THE IMPACT OF EUROPEAN AND SPANISH AGRIBUSINESS IN AFRICA

Some studies claim that, at the current rate of fishing, within fifteen years the waters off the coasts of Africa will be completely depleted of their supplies of fish.  Large fishing boats are to blame for this disastrous situation.  The European Union is the third most-powerful fishing entity in the world with a fleet of more than 86,000 ships.  67% of the European fleets operating in foreign (non-EU) waters are Spanish.  The campaign 'Stop, people live here', sponsored by the NGO Veterinarians without Borders, deals with the foreign responsibilities certain nations have for exploiting natural resources beyond their own borders.  It is a call to action and a demand that our government claim responsibility for the creation of controlling mechanisms to oversee the activities of businesses outside our territory.

>8pm - Presentation: Stop, people live here by María García Herrero, Coordinator of the Madrid delegation of Veterinarians without Borders.
>8:30pm - Screening of short documentaries and presentation of three actual cases: Mozambique: Resistance against land seizure/ Senegal: The threat of industrial fishing / Uganda: People in exchange for coffee?.
>9:30pm - Debate: What's to be done?