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By: Deirdre Fulton
Date: June 14th 2016
Source: Common Dreams
While 'food security-driven land grabbing' has subsided in recent years, 'plain old profit-driven agribusiness expansion is now the dominant agenda'
Big Ag's global land grab is huge, growing, and "extending its reach to new…
CALL FOR PAPERS: South Asian Water Studies Special Issue on ‘Water Justice, Gender, and Disability’ ()
Date: 21 of June 2016
Source: IWMI
South Asian Water Studies (SAWAS), an open access journal http://www.sawasjournal.org, has issued a call for papers for a special issue on ‘Water justice, Gender and Disability.’
This special issue is guest edited by Alan Nicol and Floriane Clement from IWMI, …
Date: June 17 2016
Source: IIED
Can the Sustainable Development Goals trigger a new approach to development in the world's Least Developed Countries? A dialogue event explored the potential.
Least Developed Country experts from around the world gathered in London for a dialogue event to…
Date: 18 juin 2016
Source: Afriquinfos
Par Vignikpo AKPENE
A l’occasion de la Journée mondiale de la lutte contre la désertification et la sécheresse, le Secrétaire général de l’ONU, Ban Ki-moon, a appelé vendredi à remettre en état des millions d’hectares de terres dégradées et devenues…
Date: 23 June 2016
Source: iied
Seven research projects will receive funding to study how to assist vulnerable urban groups facing humanitarian crises, the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) has announced
IIED has announced that seven research projects in Africa,…
Date: 27 June 2016
Source: iied
IIED is inviting proposals for original research that will contribute to understanding local markets in the context of urban humanitarian crisis and response. Closing date: 21 July, 2016
Researchers have until 21 July, 2016 to submit proposals for research…
Fonte: ONU BR, Nações Unidas no Brasil
Foto: Escritório do Enviado Especial do Secretário-Geral para a Juventude; ONU quer reconhecer jovens lideranças envolvidas na promoção da Agenda 2030.
Publicado em 15/06/2016
Atualizado em 15/06/2016
ONU vai escolher jovens líderes de todo o mundo para…
Date: 4 July 2016
Source: iied
Representatives of mountain communities in five countries have called for support to help them maintain traditional ways of protecting their landscapes and natural resources in the face of climate change.
More than 50 indigenous mountain peoples representing…
By: Lin Taylor
Date: 12 July 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
Mass killings, forced evictions and conflicts over land put indigenous and minority groups at risk of being eradicated from their ancestral lands, a human rights group said on Tuesday.
From Ethiopia, China and Iraq, the…
By: Paola Totaro
Date: 14 July 2016
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation
The rejuvenation of large, decaying areas in the fast-growing cities of the developing world cannot be achieved by governments alone and private sector participation is paramount, the World Bank said in a report on…
Position Title: Chief of Advocacy and Communications
Status: Regular, Full Time
Location: Washington, DC
Classification: Exempt (Not Eligible for Overtime Pay)
Date: July 2016
Job Summary: The CAC will elevate the cause of land rights on the global agenda through a variety of advocacy and…
Date: 13 July 2016
Source: iied
New report urges structural reforms to end extreme poverty and tackle climate change and the loss of environmental assets during the next 15 years
The Poverty Environment Partnership (PEP) has launched a new report calling for the mainstreaming of…