Date: 23 octobre 2018
Source: Grain.org, FIAN et al.
Alors qu’ING lance une campagne sur l’investissement durable (« c’est bien pour votre avenir et le mien »), un groupe d’ONG dénonce publiquement aujourd’hui ces financements à des entreprises d’huile de palme, telles que SOCFIN, qui vont à l’…
Following last week’s meeting of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS), this piece reflects on a key CFS soft-law instrument. It is an edited extract from the article “International Soft-Law Instruments and Global Resource Governance: Reflections on the Voluntary Guidelines on the…
Date: 17 octobre 2018
Source: Farmlandgrab, GRAIN
L’accaparement des terres est désormais considéré comme un crime contre l’humanité. Mais peu d’accapareurs finissent en prison. Bien au contraire, quand on cherche sur le site spécialisé farmlandgrab.org des informations sur les procès,…
I have talked to women in at least 15 countries—in their homes, their gardens, their fields, their pastures, their universities, their community organizations, their government and executive offices, and their courtrooms. When asked about rural women’s land use or rights or ownership or livelihood…
Por: Joan Carling
Soy una activista de derechos humanos que se ha pasado las últimas dos décadas de su vida luchando por la tierra y los derechos ambientales de los pueblos indígenas. He trabajado con organizaciones de base. He dirigido grandes organizaciones y movimientos indígenas.
Sin embargo…
Until today, the world had no internationally comparable data on citizens’ perceptions of the security their property rights; no way of tracking how people evaluated the likelihood of their home or other land being taken from them.
As of today, that changes: Prindex unveils the first wave of our…
Working on and with open data means that we are avid believers in the notion that pathways of information should be opened up, that we are building the proper technological infrastructures for information to be appropriately shared, thereby creating connections. Networks such as the International…
A revolution is underway. In Latin America, it has likely crested. In Southeast Asia and West Africa, it is moving apace. In East Africa, it is at its most intense.
It is brewing most remarkably not in storied national capitals and megacities, but in the medium sized, second-tier cities, less…
The world would be a pretty dull and hungry place if it weren’t for Indigenous Peoples and local communities.
Indigenous Peoples and local communities play a central role in feeding the world. They look after much of the world’s biodiversity, with at least 80% of planet’s biodiversity found in…
Artículo de la presidenta nacional de Afammer con motivo del Día Internacional de la Mujer Rural
Por Carmen Quintanilla
Los días internacionales son una gran oportunidad para reflexionar y sensibilizar sobre temas que necesitan la atención de toda la sociedad, o recordar aspectos que la…
Este es un artículo de opinión de José Graziano da Silva, director general de la Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO).
Por José Graziano da Silva
Hace solo tres años, en septiembre de 2015, todos los Estados miembros de las Naciones Unidas…
Este artículo forma parte de la cobertura de IPS sobre el Día Internacional de las Mujeres Rurales, el 15 de octubre.
Por Mariela Jara
LIMA, 11 oct 2018 (IPS) - Las mujeres rurales de América Latina son determinantes en metas como un desarrollo sostenible en el campo, la seguridad…