Category: 2025

At a meeting in Rome on 14th October 2019, The Global Action Network agreed to convey the following message* to the Our Ocean conference 2019. “The Global Action Network applauds that “food and livelihoods from the ocean” is addressed in the agenda of Our Ocean conference 2019. The ocean is a pillar of life, as…

Presentations from the side event “Treasures of the oceans and inland waters, ensuring food security and nourishing nations” under the 46th meeting of the Committee on World Food Security CFS) in Rome, October 2019. Manas Roshan (International Planning Committee on Food Sovereignty, OHCHR, FAO);The Human Rights-based Approach in Practice for Small-scale Fisheries and Food Security Martin…

Summary of the Meeting “From Healthy Waters to Healthy People” Action for sustainable food systems for a healthy diet has been called for in the WHO/FAO work plan for the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition. As a follow up Norway invited countries to jointly set up an informal Global Action Network on Sustainable Food…

The 1st meeting, “Form Healthy Waters to Healthy People”, offered an opportunity to explain key features of the Global Action Network on Sustainable Food from the Oceans and Inland Waters for Food Security and Nutrition, and pointed out what needs to be done to achieve greater understanding of the importance of seafood in combating hunger…

This webinar focuses on the value-added inter-linkages of terrestrial and aquatic food systems to help with solving the global challenges in food and feed systems. Scalable solutions, both macro (linked to commodities) and micro (linked to local communities) will be showcased. The panel discussion will focus on actions needed in support of a paradigm shift…

Presentations at the Network meeting 24 October 2023 Peter Haugan, Policy Director, Institute of Marine Research, Norway. New Ocean Panel Report-The Ocean as a Solution to Climate Change Updated Opportunities for Action Katrine Soma, Senior Scientist at Wagningen University and Research (WUR), Netherlands. Good practices (Kenya) – in support of the missions Links and information shared in…

Aquatic food – EU initiatives Legislative: Sustainable fisheries: agreement on revision of fisheries control system (europa.eu) ; European Parliament approval of 17.10.2023: Parliament approves new EU fisheries control rules | News | European Parliament (europa.eu) Policy proposals of the European Commission: Fisheries, aquaculture and marine ecosystems (europa.eu) (February 2023): Protection of marine ecosystems for sustainable fisheries Questions & Answers…

Presentations from the webinar Transforming food systems with aquatic foods: scaling up sustainable production solutions Santiago Fernández de Córdoba, Coordinator, UN Forum on Sustainable StandardsVoluntary sustainability standards Obstacles to trade and development that such standards may create and impact on small-scale producers and least developed countries Peter Limbu, Fisheries Technical Lead, The Nature Conservancy (TNC),…

Transforming food systems with aquatic foods –Advancing equitable livelihoods for healthy people and planet Amy Atter Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), GhanaHow to strengthens women’s livelihood through market innovations: sun drying of small fish in Ghana?–SmallFishFood Emma Witbooi Project manager, UNDP’s Blue Resilience ProjectWhat are the possible solutions to key governance and associated gender challenges…

Presentations from the webinar Transforming food systems with aquatic foods: access to sustainable, safe and nutritious food for all Hettie Schonfeldt,  Professor, University of Pretoria, ARUA Centre of Excellence: Food Security, University of Pretoria, South Africa, Scientific advisor to AFROFOODSImportance of open access nutrient data for aquatic foods Merete Tandstad, Senior Program Coordinator of the EAF…