[OANNES Foro] ICSF DC Weekly News Alert from 15 to 19 October 2012

Lun Oct 22 05:18:25 PDT 2012

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*15 October – 19 October 2012*

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Please find below web links of ICSF DC Weekly News Alert from 15 to 19
October 2012.

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*Meghalaya: 1100 fish farmers to benefit from training*
http://www.business-standard.com/generalnews/news/1100-fish-farmers-to-benefittraining/68697/

More than 1100 fish farmers in Meghalaya who were trained at the National
Institute Rural Development (NIRD) are set to derive profit from the
Meghalaya State Aquaculture Mission (MSAM), a state flagship program aimed
at improving fish production in the state, officials said today...

*Odisha: Fishing ban inside Gahiramatha from Nov 1*
http://orissadiary.com/Kendrapara/ShowDistrictNews.asp?id=36947

With the mass nesting of the endangered Olive Ridley sea turtles round the
corner, the forest officials are going to impose a ban order on fishing
activities inside the Gahiramatha Marine Sanctuary of Kendrapada district
within a radius of around 20 km offshore from November 1. The ban order
would remain in force up to May 31 next year...

*Tamil Nadu: Gulf dreams turn sour for Tamil Nadu fishers*
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2012-10-14/chennai/34448171_1_tamil-fishermen-dubai-dream-kanyakumari

Chennai: A large number of fishermen from Tamil Nadu, employed in the Gulf,
are languishing in prisons in Iran, Qatar and Saudi Arabia, mostly for a
minor offence of crossing maritime boundaries. The issue came under the
spotlight again after the Chennai-based Migrant Workers' Forum urged the
Centre to take steps to free several fishermen lodged in Iran jails...

*Kerala: Italian marines accused of killing fishermen to return home*
http://www.gazzettadelsud.it/news/english/17765/Italian-marines-accused-of-killing-fishermen-to-return-home.html

Rome: Italy's two anti-pirate marines imprisoned in India for allegedly
killing two local fishermen last February "will come home," Foreign
Minister Giulio Terzi said Monday. "I cannot say the day, but they will
come home," he added. The two marines have been at the centre of a
diplomatic row between Italy and India since being arrested and jailed in
February...

*Kerala: Unmanned, unkempt fishing harbours of Kerala, a concern *
http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/unmanned-unkempt-fishing-arbourskeralaconcern/489677

Security lapse and unhygienic physical conditions at major fishing harbours
of Kerala are posing a serious threat not only to the coastal security, but
also to the export trade of seafood items. With Kochi becoming a major
transshipment hub, free plying of hundreds of boats has become a cause for
concern...
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Maharashtra: 12 suspected Bangla fishermen arrested *
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/12-suspected-bangla-fishermen-arrested/1017307/

The Pune rural police on Monday arrested 12 persons suspected to be
Bangladesh nationals who had been fishing in the waters of Ujani dam in
Indapur for the last few months. Acting on a tip-off, teams of the special
branch of Pune rural police and Indapur police station arrested the
suspects...
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Fishcopfed rises from the ashes like phoenix *
http://indiancooperative.com/cooperative-success-stories/fishcopfed-rises-from-the-ashes-like-phoenix

Words fail when it comes to describe Fishcopfed Managing Director B K
Mishra. Though a bureaucrat by training he is a cooperative leader by
practice. Working with team spirit with two Chairmen-first Naeem Ansari and
now with Prakash Lonare, Mr Mishra has about the astonishing resurrection
of fisheries cooperative federation...

*47% of the GDP of the poor comes from natural resources: UN report*
http://www.hindustantimes.com/India-news/NewDelhi/47-of-the-GDP-of-the-poor-comes-from-natural-resources-UN-report/Article1-946178.aspx

Around 47% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of India's rural poor comes from
natural resources, a United Nations report said, a day after Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh emphasized on importance of the "GDP of the Poor". The
United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) in an analysis of income of 352
million poor Indians said that 47% of their GDP comes from use of natural
resources such as harvesting of forest produce, collecting medicinal herbs
from forests and fisheries...

*Pakistan: 12 Indian fishermen held*
http://www.thenews.com.pk/Todays-News-4-137905-12-Indian-fishermen-held

Twelve Indian fishermen on 13 boats were apprehended by the Pakistan
Maritime Security Agency (PMSA) and handed over to the Docks police station
the other day for further legal action. The MSA said that the fishermen
were held for fishing illegally in Pakistani waters...

*Bangladesh: Legal recognition and special policy for fishermen demanded *
http://www.allmedialink.com/legal-recognition-special-policy-fishermen-demanded/

Today in a seminar titled ‘FAO guideline on Sustainable Smallscale
Fisheries, Challenges and potentials of smallscale fishers’ speakers
demanded special policy for the fishermen. they also demanded that, the
process of providing identity cards to the fishermen should include the
real fishermen. Development organization COAST Trust organized the
seminar...

*In hot water -- coastal and marine biodiversity*
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/in-hot-water-coastal-and-marine-biodiversity/article3995001.ece

Hundred and ninety three countries which are parties to the Convention of
Biological Diversity (CBD) are meeting in Hyderabad between October 8 and
19, 2012 during the Eleventh Meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP 11)
to the Convention. This major, global biodiversity event comes at an
appropriate time when countries and people around the world are revisiting
sustainable development frameworks and agendas...
*
Traditional Knowledge and Area-Based Management Measures in Marine and
Coastal Ecosystems Presented by the International Collective in Support of
Fishworkers, United Nations University, and ICCA Consortium.*
http://www.iisd.ca/biodiv/cop11/enbots/html/enbots0937e.html

Grazia Borrini-Feyerabend, ICCA Consortium, reported on the  creation of
the first community conserved area for coastal ecosystems in Senegal. She
outlined the traditional governance institutions and management zoning,
including no-take zones corresponding to sacred sites. On ways forward, she
highlighted how best practices are being shared with neighboring
communities...

*PM’s remarks at the inauguration of the High Level Segment of the 11th CoP
to the Convention on Biological Diversity *
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=88432

Following is the text of the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh’s remarks
at the inauguration of the High Level Segment of the 11th Conference of
Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, in Hyderabad today:  “I
am truly delighted to welcome each one of you to this historic city of
Hyderabad...
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India: Developed nations to double funds for biodiversity conservation*
http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/developed-nations-to-double-funds-for-biodiversity-conservation/article4018131.ece

Developed countries agreed to double the fund flow to developing countries
by 2015, to halt the rate of loss of the planet’s biodiversity, at the
Eleventh Conference of the Parties (CoP) to the Convention on Biological
Diversity (CBD) here early on Saturday. India, which has assumed the
Presidency of the CoP, managed to achieve a positive outcome, persuading
richer countries that earlier had reservations, to agree on the funding
level...
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News from Eleventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 11),
Hyderabad, India, from 8 to 19 October 2012*

ICSF Statement on Marine and Coastal Biodiversity at the High Level Segment
(CBD COP11)
http://www.icsf.net/images/resources/statements/statements_icsf/158_ICSF_HLS_MCBD.doc.doc

WFFP-ICSF Statement on Agenda Item 10: Marine and Coastal Biodiversity
October 9, 2012
http://mpa.icsf.net/images/resources/statements/statements_other/132_ICSF-WFFP-Statement_(4)(2).doc

WFFP-ICSF Statement on Agenda Item 13: Inland water biodiversity
http://www.icsf.net/images/resources/statements/statements_other/157_Statement%20inland%20waters.doc.doc

For more:
http://mpa.icsf.net/en/page/1006-@%20%20CBD%20COP%2011.html

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