Yagua Indigenous Peoples, for whom aquatic ecosystems...

The FAO Fisheries Department and the FAO Indigenous Peoples' Unit organised a side event at the 20th Session of the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII), which took place on 22nd April. Ms. Anne Nuorgam, Chair of the UNPFII and from the Sámi people, graciously opened the event...

The meeting was an important milestone for the Central America Fisheries and Aquaculture Organization (OSPESCA) member countries Belize, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama to continue their regional approach to implement the SSF Guidelines. A working group has been established for this purpose already in 2015,...