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FIAN International FIAN is an international human rights organization that has been advocating for the realization of the right to food and nutrition for 39 years. www.fian.org

FIAN is an international human rights organization that has advocated for the realization of the right to food for more than 35 years. FIAN consists of national sections and individual members in over 50 countries around the world. FIAN is a not-for-profit organization without any religious or political affiliation and is in consultative status to the United Nations.

BETTER FOR WHO? Read the testimonies from fisher and Indigenous Peoples from 9 different countries about the harms of in...
04/09/2026

BETTER FOR WHO? Read the testimonies from fisher and Indigenous Peoples from 9 different countries about the harms of industrial aquaculture and download the full report ahead of COFI (https://www.fao.org/cofi/en).

We do not need a Blue Transformation that makes corporations stronger and fishing communities weaker. A real transformation begins with our rights, our territories and our food sovereignty. Fish should nourish communities before they nourish corporate supply chains. How can this be called transformation if it reproduces the same model of dispossession that our communities have resisted for decades?

FAO needs to stop promoting the expansion and intensification of industrial aquaculture and instead fulfill their commitment to implement the Small Scale Fisheries Guidelines and support fisher peoples’ local food systems that have the ability to reach the people that need it most. If truly wants to end hunger they need to support local food systems. Otherwise they are supporting corporations that are actively destroying the possibility for people to feed themselves locally long term. This is not food security. This is nutritional dispossession.

Click on fish4foodsovereignty.org to access the full report and share it widely.

https://www.fian.org/en/industrial-aquaculture-better-production-better-nutrition-better-environment-and-better-life/

🌍 What’s happening across the FIAN network?From defending the right to food to supporting communities protecting their l...
04/09/2026

🌍 What’s happening across the FIAN network?

From defending the right to food to supporting communities protecting their lands, livelihoods, and food sovereignty, FIAN continues to work alongside communities and movements around the world.

👉 Swipe through for some of the latest stories and updates from Honduras, Uganda, Serbia, Nepal, Burkina Faso, and beyond.

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🌱 Food justice is won through collective action. ✊Since 2018, FIAN Zambia has stood with communities defending the Right...
01/09/2026

🌱 Food justice is won through collective action. ✊

Since 2018, FIAN Zambia has stood with communities defending the Right to Food and advancing agroecology and food systems transformation.

As FIAN International marks 40 years, we celebrate the power of people organizing, resisting injustice, and building a future rooted in dignity and human rights. 🌍💚

👉🏾 Swipe through to get to know FIAN Zambia and learn more about their work!

31/08/2026

🌊 **Against the tide of industrial aquaculture**

🐟 Is industrial aquaculture really the solution to the food and climate crises?

Governments and corporations increasingly say it is. But behind the promise of farmed shrimp and salmon lies another reality:

🌱 Huge quantities of soy and wild-caught fish turned into feed.
🌍 Significant environmental and climate impacts.
💰 Profits concentrated in the hands of corporations.
⚠️ Pollution, dispossession and loss of livelihoods for fishing and coastal communities.

✊ At the 2025 Nyéléni Global Forum, movements decided to fight back—launching a global campaign against corporate control, the destruction caused by industrial aquaculture, and the privatization of oceans and coastal areas.

📢 **Nyéléni Newsletter No. 65 is out!** Discover the struggles and resistance building around the world.

