On 2 June 2011, OCEAN2012 will launch a photo and documentary exhibit at ZSL London Zoo Aquarium. The event is one of more than 100 being organized by the OCEAN2012 coalition to launch the second annual European Fish Week (June 4 – 12, 2011), which will engage citizens across Europe to call for an effective reform of the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). These collective actions coincide with World Oceans Day on June 8 and the anticipated publication of the European Commission’s proposal for a reformed CFP in mid-July.

Most EU fish stocks are now overfished, many of them below safe biological limits. It was not always like this. In the recent past, stocks were healthier and fishing communities were wealthier, with more fish, boats, fishers and communities dependent on fisheries in Europe.

During this week of action, OCEAN2012 member groups are inviting EU citizens to witness the impact overfishing has had on the marine environment and learn how the EU’s CFP reform is an opportunity to go back to the future.

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Livestock keepers in India conserve a large number of valuable breeds of animals like cows, buffaloes, sheep, goats, camels as well as poultry. The livelihoods of livestock Keepers are under threat by the progressive loss of grazing lands, limitations to mobility and lack of participation in decision making, as also by industrial and corporate models of livestock breeding, which include privatization of genetic resources through intellectual property rights and the free market system, These communities are entitled to have rights over their germplasm and their knowledge.

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