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Mexico
By Julia Christian, Forest Governance Campaigner for FERN
Michoacán’s indigenous communities’ greatest resource is their forests. And they defend them with their lives.
Global
A Q&A with researcher Anne Larson on the changing conditions of rights and resources in discussion at the World Bank Land and Poverty Conference
Africa
Global
By Chris Jochnick, President and CEO of Landesa
The development community has experienced various “revolutions” over the years – from microfinance to women’s rights, from the green revolution to sustainable development. Each of these awakenings has improved our understanding of the challenges we face; each has transformed the development landscape, mostly for the better.
Global
By Bruce H. Moore, former Director of ILC Secretariat
Whereas the property rights of poor people were previously seen as a call for social justice, today land rights are understood to also be at the nexus of the economic, environmental, political and social order.
Africa
Date: 08 décembre 2016
Source: Greenpeace.org
Après une première annonce en juillet dernier, la Socfin a enfin publié hier une politique qui l’engage sur le chemin du “Zéro Déforestation”. Si l’entreprise matérialise les engagements pris dans sa nouvelle politique, des dizaines de milliers d’hectares de forêts tropicales détenus par l’entreprise pourraient ainsi échapper à la destruction.
Sub-Saharan Africa
Zimbabwe
Southern Africa
By Mary Jane Ncube, Farai Shone Mutondoro and Manase Chiweshe
As political parties gear up for the 2018 national elections in Zimbabwe, urban land appears to be emerging as an important campaigning tool for ruling party Zanu PF.
Amid recent mass public protests against corruption, economic decline and an import ban on basic commodities, young people who showed loyalty to the party werepromised land.
Brazil
Global
Zambia
On Nov.
Peru
Global
By the Center for International Forestry Research Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR)
Peru - The indigenous community of Tres Islas in southeastern Peru seems to have it all—good fishing; a vast forest of timber, Brazil nut, palm and other trees; and natural beauty any ecotourist would pay to enjoy.