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Partners

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WALHI : The Indonesian Forum for Environment is the largest forum of non-government and community-based organizations in Indonesia. It is represented in 25 provinces and has over 438 member organisations (as of June 2004). It stands for social transformation, peoples sovereignty, and sustainability of life and livelihoods. WALHI works to defend Indonesia’s natural world and local communities from injustice carried out in the name of economic development. Visit their website.

SAHABAT ALAM MALAYSIA : Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) is a grassroots, community-focused non-governmental organization championing environment and development issues. Its activities include educating the general public on the need for ecologically sound development; assisting communities which have been adversely affected by so-called development; and advocating for a development model that is ecologically sustainable, socially just and fulfils the human needs of the majority. SAM operates out of Penang, Marudi in Sarawak, and works together with communities throughout Peninsular Malaysia. Visit their website.

MALAYSIA INSHORE FISHERMAN NETWORK

PENANG INSHORE FISHERMAN WELFARE ASSOCIATION

CONSUMER ASSOCIATION PENANG : CAP works to ensure the right of every consumer to basic needs such as food, housing, health care, sanitation, public transport, education and a clean environment. Visit their website.

TAMBUYOG : Founded in 1984, Tambuyog called attention to declining fishery resources and unabated poverty in coastal communities through interdisciplinary research, creative information and education campaign, community organizing, policy advocacy and constituency building. Visit their website.

CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE : Centre for Environmental Justice works towards good governance and environmental justice. The organization assists people to protect their environmental rights and conservation of nature. Centre for Environmental Justice is an initiative to protect the environment, to ensure equal environmental rights for all people and to promote ecological sustainability by supporting environmentally sound community activities. Visit their website.

YADFON ASSOCIATION : Yadfon Association is a non-government organization based in Trang Province, southern Thailand, which works with local communities to promote the sustainable management of natural resources. Visit their website.

SMALL-SCALE FISHERS CLUB

SOUTHERN THAILAND FISHERS ASSOCIATION

IMSE : Institute for Motivating Self-Employment (IMSE) is a non-governmental organization (NGO), voluntary organization, operating in the states of West Bengal, Jharkhand and Orissa in India. Since the founding in 1973, IMSE has devoted its activities to uplift the living standard of the poor rural population and to champion social justice. As it implies our name, the philosophy behind our work is to supply the needed assistance in order to make people help themselves and hence to strengthen their self-esteem. Visit their website.

INTERNATIONAL COLLECTIVE IN SUPPORT OF FISHWORKERS : The International Collective in Support of Fishworkers (ICSF) is an international non-governmental organization that works towards the establishment of equitable, gender-just,self-reliant and sustainable fisheries, particularly in the small-scale, artisanal sector. Visit their website.

FIAN-WEST BENGAL : FIAN International, the FoodFirst Information and Action Network, is the international human rights organization that advocates for the realization of the right to food. FIAN International consists of national sections and individual members in over 60 countries around the world. FIAN is a non-partisan not-for-profit organization and has consultative stats to the United Nations. Visit their website.

ONNEYAN ONNESHAN: Onneyan Onneshan is a progressive think-tank that undertakes research for advancing ideas and building constituencies for social transformation. The Institute advances critical scholarship, promotes inter-disciplinary dialogue and amplifies grassroots perspectives. The public-interest research institute works in collaboration with national partners, international organizations and leading universities. Visit their website.

BANGLADESH ENVIRONMENTAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION : The Bangladesh Environmental Lawyers Association takes us public interest cases related to environmental causes. Visit their website.

NIJERA KORI : Nijera Kori’s work concentrates on comprehension and assertion of the rights of citizens through a definite and progressive attempt to collectively establish these rights. Unity is power and people are at the core of this power. This is the base for social mobilization. Through ensuring a truly organic and active democratic process, Nijera Kori works in facilitating and strengthening autonomous organizations of the marginalized and excluded people in their endeavour to change their lives and establish their influence in the larger society. Visit their website.

ASSOCIATION FOR LAND REFORM AND DEVELOPMENT : ALRD is the federating body of 273 NGOs, peasants and landless organizations in Bangladesh, which are involved in the struggle to establish land rights, rights to food, rights to livelihood, and rights of the indigenous people of minorities. It is currently the main organization in Bangladesh working exclusively on land reform issues. ALRD was set up in 1991 to respond to the problem of landlessness which continues to be one of the key challenges in the country. Misuse, mismanagement and maldistribution of land are recognized as some of the fundamental causes of mass poverty. Attempts at land reform in Bangladesh have to date been on an ad hoc basis and have had little success in fundamentally altering patterns of land distribution.

MANGROVE ACTION PROJECT : MAP’s mission is partnering with mangrove forest communities, grassroots NGOs, researchers and local governments to conserve and restore mangrove forests and related coastal ecosystems, while promoting community-based, sustainable management of coastal resources.Witnessing firsthand the rapid devastation of the worlds mangrove forest wetlands and their associated coastal ecosystems, the founders of the Mangrove Action Project decided in 1992 that it was time to form a global network to save the mangroves.

MAP has grown steadily during the last 16 years to become a respected member of the global environmental movement.  MAP’s international network has grown to include over 450 NGOs and 300 scientists and academics from 60 nations.  In recent years, MAP has transformed from a network- and advocacy-focused organization into one still involved in advocacy, but with programs and activities on the ground, supported through local offices in Thailand and Indonesia, as well as a developing office in Brazil.  MAP’s pro-active five-pronged approach to long-term mangrove conservation involves:  education, advocacy, collaboration, conservation and restoration, and sustainable community-based development. Visit their website.

RED MANGLAR Visit their website.

AFRICAN MANGROVE NETWORK

SWEDISH SOCIETY FOR NATURE CONSERVATION, STOCKHOLM Visit their website.