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	Terra Preta: Forum on the Food Crisis, Climate Change, Agrofuels and Food Sovereignty SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY MAKE THE DIFFERENCE! WE ARE THE DIFFERENCE! 1 - 4 June, 2008 Città dell’Altra Economia ( ex mattatoio ), Rome Now is the Time for Food Sovereignty
Platform for Collective Action Forum Terra Preta, Rome June 4, 2008 The serious and urgent food and climate crises are being used by political and economic elites as opportunities to entrench corporate control of world agriculture and the ecological commons. Download the final document

Terra Preta*: Forum on the Food Crisis, Climate Change, Agrofuels and Food Sovereignty SOCIAL MOVEMENTS AND CIVIL SOCIETY MAKE THE DIFFERENCE! WE ARE THE DIFFERENCE! 1 - 4 June, 2008 Città dell’Altra Economia ,Largo Dino Frisullo, Testaccio, Rome EX-MATTATOIO SEE THE MAP

*Terra Preta (“black soil” in Portuguese) is the incredibly fertile soil created by Indigenous Peoples in central Amazonia. Even today it continues to regenerate itself though no research has been able to uncover how this happens. We cannot leave solutions to the climate and food crisis to the governments and the transnational corporations! We, social movements and other organizations from civil society have to mobilize to play a key role in feeding the world and cooling down the planet! SEE THE PROGRAM

	Civil Society statement on the World Food Emergency No More “Failures-as-Usual"!
Historic, systemic failures of governments and international institutions are responsible. National governments that will meet at the FAO Food Crisis Summit in Rome must begin by accepting their responsibility for today’s food emergency. to sign the petition, please go to: http://www.nyeleni.eu/foodemergency download the attachment descargar el fichero adjunto décharger le fichier attaché

What is Food Sovereignty ?

Food Sovereignty is the RIGHT of peoples, communities, and countries to define their own agricultural, labour, fishing, food and land policies which are ecologically, socially, economically and culturally appropriate to their unique circumstances. It includes the true right to food and to produce food, which means that all people have the right to safe, nutritious and culturally appropriate food and to food-producing resources and the ability to sustain themselves and their societies.

What is IPC ?

The IPC is a global network of Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and Social Movements concerned with food sovereignty issues and programs. It includes social organizations representing small-scale farmers, fisher folk, indigenous peoples, pastoralists, agricultural workers’ trade unions; sub-regional/regional CSOs which act as regional focal points; CSOs and networks with particular expertise in lobbying and advocacy which act as thematic focal points.

The IPC serves as a facilitation mechanism for the dialogue between Social movements/CSOs and the UN agencies dealing with food and agriculture. In particular, the IPC facilitated the participation of CSOs to the World Food Summit, the World Food Summit: five years later and the International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development.