THATTA: March 2, 2016. (By Abbas Kassar) Pakistan Fisherfolk Forum (PFF) caravan was received warmly by the community people, hailing from Indus Delta villages at Ghaghar Phattak, bordering Thatta district on Wednesday on its second day. Activists of different political parties, like PPP, PML-N, Qaumi Awami Party and others also joined the caravan to express solidarity with the fishermen and peasants. The 14-day caravan started from Pakistan Arts Council and Karachi Press Club on the March 1, carrying demand of ensuring food sovereignty and climate justice. The caravan left Ibrahim Hyderi, early in the morning on Wednesday by its route of coastal localities of Chashma Goth, Rehri Mayan, Lat Busti and others on its way, where communities with women and youth greeted the participants with showering rose petals and garlanded them. There are more than 100 participants, including fisherwomen, peasant’s women in the caravan, wearing specially designed caps. The banners were inscribed with slogans demanding food sovereignty, climate justice, stop deforestation, restore mangroves and riverine forests, save fresh water bodies. PFF activists Mir Hassan Mari, Azad Mirwahi, Fatima Majid, Yasmin Shah and others with playing cultural songs were motivating the caravan participants. PFF chairperson Muhammad Ali Shah, Vice chairpersons Fatima Majeed, Mustafa Meerani, Yasmin Shah, Ayoub Shan and others led the procession, which is expected to travel to 11 districts to mobilise the communities about the threats of food insecurity due to climate change. PFF has put demands of climate justice, believing that developed countries are contributing more in emission, which causes global warming. PFF statement said the top 10 emitters as measured in total greenhouse gases should be made responsible to compensate the losses facing the developing and the poor nations, like Pakistan. The impacts of emissions include deforestation, depleting natural resources, sea level rise, and shortage of fresh water sources. This all contributes health risks and posing food insecurity in the poor countries, like Pakistan. Focusing on where emissions are produced, PFF believes that those developed nations generating carbon as a result of producing goods that are ultimately consumed in richer nations. These impacts on the poor nations, which do not have any source of emission in global warming. The routes defined for this unique caravan, include Karachi, Thatta, Sujawal, Badin, Mithi, Umer Kot, Sanghar, Nawabshah, Noshehro Feroz, Dadu, Jamshoro & Hyderaba. At all destinations, the caravan participants daily will have meetings with communities to spread message for showing ownership of the great River Indus, Indus delta, tributaries, freshwater bodies and natural resources, demanding to ensure "food sovereignty and climate justice". The statement further said about impacts, there are fishermen, peasants, agricultural workers, landless women and indigenous people, who are facing the issues related to climate change. These communities depend on agriculture and fishing, which are under threats because of increasing trends of urbanization and poisoning fresh water bodies, putting these people in hopeless situation. The caravan arrived at its destination at Keti Bunder, a small town and once a flourishing port city, long before developing Karachi port, where community people received the participants in traditional enthusiasm. Earlier, a large number of community people joined the caravan at Gharo, Sakro, Baghan and other towns during its proceedings from there. On the last day, March 14, the caravan will mark the annual International Day of Action for Rivers and Against Dams at the bank of the River Indus, Al-Manzar Jamshoro, where hundreds of people are expectee to participate.