Social movement leaders in Rome say "NO" to land grabs

Italian Committee on Food Sovereignty | October 2011
 
PRESS CONFERENCE
Organized by the Italian Committee on Food Sovereignty
Rome, 11th October 2011

THE GENERAL PUBLIC AND THE MEDIA WERE INVITED TO MEET THE REPRESENTATIVES OF
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FARMERS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND SOCIAL MOVEMENTS WHO ARE TAKING PART IN THE NEGOTIATIONS FOR THE VOLUNTARY GUIDELINES ON THE RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE OF TENURE OF LAND, FISHERIES AND FORESTS, WHO INFORMED ABOUT THE SCHEDULED ACTIVITIES, THEIR VIEWS, THEIR WORRIES AND THEIR PROPOSALS.

(The attached document is a spontaneous contribution by an independent observer, for information dissemination and outreach purposes.)

Includes statements and answers to questions by:

Mamadou Ba, Conseil National de Concertation et de Coopération des Ruraux, Senegal
Lalji Desai, World Alliance of Mobile Indigenous People and Maldhari Rural Action Group, India
Jorge Stanley Icaza, International Indian Treaty Council and Kuna Youth Movement, Panama 
Kalissa Regier, National Farmers Union and Via Campesina International, Canada
Rehena Bavuma, World Forum of Fish Harvesters and Fishworkers, Uganda 
Claudio Giorno, Movimento No Tav, Italia 
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