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Publications and reports: Shrimp farming

This site contains documents prepared by FPP, information from our partners, and other materials of relevance to indigenous peoples, forest-dependent communities and forests.

Documents, listed in date order, can be downloaded free, purchased online, or printed copies can be ordered from julia@forestpeoples.org.

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Lampung Declaration against Industrial Shrimp Aquaculture
Declaration by representatives of local communities, NGOs, social movements and researchers from 17 countries of Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America
Lampung, Indonesia
September 2007

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Declaración de Lampung
En contra de la Acuacultura Industrial de Camarón

Lampung, Indoneisa
Septiembre de 2007
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Shrimp farming: socio-environmental disaster in Northeast Brazilian mangrove ecosystems
Synthesis by Prof. Jeovah Meireles, Forum in Defense of the Coastal Zone of Ceara, Brazil, (FDZCC)
November 2006
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Declaration of concern on shrimp acquaculture certification
NGOs and representatives of tropical shrimp-producing countries and Northern consumer countries met to discuss the risks, opportunities and implications of shrimp certification
Bangkok
September 2006
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Shrimp farming - Letter of Fortaleza
Declaration by Brazilian community and indigenous peoples' organisations, researchers, NGOs and others at the seminar on 'Mangroves and Community Life: the socio-environmental impacts of shrimp farming'
Fortaleza-Ceará-Brazil
August 2006
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Mangroves - Letter from civil society organisations to the World Bank, expressing dismay at the World Bank's failure to promote the participation of indigenous peoples and local communities in the development of the draft "Principles for a Code of Conduct for the Management and Sustainable Use of Mangrove Ecosystems"
11 May 2005
Medan Declaration:
Declaration on Rebuilding Peasants' and Fisherfolk's Livelihoods after the Earthquake and Tsunami Catastrophes

February 2005
The Great Tsunami: a natural disaster with lessons about nature
FPP analysis and call for support
F ebruary 2005
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Other articles related to the Great Tsunami
February 2005
Honduras - Action to redress environmental damage in Gulf of Fonseca by "El Faro" Shrimp Company urged by Honduran Environment Attorney
FPP letter of support
January 2005
Honduras - From 'Honduras This Week online' - 14 April 2003
'Protected area and Ramsar Site 1000, La Barberie, has been destroyed by the shrimp company El Faro' - Article by Nicholas Taylor
http://www.marrder.com/htw/special/environment/109.htm
Honduras - Open letter from civil society organisations to the President of Honduras
March 2003
Honduras - Carta abierta de las organizaciones de la sociedad civil al Presidente de Honduras
Marzo de 2003
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Open letter from civil society organisations to the Ramsar Convention Secretary General
March 2003
Carta abierta de las organizaciones de la sociedad civil para el Secretario general de la Convención Ramsar
Marzo de 2003
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Mangroves: local livelihoods versus corporate profits
WRM
2002
look & buy
Manglares: sustento local versus ganancia empresarial
WRM
2002
look & buy
Mangroves : subsistance locale vs profits des enterprises
WRM
2002
découvrez et achetez

Links

ThinkShrimp!
Die ökologischen und sozialen Folgen der Krabbenproduktion
http://www.thinkshrimp.de