A public meeting by the Global Convergence of Land and Water Struggles Small-scale food producers and consumers, including peasants, indigenous peoples, hunters and gatherers, family farmers, rural workers, herders and pastoralists, fisherfolk and urban people – the frontline communities – are increasingly confronted by the grabbing of natural resources and by systematic violations of human rights. They are also directly affected by the impacts of climate destruction. The climate change mitigation schemes of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate…

Réunion publique avec la Convergence globale des luttes pour la terre et l'eau Les petits producteurs alimentaires et les consommateurs, notamment les paysans, les populations autochtones, les chasseurs et les cueilleurs, les agriculteurs familiaux, les travailleurs ruraux, les éleveurs nomades et sédentaires, les pêcheurs et les populations urbaines — les communautés en première ligne — sont de plus en plus confrontés à l'accaparement des ressources naturelles et à des violations systématiques des droits de l'homme. Ils sont aussi directement touchés…

Local and national control, ownership and possibilities to create higher value for local communities of land, water and other natural resources is a reality in Sweden and in other parts of the world. These necessary common assets that belong to all of us, are increasingly being looked upon as a commodity. We believe that it is absolutely necessary to strengthen and expand laws and regulations on both national and international level that recognises, respects, protects, and fulfils the right to…