By ETC Group, FIAN, GRAIN, TNI and WFFP.



https://www.fian.org/en/against-the-tide-of-industrial-aquaculture-2/

28/08/2026

EN/ES/FR/AR
🌊 Against the tide of industrial aquaculture!
Governments and corporations increasingly promote aquaculture as a solution to the food, economic and climate crises. But what happens to the people, territories and ecosystems affected by its expansion?
This edition of the Newsletter looks at the impacts of industrial aquaculture on food sovereignty, fishing communities, workers, women and the commons — from Lake Victoria to India, Brazil, Ecuador, Chile and Indonesia.
🐟 Who controls the fish, the feed and the waters?
🌱 What happens when mangroves, oceans and lakes are turned into sites of corporate profit?
✊ And how are communities resisting and defending their territories, livelihoods and food sovereignty?
The edition also looks at community-centred forms of aquaculture and at the growing struggle against corporate control of aquatic environments.
This newsletter is part of the global campaign launched by the 3rd Nyéléni Global Forum to resist corporate control, further destruction and the privatisation of ocean and coastal areas.
👉 Read and share Nyéléni Newsletter No. 65: https://nyeleni.org/en/category/newsletters-nyeleni-in-english/newsletter-no-65-against-the-tide-of-industrial-aquaculture-soon/

🌊 Contra la corriente de la acuicultura industrial
📢 ¡Ya está disponible el boletín Nyéléni nº 65!
Gobiernos y empresas presentan cada vez más la acuicultura como una solución a las crisis alimentaria, económica y climática. Pero ¿qué sucede con las personas, los territorios y los ecosistemas afectados por su expansión?
Esta edición del boletín Nyéléni analiza los impactos de la acuicultura industrial sobre la soberanía alimentaria, las comunidades pesqueras, las trabajadoras y los trabajadores y los bienes comunes, desde el lago Victoria hasta India, Brasil, Ecuador, Chile e Indonesia.
🐟 ¿Quién controla el pescado, los piensos y las aguas?
🌱 ¿Qué sucede cuando los manglares, los océanos y los lagos se convierten en espacios para el beneficio empresarial?
✊ ¿Y cómo están resistiendo las comunidades y defendiendo sus territorios, sus medios de vida y su soberanía alimentaria?
La edición también aborda formas de acuicultura centradas en las comunidades y las luchas contra el control empresarial de los espacios acuáticos.
Este boletín forma parte de la campaña mundial lanzada por el 3er Foro Global de Nyéléni para resistir al control empresarial, la destrucción y la privatización de los océanos y las zonas costeras.
👉 Lee y comparte el boletín Nyéléni nº 65: https://nyeleni.org/es/category/los-boletines-nyeleni-en-espanol/boletin-num-65-a-contracorriente-de-la-acuicultura-industrial-pronto/

🌊 À contre-courant de l’aquaculture industrielle
📢 Le bulletin Nyéléni n° 65 est sorti!
Gouvernements et entreprises présentent de plus en plus l'aquaculture comme une solution aux crises alimentaire, économique et climatique. Mais qu’en est-il des personnes, des territoires et des écosystèmes affectés par son expansion ?
Cette édition du bulletin Nyéléni examine les impacts de l’aquaculture industrielle sur la souveraineté alimentaire, les communautés de pêche, les travailleuses et travailleurs et les biens communs, du lac Victoria à l’Inde, au Brésil, à l’Équateur, au Chili et à l’Indonésie.
🐟 Qui contrôle les poissons, les aliments pour poissons et nos eaux ?
🌱 Que se passe-t-il lorsque les mangroves, les océans et les lacs deviennent des espaces de profit pour les entreprises ?
✊ Et comment les communautés résistent-elles et défendent-elles leurs territoires, leurs moyens de subsistance et leur souveraineté alimentaire ?
Cette édition présente également des formes d’aquaculture centrées sur les communautés ainsi que les luttes contre le contrôle des espaces aquatiques par les entreprises.
Ce bulletin s’inscrit dans la campagne mondiale lancée par le 3e Forum mondial de Nyéléni pour résister au contrôle des entreprises, à la poursuite de la destruction et à la privatisation des océans et des zones côtières.
👉 Lisez et partagez le bulletin Nyéléni n° 65 : https://nyeleni.org/fr/category/les-bulletins-nyeleni-en-francais/bulletin-n-65-a-contre-courant-de-laquaculture-industrielle-bientot/

🌊ضدّ تيار
الاستزراع المائي الصناعي

📢صدور العدد 65 من نشرة
نييِليني!

