Dear friends, We are glad to inform you that a documentary on the present issues and struggles of the fishing community is being selected by the Karnataka International Film Festival. The documentary about attempts being made to commercialize India's already-degraded coasts and policy reforms that threaten the lives of fisherfolk and also our fragile marine and coastal ecosystems. The film `Resisting Coastal Invasion' is being screened at Vision Theatre, Double Road, Bangalore on January 21, 2009 at 2pm. Kindly inform your friends in Bangalore and support the present struggle of the fishing community against the proposed dangerous notification called Coastal Management Zone Notification. Details of the film is given below: In solidarity, T. Peter President, KSMTF : http://www.keralafishworkers.org Secretary, NFF
Resisting Coastal Invasion 52 Minutes Directed by K.P. Sasi More than 250 million people inhabit India's coastline. Among them are the fishing communities, directly dependent for a living on marine and coastal natural resources. Today, both coastal ecosystems as well as the customary rights of fishing communities over coastal areas are severely eroded by developmental activities and market interests - tourism, industrialization, sand mining, infrastructure-building, aquaculture and rapid urbanization. The only piece of legislation ever enacted to regulate developmental activities along the Indian coast was the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) Notification of 1991. Not surprisingly, in today's age of globalization, the CRZ Notification is increasingly being regarded as an impediment to free market. Moves are afoot to dispense with it altogether. What are the implications of such a deregulation agenda? Who benefits? Who loses? Who's accountable? Who is to blame? Resisting the Coastal Invasion is a 52 minute documentary explores these questions. It captures the struggles of fishing communities who are fighting tooth and nail against the takeover of their lands by the forces of globalization --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