تروّج الحكومات والشركات بشكل متزايد للاستزراع المائي باعتباره حلاً لأزمات الغذاء والاقتصاد والمناخ. لكن ماذا يحدث للشعوب والأقاليم والنظم البيئية التي تتأثر بتوسّعه؟
يتناول هذا العدد من نشرة نييِليني آثار الاستزراع المائي الصناعي على السيادة الغذائية ومجتمعات الصيد والعمال والنساء والمشاعات، من بحيرة فيكتوريا إلى الهند والبرازيل والإكوادور وتشيلي وإندونيسيا.

🐟من يسيطر على الأسماك والأعلاف والمياه؟

🌱ماذا يحدث عندما تتحول أشجار المانغروف والمحيطات والبحيرات إلى مواقع لتحقيق أرباح الشركات؟

✊ وكيف تقاوم المجتمعات وتدافع عن أراضيها وسبل عيشها وسيادتها الغذائية؟

يتناول العدد أيضاً أشكال الاستزراع المائي المرتكزة على المجتمعات، والنضال المتنامي ضد سيطرة الشركات على البيئات المائية.

هذه النشرة جزء من الحملة العالمية التي أطلقها المنتدى العالمي الثالث لنييِليني لمقاومة سيطرة الشركات، والمزيد من الدمار، وخصخصة مناطق المحيطات والسواحل.

👉 اقرأ وشارك العدد 65 من نشرة نييِليني:
https://nyeleni.org/fr/toutes-les-editions-en-arabe/









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In Burkina Faso, communities continue to advocate for meaningful participation in biotechnology governance, calling for ...
27/08/2026

In Burkina Faso, communities continue to advocate for meaningful participation in biotechnology governance, calling for transparency, accountability, and informed decision-making. 🌍

Together with allied organizations, FIAN Burkina supports these community-led efforts by strengthening access to information, promoting dialogue, and creating spaces where community voices can be heard. ✨

As FIAN celebrates 40 years, we honor the leadership and resilience of communities and reaffirm our commitment to standing in solidarity with those advancing human rights, environmental justice, and the Right to Food. 💚

For 40 years, FIAN has stood with communities whose voices continue to shape the movement for human rights. 🌿In Brazil, ...
25/08/2026

For 40 years, FIAN has stood with communities whose voices continue to shape the movement for human rights. 🌿

In Brazil, FIAN Brasil and FIAN International support Guarani and Kaiowá communities as they continue to advocate for the recognition of their Right to Land, self-determination, and dignity.

As we celebrate , we honor the strength of Indigenous communities whose collective action continues to inspire the pursuit of justice and human rights for all.

FIAN@40 — 40 years of defending the Right to Food, the Right to Water, and the Right to a Healthy Environment. 🌊🌱🌊 Along...
20/08/2026

FIAN@40 — 40 years of defending the Right to Food, the Right to Water, and the Right to a Healthy Environment. 🌊🌱

🌊 Along the Gulf of Fonseca, Honduras continues to support fishing communities—particularly women leaders—as they strengthen collective action to advance the Right to Food, protect their livelihoods, and care for coastal ecosystems.

Their advocacy reflects the power of community-led action in promoting environmental justice, human dignity, and sustainable futures 🤝

✨ As FIAN marks 40 years, we reaffirm our commitment to standing with communities working to advance human rights and protect the ecosystems on which they depend.

Real change begins with communities. 🌿In Guinea,  Deutschland continues to support communities in the Boké region as the...
18/08/2026

Real change begins with communities. 🌿

In Guinea, Deutschland continues to support communities in the Boké region as they amplify their voices, advocate for their livelihoods, and call for environmental protection and respect for human rights.

As we celebrate , we recognize the power of community-led advocacy and reaffirm our solidarity with people working to advance the Right to Food, environmental justice, and human dignity.

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